Education
Doctoral Programme (PhD) - University of Vienna, AT
February 2023 - expected 2026
Birds, bats and related ecosystem services in a European land use context: linking conservation evidence, agricultural practices and socio-ecological perspectives
Master's Programme Ecology - University of Bremen, DE
October 2019 – October 2022
Thesis: Effects of large-scale forest fires on the activity and habitat selection of insular bats (Prof. Dr. Marko Rohlfs; Dr. Ricardo Rocha) - Thesis grade: 1.11
Erasmus+ Internship - CiBio, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Vairão, PT
June 2021 - March 2022
Laboratory Internship in Entomology and Forest Conservation – Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg, DE
January 2021 - March 2021
Research project: Screening interaction between microorganism associated to the ambrosia beetle Xyleborinus saxesenii
Bachelor of Forestry and Environment - University of Fribourg, DE
October 2013 - March 2018 (Minor: International forestry)
Thesis: The frequency of social calls of the bat genus Pipistrellus in relation to forest structures and temperature (Prof. Dr. Ilse Storch; PhD Marlotte Jonker)
Reaseach Project: Wasps detect pyrrolizidine alkaloid and whether wasps are subsequently repellent to it using the example of Creatonotos transiens
Semester Abroad - University Austral de Chile, Valdivia, CL
September 2016 - March 2017
Research project: Insects as bioindicators
Memberships
- Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), Italy, since 2024
- KFFÖ – Coordination Office for Bat Conservation in Austria, since 2023
- British Ecological Society (BES), since 2021