Kevin Baumann
Kevin Baumann
Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics
Justus Liebig University
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 IFZ
D-35392 Giessen
Germany
Tel: +49(0)641/ 99-35716
Fax: +49(0)641/ 99-357
Teaching & Research Focus
Personally, I am interested in the effects of environmental disturbance (e.g., habitat fragmentation and land use) and environmental change (e.g., temperature change) on the community structure of pollinators. For this, I focus on interactions between pollinators and their plant counterparts. With the help of pollinator network analyses, I define the structure and function of different communities and compare them along environmental gradients. My focus lies on wild bees (e.g., Bombus lapidarius and Lasioglossum calceatum) and hoverflies (e.g., Volucella bombylans and Sericomya silentis), which make up diverse, ecologically, and economically important and beautiful communities.
Scientific Career
- 2019-current. Research assistant. Institute of Animal Ecology and Systematics. Justus Liebig University of Gießen (Germany)
- 2016-current. Scientific assistant. Fraunhofer IME, Gießen (Germany)
- 2015-2018. M.Sc. Focus: Animal Ecology and Nature conservation. Master thesis: Pollinator community structure and function under environmental disturbance and change. Justus Liebig University of Gießen (Germany)
- 2017-2018. Lahn-Guide, RP Gießen (Germany)
- 2016-2018. Scientific assistant. Institute of Animal Ecology and Systematics. Justus Liebig University of Gießen (Germany)
- 2015. Temporary employee for bat mapping “Planungsbüro Gall”
- 2012-2015. B.Sc. Focus: Animal Ecology, Animal Physiology and Zoology. Bachelor thesis: Landscape factors determine larval food supply from adult digging wasps. Justus Liebig University of Gießen (Germany)