Lab alumni

Postdocs – PhD – Visiting fellows – Technicians / Research assistants – Student assistants – Master thesis – Bachelor thesis – Interns

Postdocs

  • 2022 – James Hunter-Ayad (PhD) - conservation biogeography, macroecology, population modelling
  • 2018-2022 – Guillermo Fandos Guzman (PhD) - BIOPIC project, work package “Understanding how life history and environment shape dispersal in birds”
  • 2020-2021 – Philipp Brun (PhD) - WSL, COMECO project - Improving automatic image classification of Swiss plant species, main advisor: Prof. Dr. Niklaus E. Zimmermann (WSL, Switzerland)
  • 2019-2021 – Christian König (PhD) - BIOPIC project, work package “Understanding how biotic interactions shape species’ niches”
  • 2018-2020 – Patrice Descombes (PhD) - WSL, SPEEDMIND project - Improve feedback between biodiversity analyses and citizen scientists, main advisor: Prof. Dr. Niklaus E. Zimmermann (WSL, Switzerland)

PhD candidates

  • 2018-2023 – Anne-Kathleen Malchow (M.Sc.) - BIOPIC project, PhD thesis “Developing an integrated platform for predicting niche and range dynamics: inverse calibration of spatially-explicit eco-evolutionary models”

Visiting fellows

  • 2024 – Morgane Amelot (M.Sc.), Muséum Nationale d’Histoire Naturelle/France
  • 2024 – Victoria Formoso-Freire (M.Sc.), Univ. Santiago de Compostela/Spain
  • 2019 – Darren Southwell (PhD), Univ. Melbourne/Australia

Technicians / Research assistants

  • 2022-2023 – Katrin Schifferle, Univ. Potsdam, Shiny web application, data management
  • 2020-2021 – Simon Kapitza – Univ. Potsdam, data base management, biodiversity assessments, socio-economic modelling
  • 2020-2021 – Yari Osenberg, Univ. Potsdam, CRC1294 Data assimilation, modelling spatiotemporal population dynamics
  • 2017-2018 – Helge Gross, WSL, SCODA project (SNF), data management and species distribution modelling
  • 2017-2018 – Katarina Varga, WSL, SCODA project (SNF), ornithologist, bird territory mapping Switzerland
  • 2014-2015 – Helge Gross, Univ. Potsdam, data management, habitat selection in white storks
  • 2014-2015 – Lena Schlag, Univ. Potsdam, home range selection in white storks
  • 2014-2015 – Merlin Schäfer, Univ. Potsdam, computer scientist, optimal annual routine models for migratory animals

Student assistants

  • 2023-2024 – Valén Holle, Univ. Potsdam, NichePac project (DFG), species distribution modelling, invasive plants
  • 2021-2023 – Anna Rönnfeldt, Univ. Potsdam, species distribution modelling, invasive plants
  • 2021-2022 – Erik Janner, Univ. Potsdam, acoustic bird monitoring
  • 2019 – Malte Wünsche, HU Berlin, BIOPIC project (DFG)

Master theses

  • 2024 – Tim Westermann: “Modelling genetic connectivity among European Bison populations in the fragmented Central European landscape” – Univ. Potsdam
  • 2024 – Marlena Lohse: “Migration strategies in shorebirds and their consequences for the spread of Avian influenza” – Univ. Potsdam, main advisor: Simeon Lisovski (AWI Potsdam)
  • 2024 – Raya Keuth: “Quantifying extinction risks using species distribution models - a simulation approach” – Univ. Potsdam
  • 2023 – Valén Holle: “Blacklisting potential Pacific plant invaders using species distribution models – uncertainties through species and environmental inputs” – Univ. Potsdam
  • 2023 – Levin Wiedenroth – “Niche and range shifts in North American forests birds over four decades of climate change” – Univ. Greifswald
  • 2023 – Anna Rönnfeldt – “Realised niche shifts of plants introduced to islands vs. mainland” – Univ. Potsdam
  • 2022 – Isabel Jaroschinski – “Investigating the effects of differences in switching behavior of two plastic prey due to their risk assessment abilities on competition and coexistence” – Univ. Potsdam, main advisor: Dr. Ellen Van Velzen (Univ. Potsdam)
  • 2022 – Anshika Kulshrestha – “Dynamic occupancy models using Bayesian methods: An analysis using Swiss breeding bird data” – HNE Eberswalde
  • 2022 – Louica Philipp – “Maintenance of functional diversity by self-organized pattern formation in complex spatial systems” – Univ. Potsdam, main advisor: Dr. Christian Guill (Univ. Potsdam)
  • 2022 – Nikola Halaski – “Understanding dispersal barriers for the Eurasian lynx in Europe” – Univ. Potsdam, main advisor: Prof. Dr. Tobias Kümmerle (HU Berlin)
  • 2021 – Magdalena Schmittlein – “Understanding current and past species abundance at landscape scale based on Ellenberg indicator values and a historical flora” – Univ. Potsdam, main advisor: Dr. Kolja Bergholz
  • 2020 – Mingjian Xiahou – “Effects of spatial autocorrelation on dynamic occupancy models: Estimating birds range dynamics over a 14-year time period in Switzerland” – HU Berlin
  • 2019 – Hendrik Bluhm – “Mapping habitat suitability and landscape connectivity for moose (Alces alces) in Central Europe” – HU Berlin, main advisor: Prof. Dr. Tobias Kümmerle (HU Berlin)
  • 2014 – Andreas Neumann – “Vorhersage von Artenvielfalt und -zusammensetzung mittels überlagerter Artverbreitungsmodelle (S-SDM)” – Univ. Potsdam, main advisor: Dr. Anna Cord (UFZ Leipzig)
  • 2014 – Helge Gross – “Multi-regional assessment of determinants of tree species diversity in Mexico” – Univ. Potsdam , main advisor: Dr. Anna Cord (UFZ Leipzig)
  • 2014 – Merlin Schäfer – “Modeling of optimal annual routines to infer migration timing in white storks (Ciconia ciconia)” – TU Berlin
  • 2014 – Alexandra Hinz – “Dynamic patterns of behaviour in breeding white storks (Ciconia ciconia): an analysis using 3-dimensional acceleration data” – Univ. Potsdam

Bachelor theses

  • 2022 – Milena Gottschalk - “Comparison of Eurasian lynx dispersal kernels in five model landscapes with different degrees of freedom” – Univ. Potsdam
  • 2022 – Sonja Kutzner - “Spatial patterns and drivers of diversity of butterflies and snails in Switzerland” – Univ. Potsdam, main advisor: Prof. Dr. Bertrand Fournier
  • 2021 – Elisabeth Riegel - “Variation in white stork movement behavior within and between years” – Univ. Potsdam
  • 2021 – Bennett Stolze - “Estimating seasonal niche tracking behaviour of white storks using citizen-science data” – FU Berlin
  • 2019 – Valentin Woitek – “Einfluß das Extremwetterjahres 2018 auf die Stadt- und Landimkerei und auf die Honigbienen” – HU Berlin, main advisor: Prof. Christoph Schneider (HU Berlin)
  • 2018 – Florina Ley – “Testing for a relationship between climate indicator and chamois (R. Rupicapra) body weight in Berchtesgaden National Park” – HU Berlin, main advisor: Prof. Dr. Tobias Kümmerle (HU Berlin)

Interns

  • 2021 – Jose Vindas - Niche modelling of marine biodiversity in Macaronesia – Intern, Univ. Potsdam
  • 2014 – Ruben Ulbrich – “Species distribution modelling of invasive species using presence-only data” – Intern, Univ. Namibia
  • 2013 – Marianne Meinel – “Validation of flight behaviour and wing beat frequency from ACC signal by video surveillance” – Intern, Univ. Potsdam
  • 2013 – Simon Wohlfahrt – field assistant, GPS tracking white storks, ACC behavioural observations – Intern, Univ. Potsdam