Dr. Tatiana Miranda
Technician / Researcher and SEM Lab manager

Hölderlinstr. 12
72074 Tübingen, Germany

 S217
+49 7071 29-73186
tatiana.mirandaspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de
tatiana.mirandaspam prevention@senckenberg.de
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Curriculum vitae

Since 10/2017Researcher and SEM Lab manager at Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment (HEP).
08/2014 – 08/2017Postdoc Project developed in partnership with Department of Arts and Design of the university PUC-Rio, Brazil.
03/2009-10/2013PhD Student at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
01/2007 – 02/2009 Tutor in the course "Introduction to Pollen Analysis” and field work for the BMBF Project 3D Bio-filter at Geociences University Tübingen
03/2003-05/2005Master´s Student at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil
01/2001 – 02/2003Field biologist for t project “Inventory of epiphytical orchids and their pollinators in Plateau of Araucarias in southern Brazil” at PUCRS, Brazil
1996-2000Graduate studies in biology at PUCRS, Brazil

Publications

2025

Ebner, M., Roth-Nebelsick, A., Bocherens, H., Gschwender, F., Baumeister, M., Miranda Ebner, N., Hohberg, K., Gan, H.Y., Schneider, C., Maggs-Kölling, G., Marais, E., Lehmitz,R., Miranda, T. (2025).The fog harvesting Namib Desert dune grass Stipagrostis sabulicola promotes niche building by modifying substrate and atmosphere conditions, Journal of Arid Environments 227: 105312, ISSN 0140-1963, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2024.105312

2024

Gan, H.Y., Hohberg, K., Schneider, C., Ebner, M., Marais, E., Miranda, T., Lehmitz, R., Maggs-Kölling, G., Bocherens, H. (2024). The hidden oases: unveiling trophic dynamics in Namib's fog plant ecosystem, Scientific Reports 13334: 14, 1, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61796-8

2023

Ebner, M., Marinova, E., Junginger, A., Miranda, T., Heidgen, S. (2023). Naturraum-und Landschaftsgenese im Ammertal und im Oberen Gäu, In book: Gold im Ammertal, 27 (2023) | ISSN: 9783949680083, Tübingen: Museum der Universität Tübingen MUT, 2023 
pages 1-10

Hohberg, K., Gan, H.Y., Miranda, T. Schneider, C., Bocherens, H., Lemitz, R., Ebner, M. (2023). natur • forschung • museum NEBEL FÄNGER IN DER NAMIB, Report number: Band 153 HEFT 7-9 2023

2022

Anita Roth-Nebelsick, Wilfried Konrad, Martin Ebner, Tatiana Miranda, Sonja Thielen, James H Nebelsick (2022). When rain collides with plants — patterns and forces of drop impact and how leaves respond to them, Journal of Experimental Botany, erac004. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac004

2021

Konrad Wilfried, Roth-Nebelsick Anita, Kessel Benjamin, Miranda Tatiana, Ebner Martin, Schott Rena and Nebelsick James H. (2021). The impact of raindrops on Salvinia molesta leaves: effects of trichomes and elasticity, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 182021067620210676. http://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0676

Ingmar  Werneburg, Anna  Krahl,  Andreas  T.  Matzke, Henrik  Stöhr, Tatiana  Miranda,  Annett  Junginger, Hartmut  Schulz,  Martin  Ebner, Sibylle  Wolf, Agnes  Fatz, Madelaine Böhme (2021).    Denkschrift zur Bedeutung und zum Zustand der Senckenberg-verwalteten Paläontologischen Sammlung an der Eberhard-Karls-Universität in Tübingen, anno 2021, nebst einem Konvoluten-Inventar ihrer Petrefakte, ihres Literaturbestandes sowie einer möglichen Zukunftsperspektive zum Erhalt und zur Erschließung derselben. 

Riczar Fuentes, Rintaro Ono, Nasrullah Aziz,  Sriwigati, Nico Alamsyah, Harry Octavianus Sofian, Tatiana Miranda,  Faiz, Alfred Pawlik (2021). Inferring human activities from the Late Pleistocene to Holocene in Topogaro 2, Central Sulawesi through use-wear analysis, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Volume 37, 102905, ISSN 2352-409X. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102905 

Roth-Nebelsick, A., Miranda, T., Ebner, M. et al. From tree to architecture: how functional morphology of arborescence connects plant biology, evolution and physics. Palaeobio Palaeoenv (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-020-00466-9

2020

Miranda, T., Roth-Nebelsick, A., Junginger, A., Ebner, M. Habitat conditions, spatial distribution and trichome morphology of different species of Tillandsia growing on trees on the Ilha Grande Island, Brazil. Flora 272, November 2020, 151692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2020.151692

Heidgen, S., Marinova, E., Krauß, R., Nelle, O., Ebner, M., Märkle, T., Miranda, T., Bofinger, J., Klingler, S., Junginger, A. (2020). Palaeoenvironment and potential resources for early Holocene subsistence in the Ammer River Valley (Germany) based on palaeoecological and bioarchaeological evidence. Quaternary International, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.05.038

Fuentes, R., Ono, R., Carlos, J., Kerfant, C., Sriwigati, Miranda, T., Azis, N., Sofian, H.O., Pawlik, A. (2020). Stuck within notches: Direct evidence of plant processing during the last glacial maximum to Holocene in North Sulawesi. Journal of Archeological Science: reports 30 (2020) 102207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102207

Ebner, M., Poli, F., Keil, R., Radtke, R. & Miranda, T. (2020). Die Epiphyten in den Baumkronen des brasilianischen Küstenregenwaldes als Modelle zur Gewinnung und Einsparung von Wasser. In: Werneburg I., Betz O. Phylogenie, Funktionsmorphologie und Bionik. Schriften zum 60. Phylogenetischen Symposium in Tübingen. Scidinge Hall Verlag Tübingen, 332 Seiten. ISBN: 978-3-947020-10-2

2019

* Fuentes, R., Ono, R., Nakajima, N., Nishizawa, H., Siswanto, J., Aziz, N., Sriwigati, Sofian, H.O., Miranda, T., Pawlik, A. 2019. Technological and behavioural complexity in expedient industries: The importance of use-wear analysis for understanding flake assemblages. Journal of Archaeological Science, ISSN: 0305-4403, Vol: 112, Page: 105031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2019.105031

Crazzolara, C., Ebner, M., Platis, A.,Miranda, T., Bange, J., Junginger, A. 2019. A new multicopter-based unmanned aerial system for pollen and spores collection in the atmospheric boundary layer. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.

2013

Miranda T., Ebner M., Traiser C. Roth-Nebelsick A. Diurnal pattern of stomatal conductance in the large-leaved temperate liana Aristolochia macrophylla depends on spatial position within the leaf lamina. Annals of Botany 05/2013; 111(5):905-15.

Tötzke C., Miranda T., Konrad W., Gout J., Kardjilov N., Dawson M., Manke I., Roth-Nebelsick, A. Visualization of embolism formation in the xylem of liana stems using neutron radiography. Annals of Botany 02/2013, 111(4).

Ebner M., Roth-Nebelsick A., Miranda T., Lopes J., Belmonte S., Coreixas Kuroki I., Kuroki I. Bromelias Bromeliads. In 3D Technologies: Unveiling the past, shaping the future, 1. edited by Lopes J., Brancaglion Jr A., Azevedo S., Werner Jr H., 12/2013; chapter Bromelias Bromeliads: pages 132-139, Lexicon.

Miranda T. Water Relations of Lianas. Dissertation der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 99p.

2012

Voigt D., Roth-Nebelsick A., Miranda T., Ebner M., Gorb S. Visualization of small water droplets on surfaces with different degree of wettability by using Cryo-Scanning Electron Microscopy. Journal of Advanced Microscopy Research 03/2012; 7(1-7):1-4.

Roth-Nebelsick A., Ebner M., Miranda T., Gottschalk V., Voigt D., Gorb S., Stegmaier T., Sarsour J., Linke M., Konrad W. Leaf surface structures enable the endemic Namib desert grass Stipagrostis sabulicola to irrigate itself with fog water. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 02/2012; 9(73):1965-74.

2011

Ebner M., Miranda T., Roth-Nebelsick A. 2011 Efficient fog harvesting by Stipagrostis sabulicola (Namib dune bushman grass). Journal of Arid Environments 01/2011; 75(6):524-531. DOI:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.01.004

2010

Ebner M., Miranda T., Roth-Nebelsick A. 2010 Fog harvest by Stipagrostis sabulicola as a survival strategy to overcome water stress on sand dunes of the hyper arid Namib Desert. Gobabeb Newsletter of the Research Station Namib 2010 5(2): 16.

2006

Miranda T., Ebner M., Solé M., Kwet A. Spatial, seasonal and intra polulational variation in the diet of Pseudis cardosoi (Anura-Hylidae) from the araucaria Plateau of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. South American Journal of Herpetology 06/2006; 1(2):121-130.

Solé M. & Miranda T. 2006 T. Sub- Aquatic feeding in the Hylidae frog Pseudis cardosoi (Anura, Hylidae) from Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. Bol. De la Asoc. Herp. Esp. 2006, 17: 101-102

2005

Miranda T., Ebner M., Solé M., Kwet A. Estimativa populacional de Pseudis cardosoi (Anura: Hylidae), com emprego de método fotográfico para reconhecimento individual. Biociências 6/2005; 13:49-54

2004

Kwet A., Miranda T., Zillikens A. Hyla albomarginata Geographic distribution. Herpetological Review 01/2004; 35:78.

2002

Kwet A. & Miranda T. 2002 Hyla parasina First Record. Herpetological Review 01/2002; 4(32):271.

Kwet A., Solé M., Miranda T., Melchiors J., Naya D.E., Maneyro R. First record of Hyla albopunctata Spix, 1824 (Anura: Hylidae) in Uruguay, with comments on the advertiment call. Cuadernos de Bioetica: Revista oficial de la Asociacion Espanola de Bioetica y Etica Medica 01/2002; Bol. Asoc. Herp. Esp. 13:1-2.

2001

Kwet A. & Miranda T. 2001 Zur Biologie und Taxonomie der Schwarz-Kröte Melanophryniscus atroluteus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920). Herpetofauna 10/2001, 134:19-27.

Book Chapters

Ebner, M., Poli, F., Keil, R., Radtke, R. &  Miranda, T. In press. Die Epiphyten in den Baumkronen des brasilianischen Küstenregenwaldes als Modelle zur Gewinnung und Einsparung von Wasser. In: Phylogenie, Funktionsmorphologie und Bionik. Schriften zum 60. Phylogenetischen Symposium in Tübingen. Werneburg I., Betz O. (2020). Scidinge Hall Verlag Tübingen, 332 Pages. ISBN: 978-3-947020-10-2

Ebner M., Roth-Nebelsick A., Miranda, T., Lopes J., Belmonte S., Coreixas Kuroki I., Kuroki I. 2013. Bromelias Bromeliads. In: 3D Technologies: Unveiling the past, shaping the future, 1. edited by Jorge Lopes, Antonio Brancaglion Jr, Serg io AlexAzevedo, Heran Werner Jr., chapter Bromelias Bromeliads: pages 132-139; Lexicon., ISBN: 978-85-8300-003-7
 

Teaching

Exkursion: Elba

Geoökologisches Geländepraktikum: Tropical Ecology of South America in the Brazilian Mata Atlântica

Research

Research focus

  • Desert plants and plants that live in arid and semi-arid conditions
  • Surfaces analyses using Scanning electron microscopy and other microscopes
  • Applications of plant functional surfaces, morphologies and eco-physiology
  • Biomimetic interface between biology and technology

Projects

  • Fog Plant Oases Project Senckenberg/University Tuebingen project: nebelpflanze-oase-pilotprojekt .jimdosite .com
  • Natura Campus Postdoc project Nr. 1904 - 07/2014 – 07/2016 Development of smart packaging based on analyzes of water sensitive surfaces of Brazilian bromeliads. Project: accomplished between University of Tuebingen, Department of Geosciences in collaboration with Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Department of Arts and Design. The purpose of this of project was study the mechanisms of water collection of bromeliad scales, and transfer this ability to the production of eco-packaging
  • BMBF PhD Project 11/2008 – 11/2013 -Energieautarker Flüssigkeitsferntransport mit faserbasierten Systemen: This project had the objective of transferring the morphological and physiological characteristics of the capillaries and vessel elements of lianas, for the production of artificial water transport systems
  • BMBF 03/2008 – 11/2012- 3D Bio Filter (Field Biologist under contract): The aim of this project was the eco physiological study and analyzing of the leaf surface of Stipagrostris sabulicola, species of Poaceae endemic of the Namib desert. The results were used to produce an efficient filter able to generate potable water through mist filtration TECHTEXTIL innovation prize 2011  https://www.bionik-blog.de/2011/05/25/techtextil_innovationprize-2011-materials/
  • CNPq scholarship - Master Project: Natural history of Pseudis cardosoi - Anura Hilidae

Scientific activities

In charge of the Phenom Desktop Electron Microscope

Expeditions:

12/2024 -Expedition to southern Brazil: Long-term studies related to the BMBF SHIFT Project: collection of microclimate data from tree canopies, analysis of the current distribution and flowering time of orchids.

8/2023 – 09/2023    - Expedition to the Atacama Desert to look for plants adapted to fog harvesting, met new scientific partners at the University of Concepcion and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. We looked for places in the Atacama Desert similar to the Namib Desert, as well as getting to know and working at the Alto Patache station in the northern part of the Atacama Desert.

 

08/2022 – 09/2022 Expedition to Namib Desert, for the development of the Fog Plant Oasis Project (Part 1) 09/2009 - 12/2009 and 10/2010 - 12/2010 Namib Desert, development of the BMBF 3D Bio Filter Project. The material developed won the Techtextil 2011 award https://www.bionik-blog.de/2011/05/25/techtextil_innovationprize-2011-materials/

 

Expertise & lab activities

Public outreach