Research Department Life Science Systems
Technische Universität München
Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2
D-85350 Freising-Weihenstephan
Room: 1.2.1.4
Phone: +49 (0) 8161 71-4581
Susanne Butschkau, M.Sc.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Conservation Biology
- Molecular Ecology
- Bioinformatics
- Nutritional Ecology
- Biodiversity Sciences
As an undergraduate student I became fascinated by the enormous diversity of ecological research. I therefore specialised my Bachelor studies into organismic Biology and did a Master in Biology with a specialisation in Biodiversity, Evolution, Ecology. I saw the importance of combining molecular ecology with bioinformatics and deepened my knowledge by studying the diet of Nyctalus noctula using DNA-metabarcoding as part of my Master thesis.
During my PhD at the Technical University of Munich, I will focus on the interactions between wild bees and plants and how different land use intensities influence both, plant and bee diversity. This work will include two fieldwork seasons within the experimental plots of the Biodiversity Exploratories. The aim of this project (MacroBEEs) is to use field observation data and pollen metabarcoding data to describe bee-plant interaction networks and to better understand their foraging choices.
CURRICULUM VITAE
04/2020 - present: PhD student, Plant-Insect-Interactions, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich
06/2019 - 04/2020: Technical Assistant at AIM - Advanced Identification Methods GmbH
10/2016 - 04/2019: Master of Science in Biology with a specialisation in Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology
10/2012 - 10/2016: Bachelor of Science in Biology with a specialisation in organismic Biology
PUBLICATIONS
Ulrike H. Taron, Isabel Salado, Mariana Escobar-Rodríguez, Michael V. Westbury, Susanne Butschkau, Johanna L. A. Paijmans, Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Michael Hofreiter, Jennifer A. Leonard (2021) A sliver of the past: The decimation of the genetic diversity of the Mexican wolf. Molecular Ecology 2021;00:1–17. DOI: 10.1111/mec.16073