Research Field:

Gravitational Biology - Animal and Plant Physiology

Topic:

Physiology and interaction of organisms under altered gravity conditions using a bioregenerative life support system

DLR Supervisor:

PD Dr. Ruth Hemmersbach

University Supervisor:

Prof. Bleckmann, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Education:

Degree: Diploma Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf
Study of Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf

Experience:

Student teaching assistant at the Institute of zoomorphology, cell biology and parasitology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, assignment:

• supervisor of the practical exercises in zoology for students of biology
• supervisor of the practical exercises in biology for students of medicine
• breed of Lucilia sericata, Calliphora pubescens, Sarcophaga argyrostoma, Sarcophaga sp.
• Ceraptopognidae monitoring in order to vector analyses of the blue tongue disease
• supervisor of the practical exercises in zoology for students of biology
• supervisor of the practical exercises in biology for students of medicine

Research interests:

Gravity perception in Daphnia magna; Physiological changes of organisms (Daphnia magna, Oreochromis mossambicus, Euglena gracilis) under altered gravity conditions, e.g. during parabolic flights, in clinostats, on centrifuges; Changes in behavior and interactions of organisms under altered gravity conditions; Improvement of existing bioregenerative life support systems