Julia Pawlak [PhD student]
Research interests
- Aquatic ecology
- Microplastics
- Meta-community Systems
- Movement ecology

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
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