Sonja M. Thielen
University of Tübingen
Hölderlinstr. 12
D-72074 Tübingen, Germany
Room S 308d
+49 (0)7071 29-73073
sonja.thielen@uni-tuebingen.de
Research Interests
- Water relations in mosses
- Surface structures of moss species
- Plant-based moisture transfer via textiles
Curriculum Vitae
| Since 06/2018 | PhD candidate at the University of Tuebingen, Department of Geosciences Supervisors: Prof. Dr. James Nebelsick, PD Dr. Anita Roth-Nebelsick (State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart) |
| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
03/2017 – 03/2018 | Researcher at the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart: Pilot Study „Moss Wall“ – Reduction of Particulate Pollution in City Centers, for details see http://www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/user/303/projekte/en |
| EDUCATION | |
| 2016 | M.Sc. in Biology, University of Freiburg, main subject: Plant Sciences Master Thesis: The impact of historic forestry management on today's occurrence of Dicranum viride in the Forest of Endingen |
| 2015 | Study abroad at the University of Iceland in Reykjavík, Iceland with focus on conservation biology |
| 2013 | B.Sc. in Biology, University of Freiburg, main subjects: Molecular Plant Physiology, Geobotany, Immunology Bachelor Thesis: The influence of benzoic acid derivatives on the root growth of Arabidopsis thaliana |
Conference contributions
Thielen, S. M., Ebner, M., Miranda, T., Nebelsick, J. H., Roth-Nebelsick, A. (2019). Moss-water interactions: Effects of dehydration and hydration on moss surface structures. Poster presentation at the joint conference of the International Association of Bryologists, the International Molecular Moss Science Society and the Sociedad Española de Briología, Madrid, Spain
Thielen, S. M., Ebner, M., Miranda, T., Nebelsick, J. H., Roth-Nebelsick, A. (2019). From dry to wet: How moss surface structures interact with water. Oral presentation at the Society for Experimental Biology's Annual Meeting, Sevilla, Spain Link
Thielen, S. M., Nebel, M. (2019). Salinity Tolerance of Moss - An Aspect in Urban Greening. Poster presentation at the Society for Experimental Biology's Annual Meeting, Sevilla, Spain Link
Memberships
International Association of Bryologists (http://iab-bryologists-website.blogspot.com/); Bryologisch-lichenologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mitteleuropa (https://blam-bl.de/); VBIO Verband Biologie, Biowissenschaften und Biomedizin in Deutschland (https://www.vbio.de/)