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