Romy Zeiss

Doctoral Researcher / SoilBON Data Manager

Experimental Interaction Ecology

Affiliations

Leipzig University

Postal address

Puschstrasse 4
04103 Leipzig
Germany

Room: B.00.11

Contact details

Email: romy.zeiss@idiv.de

Phone: +49 341 9733122

Websites

Twitter

iDiv Publications

Publications 2024

Zeiss, Romy, Briones, Maria J. I., Mathieu, Jérome, Lomba, Angela, Dahlke, Jessica, Heptner, Laura-Fiona, Salako, Gabriel, Eisenhauer, Nico, Guerra, Carlos A. (2024): Effects of climate on the distribution and conservation of commonly observed European earthworms. Conservation Biology

Open Access 10.1111/cobi.14187

Publications 2023

Cano-Díaz, Concha, Zeiss, Romy, Carvalho-Santos, Claudia, Carvalho, Rui P., Costa, Sofia R., Duarte, A. Carolina, Fernandes, Paulo, Guerra, Carlos A. (2023): Mapping socio-environmental pressures to assess Portuguese soil vulnerability. Applied Geography

10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.103103

Publications 2022

Jochum, Malte, Thouvenot, Lise, Ferlian, Olga, Zeiss, Romy, Klarner, Bernhard, Pruschitzki, Ulrich, Johnson, Edward A., Eisenhauer, Nico (2022): Aboveground impacts of a belowground invader: how invasive earthworms alter aboveground arthropod communities in a northern North American forest. Biol Lett

10.1098/rsbl.2021.0636

Zeiss, Romy, Eisenhauer, Nico, Orgiazzi, Alberto, Rillig, Matthias, Buscot, François, Jones, Arwyn, Lehmann, Anika, Reitz, Thomas, Smith, Linnea, Guerra, Carlos A. (2022): Challenges of and opportunities for protecting European soil biodiversity. Conservation Biology

10.1111/cobi.13930

Scientific career

Since December 2021

PhD student at German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig and Leipzig University under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Nico Eisenhauer. Title: “Priorities for effective conservation of soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in Germany” funded by Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt.

2019 – 2021

M. Sc. Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution at the Leipzig University. Thesis at German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Nico Eisenhauer and Dr. Carlos A. Guerra: “How (well) does European policy protect soil organisms – Challenges of protecting European belowground biodiversity beyond productive systems”.

2016 – 2019

B. Sc. Biology at the Leipzig University. Thesis at German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Nico Eisenhauer and Dr. Malte Jochum: “Impacts of earthworm invasion on aboveground invertebrate communities in North American forest ecosystems”.

 

Projects

  • Co-coordinating the translation of the Frontiers for Young Minds “Soil Biodiversity” Collection
  • Running a podcast called „Solid Science“ that is available on most platforms such as Spotify, Apple Podcast, Deezer, and PlayerFM. So(i)lid Science is a podcast about science and people with a certain focus on soils, in which Carlos Guerra and I are chatting with our diverse group of guests about their subjects.
  • Initialization and coordination of a Coding Club at the iDiv (iCode), which offers several exchange platforms for interested scientists at the iDiv to discuss coding issues and analyses.

 

Teaching

May 2023 & May 2022

Co-supervision of master’s students on their 3-week research projects & preparation of core materials for a 1-day introduction to Species Distribution Models (SDMs).

April 2023

3-day course introducing R, RStudio, and basic statistics for bachelor’s & master’s students, co-supervision together with Christian Ristok

April 2023

2-hour course introducing of R and RStudio for master’s students

April – June 2021

Co-supervision of a master’s course: preparation of course material & assistance with data acquisition and analysis.