CRC 806 - Project Affiliation:

Project E7
Black Carbon as Indicator for Human Environment Interactions in the last 190,000 Years

Project Z3
Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG)

Scientific Interests:

Organic Geochemistry
Geochemical marker
Soil Ecology
Soil Science

Ph.D. research Topic:

Black Carbon as Indicator for Human Environment Interactions in the last 190,000 Years

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wulf Amelung, Prof. Dr. Eva Lehndorff

Advisor: Dr. Arne Kappenberg

Education:

2016: M.Sc. in Biology, RWTH Aachen University

M.Sc. Thesis: Fate of ¹⁴C-metalaxyl and ¹⁴C-chlorotoluron in sediment/water systems and ecotoxicological impact on microorganisms

2012: B.Sc. in Biology, University of Cologne

B.Sc. Thesis: The contractile vacuole in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Field Work:

September 2018: Excavation campaign at Aurignacian site Românești-Dumbrăvița I, Romania

Work experience:

2015: Supervisor of B.Sc. students, RWTH Aachen University

2014: Research assistant/Supervisor of student's practical courses, RWTH Aachen University

2012: Supervisor of student's practical courses, University of Cologne

Conference attendance:

August 2018: 21st World Congress of Soil Science (WCSS), Brazil

Publications:

Komsic-Buchmann, K., Wöstehoff, L., Becker, B. (2014) “The Contractile Vacuole as a Key Regulator of Cellular Water Flow in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii” Eukaryotic Cell 13(11): 1421-1430.