Dr. Veronika Sommer
Research Interests
- Biological soil crusts
- Microalgae
- Restoration
Current project
Biological soil crusts as a pioneer community for the greening of potash spoil heaps
Publications
Prelle, L.R., Graiff, A., Gründling-Pfaff, S., Sommer, V., Kuriyama, K. and Karsten, U. (2019). Photosynthesis and Respiration of Baltic Sea Benthic Diatoms to Changing Environmental Conditions and Growth Responses of Selected Species as Affected by an Adjacent Peatland (Hütelmoor). Front. Microbiol. 10:1500. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01500
Sommer, V., Kockx, M., Wölk, A. & Glaser, K. (2019) Von Vogelkot zu grünen Teppichen – Eine neue Möglichkeit, Kali-Rückstandshalden mit biologischen Bodenkrusten zu begrünen. Biologie in unserer Zeit 49 (2), 122-130. doi.org/10.1002/biuz.201910671
Nowak, P., Schubert, H., Holzhausen, A., Sommer, V., & Schaible, R. (2017). Morphological adaptations of Chara baltica and Chara liljebladii (Characeae) under different light conditions. Botany Letters, 1-9.
Salguero‐Gómez, Roberto, et al. "COMADRE: a global data base of animal demography." Journal of Animal Ecology 85.2 (2016): 371-384.
Profile
| Work experience | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| since July 2021 | Project engineer | upi UmweltProjekt Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH | |
| 2016 | Student assistant | Project: BALTIC TRANSCOAST (isolation of benthic diatoms, Chlα- and CN-analysis) | Applied Ecology & Phycology Uni Rostock |
| 2014 - 2016 | Student assistant | Project: COMPADRE- a global database for plant and animal demography (organization of data and literature, coordination) | Max-Plank Institute for Demographic Research Rostock |
| Education | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 - 2021 | Doctoral Thesis | Applied Ecology & Phycology, University of Rostock | ||
| 2013 - 2016 | Studies | M.Sc. Functional Plant Sciences | University of Rostock | |
| 2010 - 2013 | Studies | B.Sc. Biosciences | University of Rostock |
| Stays abroad | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Visiting student | Arctic Plant Ecology | UNIS, Spitzbergen |
Contact Details
Dr. Veronika Sommer
University of Rostock
Institute for Biological Sciences
Applied Ecology and Phycology
Albert-Einstein-Straße 3
18059 Rostock
Germany
Phone +49 381 498 6095
Fax +49 381 498 6072
veronika.sommer(at)uni-rostock.de
