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Olivia Metz

Olivia Metz, Ph.D. student
Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics
Justus Liebig University
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 IFZ
D-35392 Giessen
Phone: +49 (0) 641 99-35733
Fax: +49 (0) 641 99-35709


Fields of interest/focus of work

  • Invasion biology of freshwater mollusc
  • Competition between the zebra and the quagga mussel
  • Experimental studies on freshwater molluscs


Scientific career

  • 2011-2014: Undergraduate student at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen (Germany) focusing on animal physiology, zoology and developmental biology
  • 2014: Bachelor thesis: "Histological Analysis of the Epitokous Metamorphosis in Platynereis dumerilii"
  • 2014-2015: Postgraduate student at the Royal Veterinary College London (UK) for the MSc in Wild Animal Biology
  • 2015: Master thesis: "Retrospective study of mortality in Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) in the European breeding population between 2000 and 2014"
  • since 2017: Ph.D. student at the Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany


Grants

  • Dissertation stipend of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (2017): “Invasionserfolg der Dreikantmuschel Dreissena polymorpha und Dreissena rostriformis in Deutschland: Der Einfluss differentieller Konkurrenzstärke”


Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

  • Metz, O.; Temmen, A.; von Oheimb, K.C.; Albrecht, C.; Schubert, P. & Wilke, T. (2018): Invader vs. invader: intra-and interspecific competition mechanisms in zebra and quagga mussels. Aquatic Invasions, 13, 473-480.
  • Metz, O.; Williams, J.; Nielsen; R.K. & Masters, N. (2017): Retrospective study of mortality in Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) in the European breeding population between 2000 and 2014. Zoo Biology, 36, 66-73.