Julia Pawlak [PhD student]

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

Pawlak J, Radchuk V, Tiedemann R,  Weithoff G (2025). Niche separation of two cryptic species through temperature-dependent hatching. Ecosphere 16(10): e70418. Link

Parry, V., Kiemel, K., Pawlak, J., Eccard, J., Tiedemann, R. & Weithoff, G. (2023) Drivers of zooplankton dispersal in a pond metacommunity. Hydrobiologia https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05232-4

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