Lebenslauf
- Since 03/2020 Dissertation and research at the Research Group Diatoms, Botanical Garden and Bo-tanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin
- 2016 – 2019 Studies in Biology at the Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, Thesis: „Macroalgal-communities in Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen - Analysis of video transects“ at Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Bremerhaven
- 2015 Degree in Environmental Engineering, University of Kassel
Forschungsinteressen
- Biogeography of diatoms
- Environmental DNA barcoding of diatoms
- Diatoms as bioindicators
Forschungsprojekte
- "Endemism vs. cosmopolitanism: assessing polar benthic diatom diversity and biogeography patterns as baseline for environmental change using an integrative approach" in the Priority Programme SPP 1158 "Antarctic Research" of the German Research Foundation DFG together with the University of Rostock (Prof. Dr. Ulf Karsten)
Papers in peer reviewed journals (published and in press)
Juchem D.P., Schimani K., Holzinger A., Permann C., Abarca N., Skibbe O., Zimmermann J., Graeve M. & Karsten U. 2023: Lipid degradation and photosynthetic traits after prolonged darkness in four Antarctic benthic diatoms, including the newly described species Planothidium wetzelii sp. nov. – Frontiers in Microbiology 14: 1241826. http://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1241826
Schimani K., Abarca N., Zimmermann J., Skibbe O., Jahn R., Kusber W.-H., Leya T. & Mora D. 2023: Molecular phylogenetics coupled with morphological analyses of Arctic and Antarctic strains place Chamaepinnularia (Bacillariophyta) within the Sellaphoraceae. - Fottea 24(1): 1-22. https://doi.org/10.5507/fot.2023.002
Prelle L.R., Schmidt I., Schimani K.,Zimmermann J., Abarca N., Skibbe O., Juchem D. & Karsten U. 2022: Photosynthetic, Respirational, and Growth Responses of Six Benthic Diatoms from the Antarctic Peninsula as Functions of Salinity and Temperature Variations. - Genes 13(7):1264. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13071264
Schimani K., Zacher K., Jerosch K., Pehlke H., Wiencke C. & Bartsch I. 2022: Video survey of deep benthic macroalgae and macroalgal detritus along a glacial Arctic fjord: Kongsfjorden (Spitsbergen). - Polar Biology 45: 1291-1305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-022-030
Book chapters and monographs (published and in press)
Zimmermann J., Abarca N., Bansemer J., Bettig J., Droege G., Kusber W.-H., Luther K., Mohamad H., Mora D., Proft S., Schimani K., Skibbe O., Van A.T. & Jahn R. 2022: German Barcode of Life 2 (GBOL2) — Kieselalgen DNA-Barcoding und eDNA Metabarcoding im Kontext von Biodiversitätsforschung, Taxonomie und EU Wasserrahmenrichtlinie (2000/60/EC). - Pp. 307-311. In: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie (ed.): Ergebnisse der Jahrestagung 2021 (Leipzig). - Essen.