Dr. Sandra Kammann
Research Interests
- Biological soil crusts of sand dunes
- Biogeochemical P-cycle
- Biodiversity of microbial communities in soil crusts
Current project
Biological soil crusts in dunes of the East Frisian Islands as possible bioindicators for eutrophication effects.
Publications
Mas Martinez, I., Pushkareva, E., Keilholz, L.A., Linne von Berg, K.-H., Karsten, U., Kammann, S., Becker, B. (2024). Role of Climate and Edaphic Factors on the Community Composition of Biocrusts Along an Elevation Gradient in the High Arctic. Microorganisms 12, 2606. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12122606
Kammann S., Leinweber P., Glaser K., Schiefelbein U., Dolnik C., Mikhailyuk T., Demchenko E., Heilmann E., Karsten U. (2024). Successional development of the phototrophic community in biological soil crusts, along with soil formation on Holocene deposits at the Baltic Sea coast.Front. Ecol. Evol. 11:1266209. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1266209
Glaser K., Kammann S., Plag N., Dreßler M. (2023). Ecophysiological performance of terrestrial diatoms isolated from biocrusts of coastal sand dunes. Front. Microbiol. 14:1279151. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1279151
Kammann S, Schiefelbein U, Dolnik C, Mikhailyuk T, Demchenko E, Karsten U, Glaser K. Successional Development of the Phototrophic Community in Biological Soil Crusts on Coastal and Inland Dunes. Biology. 2023; 12(1):58. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12010058
Kammann, S., Hortua, D.A.S., Kominoski, J.S., Fett, T.-M. and Gillis, L.G. (2022), Understanding how nutrient limitation and plant traits influence carbon in mangrove-seagrass coastal ecosystems. Limnol Oceanogr, 67: S89-S103. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12215
Profile
| Professional Experience | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2025 | Scientist | Biological soil crusts in dunes of the East Frisian Islands as possible bioindicators for eutrophication effects | Applied Ecology & Phycology, University of Rostock |
| 2019-2024 | Scientist | P-cycling in biological soil custs of sand dunes | Applied Ecology & Phycology, University of Rostock |
| Research assistant | Botanical exercises in biodiversity and microscopy | University of Duisburg-Essen |
| Education | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-2024 | PhD Student | Thesis: "P-cycling in biological soil custs of sand dunes" | Applied Ecology & Phycology, University of Rostock |
| 2018 | M.Sc. | Thesis: "Beeinflussung von funktionellen Merkmalen von Seegraswiesen und Mangroven auf die Kohlenstoffspeicherung im Sediment" | University of Bochum in cooperation with the Leibniz centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen |
| 2016-2018 | Master studies | Biodiversity | University of Bochum in cooperation with the University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 2016 | B.Sc. | Thesis: "Untersuchungen zur Konkurrenz von Elodea nuttallii, Corbicula spec. und Phytoplankton" | University of Duisburg-Essen in cooperation with the Ruhrverband Essen |
| 2013-2016 | Bachelor studies | Biology | University of Duisburg-Essen |
| Stays abroad | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Data collection for M.Sc. thesis | Within the project “Exploring present and future carbon dynaemics in connected mangrove and sagrass beds” (funded by the German Research Foundation DFG) | Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research in cooperation with Florida International University |
| 2017 | Internship | COBIGA- Biological Corridor La Gamba, Costa Rica | Tropical Station La Gamba of the University of Vienna |
Contact
Sandra Kammann
University of Rostock
Institute for Biological Sciences
Applied Ecology and Phycology
Albert-Einstein-Straße 3
D-18059 Rostock
Germany
Tel. +49 381 498 6093
Fax. +49 381 498 6072
sandra.kammann(at)uni-rostock.de
