Anna Walentowitz: Curriculum Vitae
Education
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Since 10/2017 |
Master´s Program Biodiversity and Ecology at the University of Bayreuth (Germany) |
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10/2012 – 09/2016 |
Bachelor´s Program Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University in Greifswald (Bachelor of Science, very good) |
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Titel of the Bachelor´s thesis: ‘Recruitment in the Scalesia pedunculata forest at Los Gemelos on the Island of Santa Cruz, Galápagos, after control of the invasive blackberry Rubus niveus’ (excellent) |
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06/2011 |
High School Diploma, Mariengymnasium Jever (Germany) |
Internships
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01 – 03/2018 |
Charles Darwin Foundation on Galapagos, Ecuador, in the Restoration Ecology Working Group |
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01 – 03/2016 |
Charles Darwin Foundation on Galapagos, Ecuador, in the Restoration Ecology Working Group |
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10/2016 – 03/2017 |
Federal Voluntary Service for the Association „Verein Jordsand“, Head of the Nature Conservation Station on the Island of Ruden (Baltic Sea), Germany |
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08 – 09/2016 |
IBL Umweltplanung (environmental bureau): vegetation mapping at the North Sea Coast, Oldenburg, Germany |
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01 – 08/2015 |
Charles Darwin Foundation on Galapagos, Ecuador, in the Restoration Ecology Working Group |
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02 – 04/2012 |
Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Sea (ICBM) in Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
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09/2011 – 01/2012 |
Rapa Nui Natural Products on Easter Island, Chile (summer job) |
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12/2008 |
Office of the member of parliament Karin Evers-Meyer, Berlin, Germany |
Employment
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Since 10/2017 |
Research assistant at the Institute of Biogeography at the University of Bayreuth in the ECOPOTENTIAL project: Species distribution modeling of invasive species |
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09/2013 – 07/2016 |
Research assistant at the Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology in the working group „Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Dynamics (Dendroecological research) at the University of Greifswald |
Other experiences
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2007 – 2008 |
2. and 3. place at the scientific competition ‘Forschen auf See’ of the Center of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (ZMAW) in Hamburg, Germany |
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05 – 08/2012 |
Work and Travel in Canada |
Language skills
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English |
fluent (IELTS 7,5) |
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Spanish |
fluent (UNIcert level C1) |
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French |
good knowledge (5 years at the Mariengymnasium Jever) |
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Italian |
basic knowledge (A2) |
Computer skills
RStudio (uni- and multivariate statistics, remote sensing, ecological modelling)
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)
QGIS
CooRecorder, WinDendro (used in dencroecological reseach)
Publications
Jäger H, Buchholz S, Cimadom A, Tebbich S, Rodrígues J, Barrera D, Walentowitz A, Breuer M, Carrión A, Sevilla C & Causton C (2017): Restoration of the blackberry-invaded Scalesia forest: Impacts on the vegetation, invertebrates, and birds. Galapagos Report 2015-2016, GNPD, GCREG, CDF and GC, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador, pp. 142-148.
Jäger H, Buchholz S, Cimadom A, Tebbich S, Rodrígues J, Barrera D, Walentowitz A, Breuer M, Carrión A, Sevilla C & Causton C (2017): Restauración del bosque de Scalesia invadido por mora: Impactos en la vegetación, los invertebrados y las aves. Informe Galápagos 2015-2016, GNPD, GCREG, CDF and GC, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador, pp. 142-148.
Conferences & Talks
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28 Sep – 03 Oct 2016: |
Participation in Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft (DO-G) e.V., Stralsund, Germany. |
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24 Nov 2015 |
Talk at Wissenschaftliche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Natur- und Umweltschutz e.V. (Scientific Working Group for Nature and Environmental Conservation). Title: Pflanzliche und tierische Neubürger (Neophyten u. Neozoen) auf den Galapagos-Inseln. Jever, Germany. |
Fellowships & Grants
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01 – 02/2018 |
PROMOS travel grant |
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Since 07/2017 |
E-fellows scholarship |
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09/2014 – 07/2015 |
DAAD Bachelor Plus Program Grant for internship in Ecuador and study semester in Estonia; International Experiences in Nature Conservation and Ecology (INTENSE) Program at the University of Greifswald) |