People

Monika Winder

Monika Winder, Professor, Stockholm University

E-mail: monika.winder@su.se

My research interest is in the consequences of environmental change for food webs and ecosystem functions. My research addresses questions in lakes, estuarine-coastal and ocean ecosystems with a special emphasis on planktonic organisms. I conducted post-doctoral research at the University of Washington, Seattle, and at the University of California Davis, and received my PhD in Natural Sciences from the ETH in Zürich.

PhD students

Baptiste Serandour, Ph.D. student, Stockholm University

Email: baptiste.serandour@su.se

I am a PhD student in marine biology at Stockholm University. I am interested in the food web interaction between primary producers and consumers. I use selective DNA barcoding and network modelling to investigate food web structure under changing environmental conditions. This project is connected to the VR project: Consequences of zooplankton feeding strategies on the function of marine ecosystems.

Noah Ngisiang’e, Ph.D. student, Stockholm University

Email: noah.ngisiange@su.se

My study aims to assess the impacts of environmental change on fish larvae productivity in seagrass habitats in Kenya and Tanzania. The studies investigate drivers and changes in coastal habitats at decadal, annual and seasonal time scales, combined with biophysical dispersal models to demonstrate ecosystem responses against socio economic stressors.

Tinanshuo Xu, PhD student Stockholm University

Email: Tianshuo.xu@su.se

I study the dynamic and functionality of symbiotic gut bacteria in zooplankton. Bacteria-zooplankton associations are assumed to have critical ecological functions. However, the mechanisms affecting bacteria and zooplankton interactions are not well described. My PhD program aims to use molecular technics to describe the composition and dynamics of gut symbiotic bacteria and their coupling with zooplankton hosts.

Kinlan Jan, PhD student Stockholm University

Email: kinlan.jan@su.se

My project aims to give a better description of the plankton-fish link using novel molecular tools. Planktivorous fish are key components of the pelagic food web as they support upper trophic levels, such as commercially important fish, and indirectly control algal growth by feeding on zooplankton. In this project, DNA metabarcoding on low levels of dietary DNA (dDNA) and modeling will be used to investigate the full prey spectrum of planktivorous fish. The outcome will provide a better understanding on the plankton-fish interactions and help predict the variation of energy flow from primary producer to fish under different scenarios.

Neea Hanström, PhD student Stockholm University

Email: neea.hanström@su.se

The goal of my PhD thesis is to determine drivers and functions of dinoflagellate parasites in plankton food webs. Parasitic symbionts contribute to the carbon flows in the marine food webs but the extent of the effects they have on the plankton community is still largely unknown. I use DNA metabarcoding and microscopy from field collected samples across the Baltic Sea environmental gradient, to gain better understanding on how parasitic dinoflagellates and zooplankton interact with each other, and what impacts they might have on the marine carbon cycling and energy transfer in the marine food webs.

GUEST RESEARCHER

Dany Rejas, PhD, Stockholm University

 

MASTER STUDENTS

Noemi Merz, MS.c. student, Stockholm University

 

Lab Alumni

PhD Students

Per Hedberg, Ph.D. student, Stockholm University

Andreas Novotny, Ph.D. student, Stockholm University

Konrad Karlsson, Ph.D. student, Stockholm University

Alfred Burian, Ph.D. student, Stockholm University

Jens Nielsen, Ph.D. student, Stockholm University

Rafael Bermudez, Ph.D. student, Kiel University
Current position:  Lecturer at Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador

Postdocs and Researchers

Dr. Sara Zamora, Postdoc, Stockholm University

Dr. David Costalago, Postdoc, Stockholm University
Current position: Researcher, University of British Columbia

Dr. Jennifer R. Griffiths, Postdoc, Stockholm University
Current position:  Technical Lead, Habitat Strategic Initiative at Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, USA

Dr. Aaron Galloway, Postdoc, University of California, Davis

Current position: University of Oregon, USA

Dr. Pavel Kratina, Postdoc, UC Davis
Current position: ecturer at Queen Mary University of London

Dr. Andrea Downing, Postdoc, Stockholm University
Current position: postdoc at the Stockholm Resilience Center, SU

Dr. Olle Hjerne, Researcher, Stockholm University
Current position: Researcher at Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB

Master students

Amalia McAllister, MS.c. student, Stockholm University: Genetic seascape of fish in the western Indian Ocean

Leo Näsström, MS.c. student, Stockholm University: Connectivity of the marbled parrot fish in the western Indian Ocean

Emelie Bergmann, MS.c. student, Stockholm University: Dynamics of planktivorous fish food webs

Josefine Schmidt, MS.c. student, Stockholm University: Effects of marine heatwaves on plankton dynamcics

Rebecca Schröter, MS.c. student, Stockholm University: Uptake efficiency of cyanobacteria by zooplankton

Kinlan Jan, MS.c. student, Stockholm University:  Copepod feeding preferences along the Baltic Sea environmental gradients:An assessment of zooplankton interactions using DNA metabarcoding

Vivien Holub, MS.c. student, Stockholm University: Connectivity through larval dispersal in Kenya and Tanzania: A hydrodynamic connectivity model of marine protected areas

Calum Young, MS.c. student, Stockholm University: Examination of plankton communities, invaders and harmful algal species within mangrove areas of the Galápagos Islands using eDNA metabarcoding

Stefan Eiler, MS.c. student, Stockholm University: Planktonic crustacean communities in the Galapagos Archipelago: Spatio-temporal changes and consequences for ecosystem production

Elina Viinamäki, MS.c. student, Stockholm University: A genetic study of fish larvae in coastal East Africa

Per Hedberg, MS.c. student, Stockholm University: Linkages of fish recruitment to habitat production in coastal East Africa

Lia Simona Puiac, MS.c. student, Stockholm University: Adaptive potential of copepods to climate change: the role of phenotypic plasticity and genetic variation

Stéphane Karasiewicz, MS.c. student, Stockholm University: The effect of temperature on predator-prey interactions and growth fitness

Matteo Fusilli, MS.c. student, Stockholm University: Using DNA barcoding to detect feeding preference of copepods

 

Anna-Lea Golz, MS.c. student, Stockholm University: Stoichiometric regulation in microzooplankton

 

Alexander Raschke, MS.c. student, Geomar, Kiel, Germany