Title of the Doctoral Thesis

Microbial community analysis in the neotropical ant-plant association: Azteca spp. – Cecropia spp.

Research interests

• Symbiosis
• Ant-Plant Interactions
• Microbial Diversity and Interactions
• Tropical Ecology

Projects

• Scientific project collaborator FWF-project P 31990-B "Species interactions and their impact on nutrient recycling in ant-made fungal patches" (Veronika Mayer)

 Cooperations

• Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (University of Vienna)

 Curriculum Vitae

Current position

• 2019– PhD student/Scientific project collaborator (prae doc) FWF-Project P 31990-B

Education and scientific career

• 2019 Teaching Assistant of EMBO course Techniques in Anaerobic Microbiology, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research
• 2018–2019 Research Assistant on Anaerobic Microbiology, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research
• 2018 Teaching Assistant of Biotechnology Bachelor Course Microbial Physiology, Wageningen University & Research
• 2018 MSc Thesis Ecology and detection of Potential Biological Control Agents, Biointeractions & Plant Health BU, Wageningen University & Research
• 2017–2018 Diplom (MSc) in Environmental Agrobiology, Universidad de Barcelona, Wageningen University & Research
• 2017 Teaching Assistant of EMBO course Techniques in Anaerobic Microbiology, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research
• 2017 Internship on Anaerobic Microbiology, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research
• 2015–2016 Degree Thesis "Effect of diguanylate cyclases and phosphodiesterases on the motility of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria", Department of Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• 2015 Internship on Soil Microbiology, Department of Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• 2011–2016 Degree (BSc) on Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid