Wer bin ich?

Hallo, mein Name ist Katja und ich durfte in einer - für mich - der schönsten Region Deutschlands, in Bayerns Süden, umgeben von der einzigartigen Bergwelt aufwachsen.

Ich bin Ökologin aus vollem Herzen und interessiere mich vor allem für die noch verborgene Sprache von Pflanzen und Bodenmikroorganismen.

Meine zweite Leidenschaft gilt dem Erkunden, Verstehen und Erleben meiner direkten Umwelt, sowie auch ferneren Regionen, Ländern und Kulturen.

Who am I?

Hallo, my name is Katja and grew up at an amazingly beautiful place in the southern part of Bavaria, Germany surrounded by the unique beauty of the alps.
I´m an ecologist by heart with a main emphasis on plant-soil microbe communication.

My second passion is travelling around the world getting to know different ecosystems and cultures.

Education and Work experience

Since 02/22	Teaching diploma for higher school eduaction, PH Bern, Switzerland

Since 11/20	Research technician at the Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

08/20 - 12/20	Projectassistent within Science et Citè -Science and society in dialogue, Bern, Switzerland

07/17 - 12/19	PostDoc at the Netherlands Institut of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands

09/16 - 03/17	Workshop coordinator for the Jena Experiment at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
	(iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany

05/14 - 04/17	Doctoral student at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany

	Topic: Plant trait and diversity effects on soil microorganisms
	Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nico Eisenhauer

06/13 - 04/14	Doctoral student at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
	Topic: Plant trait and diversity effects on soil microorganisms
	Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nico Eisenhauer

02/13 - 04/13	Research assistant at the Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany

10/10 - 01/13	Master of Science (M.sc.) at Technical University of Munich, Germany
	Major: Biology Thesis: Plant diversity effects on soil microbial functions and enzymes are stronger than warming effects in a grassland experiment.

09/09 - 12/09	Exchange semester at the University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland (Erasmus)

09/06 - 07/09	Bachelor (B. rer. nat.) Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg, Austria
	Major: Environmental and Evolutionary Biology

Internships

06/12 - 01/13	Student assistant, Chair for Terrestrial Ecology, Technical University of Munich, Germany

04/11 - 12/11	Student assistant, Chair of Soil Science, Technical University of Munich, Germany

04/10 - 07/10	Internship at the Museum of Natural History, Berlin, Germany
	Major fields: Hemiptera, ornithology and bioacoustics of insects

01/10 - 04/10	Internship at the event management agency of Änne Jacobs (social marketing), Munich, Germany

2007 - 2009 (seasonal work)	Certified trainer in a climbing forest, Rehling, Germany