Marina Psalti
Associated PhD student
- Project: Project A.02
- Research Group
- Address: Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch-Weg 15 (Biozentrum I/ Room 01.466), 55128 Mainz
"I benefit a lot through the experiences and knowledge of the other PhD students and the scientific exchange with them in case of questions and problems. I enjoy how we all answer evolutionary questions with so different organisms and techniques."
Education
- Since 2018: PhD studies
- 2014-2016: MSc in Biology, Johannes-Gutenberg-University in Mainz, Germany; Thesis: Manipulation of the symbiosis in the sawtoothed grain beetle Oryzaephilus surinamensis
- 2011-2014: BSc in Biology, Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg; Thesis: Radio telemetric screening of the habitat use of the Aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus) in a forest north of Georgenborn, Schlangenbad
Working Experience
- 2017-2018: Federal volunteer service at BUND Naturschutz e.V. - Radolfzell
- 2014: Student assistant at Public Science Center - Würzburg
- 2012 & 2013: Student assistant at University of Würzburg
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Psalti MN, Gohlke D, Libbrecht R (2021)
Experimental increase of worker diversity benefits brood production in ants BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21:1-10 -
Psalti MN, Libbrecht R (2020)
Caste Differentiation Encyclopedia of Social Insects