Katharina Kallnik

Telephone: +49 (0)931 31-83788
Fax: +49 (0)931 31-84352
e-Mail: katharina.kallnik@uni-wuerzburg.de
Room C042
University of Würzburg
Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology
Biocenter - Am Hubland
97074 Würzburg, Germany
- host-parasite ecolgy
- climate change biology
- phenology of plants and insects
- plant-pollinator interactions
- conservation biology
Education
- 04/11 - present PhD- student, University of Würzburg Project:” Climate-mediated plant-bumblebee-antagonist interactions”
- 04/09 - 03/11 Studies in biodiversity and ecology (Master of Science), University of Bayreuth Master’ s thesis at the Department of Animal Ecology I in cooperation with Berchtesgaden National Park. Title: “Diversity and host-parasite interactions of bumblebees (Bombus spp.) along an elevational gradient”
- 10/06 - 03/2009 Studies in biology (Bachelor of Science), University of Bayreuth Bachelor ’s thesis at the Department of Plant Ecology. Title: “Flora and Vegetation of the Roter Main riverside in the municipal area of Bayreuth with special focus on non-native plants”
Practical Experiences
- 08/2011 Field assistance at the Ucka Nature Park, Croatia : Biomonitoring of ponds
- 07/09 - 08/10 Field assistance at the Swiss National Park : Resurvey of the GLORIA (Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine environments) target regions