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Vanessa Tirpitz


Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics
Justus Liebig University Giessen
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 IFZ
D-35392 Giessen
Phone: +49 (0) 641 99-35728

 

Fields of interest/focus of work

  • Effects of microdebris on tropical coral reefs

  • Absorption of microdebris in reef-building corals

 

Scientific career

  • since 2020: Ph.D. student at the Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
  • 2018-2020: Masters student (M.Sc. Biology with a focus on ecology, evolution and nature conservation), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany

    Thesis: “Effects of different mixtures of microdebris on the hermatypic corals Stylophora pistillata and Pocillopora verrucosa”

  • 2017-2018: Masters student (M.Sc. Integrative Zoology, with a focus on morphology & systematic, behavioral & neurobiology), University of Rostock, Germany

  • 2014-2017: Bachelor student (B.Sc. Biology with a focus on botany, animal ecology and zoology), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
    Bachelor thesis: “Influence of different spectra of plasma induction lamps on the photosynthetic activity of the zooxanthellae of Acropora spp.”

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles
  • Reichert J, Tirpitz V, Anand R, Bach K, Knopp J, Schubert P, Wilke T, Ziegler M (2021): Interactive effects of microplastic pollution and heat stress on reef-building corals. Environmental Pollution, 290, 118010.
Conference contributions
  • Tirpitz V, Reichert J, Ziegler M, Wilke T (2022): The incorporation of different types of microplastic mixtures in reef-building corals. 15th GGL Annual Conference 2022, Giessen, oral presentation.
  • Tirpitz V, Hutter M, Hutter H, Schubert P, Reichert J (2022): Does the dose make the poison? The effects of different microdebris concentrations on reef-building corals. 15th ICRS International Coral Reef Symposium 2022, Bremen, Virtual Poster.
  • Tirpitz V, Reichert J, Hutter M, Hutter H, Schubert P, Wilke T (2021): Does the dose make the poison? The effects of different microdebris concentrations on reef-building corals. 14th GGL Annual Conference 2021, Giessen Virtual, oral presentation.
  • Tirpitz V, Reichert J, Schubert P, Wilke T (2021): How do different mixtures of microdebris affect reef-building corals? 14th ICRS International Coral Reef Symposium 2021, Bremen Virtual, Poster.
  • Tirpitz V, Reichert J, Ziegler M, Wilke T (2020): The absorption of microdebris in reef-building corals. ICMS International Conference on Marine Science: tropical ocean for the future 2020, Colombia online, Poster.
  • Tirpitz V, Rades M, Reichert J, Schubert P, Wilke T (2019): Beyond single polymers: The effects of microdebris on reef-building corals. ICYMARE International Conference for YOUNG Marine Researchers 2019, Bremen, Poster.