Kara E. Engelhardt-Stolz
Kara E. Engelhardt-Stolz, Ph.D. student
Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics
Justus Liebig University
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 IFZ
D-35392 Giessen
E-Mail: kara.engelhardt
Fields of interest and focus of work
- Global change and the impact on tropical coral reefs
- Biodiversity and productivity interactions
- Combined impact of biotic and abiotic effects on Scleractinia, Alcyonacea, and Macroalgae
- Competition on benthic tropical reef communities
Research and Projects at the Marine Holobiomics Lab
Scientific career
- since 2020: Ph.D. student at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
- 2017-2019: Postgraduate student (MSc Biology), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany;
Master thesis: “Feeding ecology of long-tailed ducks (Clangula hyemalis) using molecular diet analyses” - 2014-2017: Undergraduate student (BSc Biology), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Scholarships
- Ph.D. scholarship from “Heinrich-Böll Stiftung” (since 2020)
- Ph.D. preparatory Scholarship 2019 (Justus Liebig University); Project: “Galaxea as coral model organism”
- DAAD Promos scholarship for an internship in Colombia, Isla del Rosario; coral restoration and coral spawning
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
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Engelhardt-Stolz KE, Vetter J, Wiederkehr F, Hartwig C, Platz TC, Klinkenbuß D, Sunagawa S, Schäberle TF, Ziegler M. 2026. Biodiversity affects the exometabolomes of four benthic functional groups in coral reefs. Coral Reefs. DOI: 10.1007/s00338-026-02849-4.
- Engelhardt, K.E., Vetter, J., Wöhrmann-Zipf, F. et al. (2023) Contact-free impacts of sessile reef organisms on stony coral productivity. Commun Earth Environ 4, 396
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-01052-5 - Puntin, G., Craggs, J., Hayden, R., Engelhardt, K. E., et al. (2023). The reef-building coral Galaxea fascicularis: a new model system for coral symbiosis research. Coral Reefs, 42(1), 239-252.
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-022-02334-8