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Johannes Schellenberg

Johannes Schellenberg, Ph.D. student
Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics
Justus Liebig University
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 IFZ
D-35392 Giessen
Phone: +49 (0) 641 99-35724
Fax: +49 (0) 641 99-35709


Fields of interest/focus of work

  • Bioactivity and toxicity of marine invertebrates
  • Symbiotic interactions
  • Defense mechanisms in their evolutionary context


Scientific career

  • 2006-2009: Undergraduate student at the Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany; with focus on animal physiology, developmental biology and zoology
  • 2009: Bachelor thesis: "Myogenesis of lower chordates"
  • 2009-2012: Graduate student at the Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany; with focus on animal physiology and zoology
  • 2011: Ph.D. program at the Centre of Excellence in Marine Sciences (CEMarin), Colombia
  • 2012: Master thesis: "Diversity within Symbiodinium clade C. Change of subtypes in the context of light and temperature"
  • since 2012: Ph.D. student at the Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
  • since 2013: Member of the International Giessen Graduate Centre for the Life Sciences (GGL)


Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

  • Schellenberg, J.; Busse, H.-J.; Hardt, M.; Schubert, P.; Wilke, T.; Kämpfer, P. & Glaeser, S.P. (2018): Proposal of Litorimonas haliclonae sp. nov. isolated from a marine sponge of the genus Haliclona. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 68, 835-843.
  • Reichert, J.; Schellenberg, J.; Schubert, P. & Wilke, T. (2018): Responses of reef building corals to microplastic exposure. Environmental Pollution, 237, 955-960.
  • Schellenberg, J.; Busse, H.-J.; Hardt, M.; Schubert, P.; Wilke, T.; Kämpfer, P. & Glaeser, S.P. (2017): Winogradskyella haliclonae sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge of the genus Haliclona. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 67, 4902-4910.
  • Reichert, J.; Schellenberg, J.; Schubert, P. & Wilke, T. (2016): 3D scanning as a highly precise, reproducible, and minimally invasive method for surface area and volume measurements of scleractinian corals. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 14, 518-526.

Conference contributions

  • Schellenberg, J. (2013): Scleractinia change their endosymbionts: shuffling and switching of Symbiodinium. 4th Young Reef Scientists Meeting, Giessen (Germany), Talk
  • Schellenberg, J.; Glaeser, S.P.; Reichert, J.; Schubert, P.; Morlock, G.; Kämpfer, P.; Wilke, T. (2013): Bioactivity as a defence mechanism in the sponge Haliclona sp. 6th annual conference of the International Giessen Graduate Centre for the Life Sciences, Giessen (Germany), Poster
  • Schellenberg, J. (2012): Shuffling and switching of Symbiodinium within its ecologically diverse clade C: scleractinia change their endosymbionts. 3rd Young Reef Scientists Meeting, Berlin (Germany), Talk


Awards & grants

  • Scholarship from the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (2010-2011)
  • Doctoral scholarship from the Centre of Excellence in Marine Sciences (since 2012): "Bioactive substances of marine invertebrates as defense mechanisms in their evolutionary context"


Academic duties

  • Organizer of the 4th Young Reef Scientists Meeting 2013 in Giessen
  • Chairperson of the Marine Sciences section at the 6th annual conference of the International Giessen Graduate Centre for the Life Sciences, Giessen (Germany)


Teaching experience

  • Supervision assistance of undergraduates and graduates in courses on animal ecology (A-4-TOE), zoology (K-2-ZOO), marine biology (M-MB-EMB), marine aquaculture (M-M-MAF) and marine biogeography (M-M-MBG) at Giessen University