Dr. Katharina Kesy
Scientist
Junior research group
F.-L.-Jahn-Straße 15 - 1. floor - room: 206 (QB)
17489 Greifswald
phone: +49 (0)3834 420 5826
fax: +49 (0)3834 420 5909
email: katharina.kesy[at]uni-greifswald.de
Curriculum Vitae
| Since 01/2021 | Postdoctoral researcher in the working group Aquatic Microbiomes at the Institute of Microbiology of the University of Greifswald, Germany |
| 04/2014 – 01/2020 |
PhD Student at the University of Rostock, Germany, and in the working group Environmental Microbiology at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende, Germany Title of the Dissertation: Bacterial biofilms on microplastics in the Baltic Sea - Composition, influences, and interactions with their environment Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Matthias Labrenz (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende, Germany) |
| 10/2011 – 10/2013 |
Graduate studies in the Master’s course Marine Biology at the University of Rostock, Germany Title of the Master Thesis: Composition of microbial biofilms on microplastic particles after passage through the digestive tract of Arenicola marina Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Matthias Labrenz (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende, Germany) |
| 04/2007 – 09/2011 |
Undergraduate studies in Biology at the Free University of Berlin, Germany Title of the Bachelor Thesis: Habitat use of the newly introduced species Hemigrapsus spec. and competitive interactions with Carcinus maenas in the northern Wadden Sea Supervisors: Dr. Christian Buschbaum/Prof. Dr. Karsten Reise (Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany) |
Research Interests
My main research focuses on microbial biofilm communities and influential parameters on their assembly processes in aquatic systems. After investigating biofilms on artificial surfaces (e.g. microplastics), I am now concentrating on bacterial and eukaryotic communities on and around the eelgrass Zostera marina. Within the SeaStore project (https://deutsche-kuestenforschung.de/seastore.html), we want to explore microbe-eelgrass-interactions in the Baltic Sea, and if microorganisms could play a beneficial role in seagrass restoration.