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Julia Pawlak [PhD student]

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Campus Botanischer Garten
University of Potsdam
Ecology and Ecosystem Modelling
Maulbeerallee 2, building 2, room 2.03
14469 Potsdam

Research interests

  • Aquatic ecology
  • Microplastics
  • Meta-community Systems
  • Movement ecology
Foto von Julia Pawlak

 

Campus Botanischer Garten
University of Potsdam
Ecology and Ecosystem Modelling
Maulbeerallee 2, building 2, room 2.03
14469 Potsdam



Scientific career

since 2021           Doctoral studies at the University of Potsdam in the BioMove project (Supervisor team: PD. Dr. Guntram Weithoff, Prof. Dr. Tiedemann)

2016 - 2020         Master of Science in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation at the University of Potsdam.
                                Topic of Master's thesis: "The influence of microplastics on the life parameters of the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus."

2010 - 2015          Bachelor of Science in Biology at the Humboldt University of Berlin
                                 Topic of the bachelor thesis: "Problems in keeping the cladocera Moina macrocopa."

    Current projects

    • DFG Research Training Group BioMove

    Publications

    Claudia Drago, Julia Pawlak & Guntram Weithoff (2020): Biogenic Aggregation of Small Microplastics Alters Their Ingestion by a Common Freshwater Micro-Invertebrate. Front. Environ. Sci. 8:574274, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.574274

    Julia Pawlak, Dominique C. Noetzel, Claudia Drago & Guntram Weithoff (2022): Assessing the Toxicity of Polystyrene Beads and Silica Particles on the Microconsumer Brachionus calyciflorus at different Timescales. Front. Environ. Sci. 10:955425, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.955425