CRC 806 - Project Affiliation:

Project B3
Environmental Response on Climate Impact in the Levant during the Last Glacial and Holocene and their Role in the Origin of Agriculture

Project B4
Climatic Evolution of the Marmara Region during the past 50,000 years

Scientific Interests:

• Paleoecosystems (vegetation, climate, fire, limnology)
• Palynology and paleobotany
• Flora of the Eastern Mediterranean
• Phytogeography and plant diversity

Education:

2013–2017: Ph.D. in Biology, University of Bonn

Ph.D. thesis: Climate- and Human-Induced Vegetation Changes in Northwestern Turkey and the Southern Levant since the Last Glacial

2011–2013: M.Sc. in Organismic Biology, Evolutionary Biology, and Paleobiology (OEP-Biology), University of Bonn

M.Sc. thesis: Vegetation and climate history of the Marmara region during the last ca. 30,000 years based on lacustrine sediments from Lake Iznik (NW Turkey)

2008–2011: B.Sc. in Biology, University of Bonn

B.Sc. thesis: Biogeographie der Kakteen – Evolution und räumliche Diversitätsmuster der Hauptwuchsformen (Biogeography of cacti – evolution and spatial diversity patterns of the main growth forms)

Employment History:

Since 2017: Postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Geosciences, University of Bonn

2020: Guest researcher, Department of Geography / Natural History Museum of Utah, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

2016–2017: Graduate school coordinator, Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG), University of Cologne

2013–2016: Research assistant, Steinmann Institute for Geology, Mineralogy, and Paleontology, University of Bonn

2013: Student research assistant, Steinmann Institute for Geology, Mineralogy, and Paleontology, University of Bonn

2011–2012: Student research assistant, Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, working group Biogeography and Macroecology, University of Bonn

2011: Student research assistant, Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, undergraduate course Biodiversity of Plants, University of Bonn

Publications:

Miebach, A. (2021): Pollen reveals the plant world of the past. Past Global Changes Horizons 1: 38–40. Doi: 10.22498/pages.horiz.1.

Richter, J.; Litt, T.; Lehmkuhl, F.; Hense, A.; Hauck, T. C.; Leder, D.F., Miebach, A.; Parow-Souchon, H.; Sauer, F.; Schoenenberg, J.; Al-Nahar, M.; Hussain, S. T. (2020): Al-Ansab and the Dead Sea: Mid-MIS 3 archaeology and environment of the early Ahmarian population of the Levantine corridor. PLoS ONE 15 (10): e0239968. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239968.

Willmes, C.; Niedziółka, K.; Serbe, B.; Grimm, S.B.; Groß, D.; Miebach, A.; Märker, M.; Henselowsky, F.; Gamisch, A.; Rostami, M.; Mateos, A.; Rodríguez, J.; Limberg, H.; Schmid, I.; Müller, M.; Hölzchen, E.; Holthausen, M.; Klein, K.; Wegener, C.; Weninger, B.; Kellberg Nielsen, T.; Otto, T.; Weniger, G.-C.; Bubenzer, O.; Bareth, G. (2020): State of the Art in Paleoenvironment Mapping for Modeling Applications in Archeology—Summary, Conclusions, and Future Directions from the PaleoMaps Workshop. Quaternary, 3 (2) 13. Doi: 10.3390/quat3020013.

Miebach, A.; Stolzenberger, S.; Wacker, L.; Hense, A.; Litt, T. (2019): A New Dead Sea Pollen Record Reveals the Last Glacial Paleoenvironment of the Southern Levant. Quaternary Science Reviews 214: 98–116. Doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.04.033.

Langgut, D.; Cheddadi, R.; Carrión, J. S.; Cavanagh, M.; Colombaroli, D.; Eastwood, W. J.; Greenberg, R.; Litt, T.; Mercuri, A. M.; Miebach, A.; Roberts, N.; Woldring, H.; Woodbridge, J. (2019): The origin and spread of olive domestication in the Mediterranean Basin: the fossil pollen evidence. The Holocene 29 (5): 902–922. Doi: 10.1177/0959683619826654.

Palmisano, A.; Woodbridge, J.; Roberts, N.; Bevan, A.; Fyfe, R.; Shennan, S.; Cheddadi, R.; Greenberg, R.; Kaniewski, D.; Langgut, D.; Leroy, S. A. G.; Litt, T.; Miebach, A. (2019): Holocene landscape dynamics and long-term population trends in the Levant. The Holocene 29 (5): 708–727. Doi: 10.1177/0959683619826642.

Miebach, A.; Chen, C.; Schwab, M. J.; Stein, M.; Litt, T. (2017): Vegetation and climate during the Last Glacial high stand (ca. 28–22 ka BP) of the Sea of Galilee, northern Israel. Quaternary Science Reviews 156: 47–56. Doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.11.013.

Miebach, A.; Niestrath, P.; Roeser, P.; Litt, T. (2016): Impacts of climate and humans on the vegetation in northwestern Turkey: palynological insights from Lake Iznik since the Last Glacial. Climate of the Past 12: 575–593. Doi: 10.5194/cp-12-575-2016.

Barthlott, W.; Burstedde, K.; Geffert, J. L.; Ibisch, P. L.; Korotkova, N.; Miebach, A.; Rafiqpoor, M. D.; Stein, A.; Mutke, J. (2015): Biogeography and Biodiversity of Cacti. Schumannia 7: 205 pages.

Hutterer, R.; Miebach, A. (2011): Neue Funde von Raubtieren (Mammalia: Carnivora) aus dem Jungpaläolithikum der Eifel. Decheniana 164: 105–115.

Selected Conference Contributions:

Miebach A.; Resag, T. R.; Netzel, T.; Power, M. J. (2021): Fire and first olive cultivation: a new high-resolution macrocharcoal record from the Sea of Galilee, Israel. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly. Virtual PICO presentation. EGU21-2475.

Miebach, A.; Stolzenberger, S.; Wacker, L.; Hense, A.; Litt, T. (2019): The last glacial Dead Sea region: vegetation history, fire activity, and biome modeling. INQUA. Dublin, Ireland. Oral presentation and co-convener of session "The Levantine Corridor: Before humans, during human dispersal and settlement and the future”.

Miebach, A.; Chen, C.; Litt, T. (2018): A 150,000-Year Vegetation and Climate History: The New Dead Sea Pollen Record. GeoBonn. Bonn, Germany. Poster presentation and convener of session “New Insights into the Quaternary Vegetation and Climate History”.

Miebach, A.; Pickarski, N.; Litt, T. (2018): Fire in the Near East: Different Relations of Paleofire Activity and Vegetation Change in the Southern Levant and Eastern Anatolia. 10th European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference (EPPC). Dublin, Ireland. Poster presentation and convener of session “Quaternary vegetation, climate, fire, and plant resilience in Europe and the Near East”.

Miebach, A.; Stolzenberger, S.; Litt, T. (2018): A new Dead Sea pollen record reveals the last glacial paleoenvironment of the southern Levant. IPA-IAL Joint Meeting. Stockholm, Sweden. Oral presentation.

Miebach, A.; Chen, C.; Litt, T. (2017): Re-evaluating the Glacial Vegetation of the Southern Levant and Early Signs of Human Impact on the Environment. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. New Orleans, US. Poster presentation.

Miebach, A.; Chen, C.; Stolzenberger, S.; Litt, T. (2017): The paleoenvironment of the southern Levant during MIS 2 revealed by palynological records of the Sea of Galilee and Dead Sea. 27. Jahrestagung des AK Vegetationsgeschichte der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft. Göttingen, Germany. Poster presentation.

Miebach, A.; Chen, C.; Litt, T. (2017): High lake levels – sparse vegetation: palynological insights into the paleoenvironment of the southern Levant during MIS 2. 5th PAGES OSM. Zaragoza, Spain. Oral presentation. Awardee of PAGES OSM travel grant.

Miebach, A.; Chen, C.; Schwab, M. J.; Lev, L.; Stein, M.; Litt, T. (2016): New insights into the paleoenvironment of northern Israel during the Last Glacial. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly. Vienna, Austria. PICO presentation.

Miebach, A.; Niestrath, P.; Roeser, P. A.; Litt, T. (2015): Klima vs. Mensch: Die Vegetationsgeschichte der Marmara-Region (NW Türkei) der letzten 30.000 Jahre. 25. Jahrestagung des AK Vegetationsgeschichte der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft. Benediktbeuern, Germany. Oral presentation.

Miebach, A.; Niestrath, P.; Roeser, P. A.; Litt, T. (2015): Climate and human impacts on the vegetation in NW Turkey: palynological insights from Lake Iznik since the Last Glacial. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly. Vienna, Austria. Poster presentation. Awardee of the Outstanding Student Poster Award.

Miebach, A.; Chen, C.; Litt, T. (2015): Last Glacial vegetation and climate change in the southern Levant. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly. Vienna, Austria. Poster presentation.

Miebach, A.; Chen, C.; Litt, T. (2015): Wet Glacials and Dry Interglacials in the Southern Levant? Preliminary Evidence from Pollen Analyses. German IODP/ICDP Annual Colloquium. Bonn, Germany. Poster presentation. Awardee of the first poster prize.

Miebach, A.; Litt, T.; Roeser, P. A. (2014): Vegetation and climate history of the Marmara region (NW Turkey) during the last 31,000 years. GeoFrankfurt. Frankfurt, Germany. Oral presentation.

Miebach, A.; Litt, T.; Roeser, P. A. (2014): Vegetation dynamics in response to climate change and land use: a pollen record from the Marmara region (NW Turkey) encompassing the last 31,000 years. 9th European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference (EPPC). Padua, Italy. Oral presentation.

Miebach, A.; Roeser, P. A.; Litt, T. (2013): First results of a pollen record from Lake Iznik (NW Turkey) encompassing the last c. 30,000 years. Regional Committee on Mediterranean Neogene Stratigraphy 14th Congress. Istanbul, Turkey. Poster presentation.

Professional Memberships:

Paläontologische Gesellschaft

Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft

Media:

Pflanzenforschungs-Podcast "Krautnah": Folge "Thyme after Time" mit Hannah Hartung und Andrea Miebach

EGU Blog: Dead Sea – lively stories of the past

DFG – Klimataucher

Links:

ResearchGate

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