Julia Rothacher

Research interests

• Forest Ecology and Conservation
• Saproxylic beetles
• Bioacoustics
• Stressresponse of Insects

Projects

Effects of silvicultural interventions on Biodiversity - new methods allow new insights

Curriculum Vitae

Education

11/2021 - present | PhD Student at Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg | Focus: Effects of silvicultural interventions on biodiversity | Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Jörg Müller, Prof. Dr. Ricarda Scheiner

10/2018 - 10/2021| Master of Science in Biosciences at Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg | Focus: Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology & Behavioural Physiology and Sociobiology | Thesis: "Response of beetle diversity to deadwood and light regime - an experimental approach"

10/2012 - 07/2017 | 1.State examination in teaching (Gymnasiallehramt) at Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen | Subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Pedagogics | Focus: Ecology and Diversity of Arthropods | Thesis: "Parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera Parasitica) in Amazonian tree bark arthropod communities - diversity and spatio-temporal patterns"

Professional experience

05/2018 - 09/2018 | Internship in the Bavarian Forest Natural Park, Grafenau  | Focus: Environmental Education and Research

08/2017 - 04/2018 | Part time position at Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen  | Focus: Supervision of Biology Bachelor Courses in Taxonomy, Humanbiology, Organismic Biology and Anorganic Chemistry

Publications

Busse, A., Cizek, L., Čížková, P., Drag, L., Dvorak, V., Foit, J., Heurich, M., Hubený, P., Kašák, J., Kittler, F., Kozel, P., Lettenmaier, L., Nigl, L., Procházka, J., Rothacher, J., Straubinger, C., Thorn, S., & Müller, J. (2022). Forest dieback in a protected area triggers the return of the primeval forest specialist Peltis grossa (Coleoptera, Trogossitidae). Conservation Science and Practice, e612. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.612