Teaching & supervision
PhD candidate supervisor
University of Jyväskylä
Finland
Developed professional training and foundational ecology research program for current PhD candidate Simone Stidsborg at the University of Jyväskylä. Responsibilities, professional development, and educational training content include
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Assembling independent PhD Advisory Group of professors and researchers
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Developing an individual professional training plan with milestones and goals
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Leading weekly journal club of seminal and current research articles
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Promoting her professional participation and research travel. Since her start, my PhD student has attended and plans to attend conferences, training, and research visits with leading researchers and organizations in the field, including
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Nordic Oikos Annual Conference (Lund, Sweden)
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University of Oxford (UK), Professor Mark Fricker (Department of Plant Sciences)
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands), Professor Toby Kiers (Faculty of Science, Ecology, & Evolution)
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Universität Wien (Austria), Professor Andreas Richter (Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science)
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Research and professional scientific training
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Microbiology lab techniques
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Sterile working conditions
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Isolating fungi
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Maintaining a culture collection of fungi
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Coding in R
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Multivariate statistics
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Trait-based ecology
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PhD candidate co-supervisor
Freie Universität Berlin
Germany
Co-advised and co-supervised PhD candidate Milos Bielčik, who was awarded his PhD summa cum laude in ecology. I provided editorial assistance and support for his peer-reviewed journal articles and PhD dissertation and gave scientific advice and recommendations for his presentations for the Rillig Lab at the Freie Universität in Berlin. I also advised him on professional development and his research during ongoing research conversations and discussions during his PhD.
Master’s and bachelor’s theses co-supervisor
Freie Universität Berlin
Germany
Co-supervised two master’s students’ thesis projects and five bachelor’s students’ thesis projects. Selected projects:
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“Effect of root endophyte fungi on plant host growth”
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“Measuring the diversity of transport efficiency in fungal networks”
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“Effect of drought in trait diversity of root endophytes”
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“Effect of temperature on growth of soil saprotrophic fungi”
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“Correlating meteorological variables with spore counts in air samples”
Opponent of two doctoral dissertations
Freie Universität Berlin (Germany)
Universidad Nacional de Columbia (Columbia)
Lecturer
Master's course
Freie Universität Berlin
Germany
Fungal Biology and Ecology
Lecturer
Bachelor's courses
Freie Universität Berlin
Germany
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Aufbaumodul 1: Organismische Biologie (Organismal Biology)
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Basismodul 5: Ökologie (Basic Ecology)
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Einführung in R für statistiche Anwendung (Introduction to R for Statistical Use)