Jana C. Massing Email & Phone Number

Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

My aim is to develop and apply new modelling approaches for complex ecological communities, with particular focus on marine microbes. Applying cutting-edge concepts from nonlinear dynamics and network science, I seek to understand the structure and dynamics of such communities. With these models, I want to gain understanding of how diversity of species in communities emerges, functions and fails. My overarching aim is to understand the consequences of the vast microbial diversity in the oceans… Show more My aim is to develop and apply new modelling approaches for complex ecological communities, with particular focus on marine microbes. Applying cutting-edge concepts from nonlinear dynamics and network science, I seek to understand the structure and dynamics of such communities. With these models, I want to gain understanding of how diversity of species in communities emerges, functions and fails. My overarching aim is to understand the consequences of the vast microbial diversity in the oceans and its response to climate change.Tasks: Organization and management of several interdisciplinary research projects, data analysis and programming, applying and developing methods from Statistical Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Networks and Data Science, writing and publishing scientific articles. Show less

Bremen

Maintenance of the marine experimental facility to cultivate and rear tropical organisms, set-up and running of mesocosm aquaria experiments, own project investigating Cassiopeia jellyfish and their adaptive strategy to different light environments as part of Food for the Future project, period: 4 months.

Bremen

Preparation and participation in research cruise embedded in the CUSCO (Coastal upwelling systems in a changing ocean) project, investigating the Humboldt Current upwelling system off Peru, operating multi-net, identifying zooplankton, respiration experiments with copepods, period: 2 months.

Bremen, Germany

Sample preparation of algae, lyophilization and chlorophyll extraction, period: 2 months.

Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Developing teaching concept, 4h of teaching with interactive aspects each week, period: 4 months.

Doctor Of Science

Master'S Degree, Marine Biology, 1.1

Thesis: ‘Food-web structure and trophic interactions in the Humboldt Current upwelling system off Peru.’, grade: 1.0 Tasks: Fatty acid.

Winter School, Ocean Governance For Sustainable Marine Ecosystems

Sustainability Development Goals, biodiversity, science communication, ecosystem management, pollution, NGOs, Marine Spatial Planning.

Bsc Of Science, Bioscience, 1.4

Thesis: ‘Phototactic behaviour of the native Gammarus pulex and invasive Echinogammarus berilloni (Amphipoda, Crustacea) in response.