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I am a biologist working internationally in the fields of Biodiversity Conservation, Agro-Ecology and Ecosystem Service Management - both in tropical and temperature ecosystems. Currently, I work as a PostDoc in Austria (University of Vienna & BOKU Vienna), Germany (Agroecology Group Göttingen), and Peru (DiFFcacao project).
My projects focus on the study of birds, bats and arthropods in an agricultural context - to improve the scientific understanding and applied management of functional diversity and ecosystem services. Multidisciplinarity continously flows into the design, application and communication of my research - for example through collaboration with agricultural stakeholders and social scientists, or the development of software applications for advanced ecological data collection, analyses and decision-making.
Working as an Associate Editor (BIOC & PECON), teaching international students (UVIE), and completing several courses (e.g., science communication, animal training) allowed me to develop a deep understanding of the scientific publication process, improve my leadership skills, and explore innovative approaches for biodiversity research and conservation.
My research in keywords: Agroecology, Biodiversity Conservation, Conservation Science, Ecological Modelling, Ecosystem Service Management, Environmental Education, Functional Diversity Analyses, Landscape Ecology and Socio-Ecology.
Short CV | Publications | Talks | Google Scholar | ORCID | Research Gate | Twitter | Contact
I am a biologist working internationally in the fields of Biodiversity Conservation, Agro-Ecology and Ecosystem Service Management - both in tropical and temperature ecosystems. Currently, I work as a PostDoc in Austria (University of Vienna & BOKU Vienna), Germany (Agroecology Group Göttingen), and Peru (DiFFcacao project).
My projects focus on the study of birds, bats and arthropods in an agricultural context - to improve the scientific understanding and applied management of functional diversity and ecosystem services. Multidisciplinarity continously flows into the design, application and communication of my research - for example through collaboration with agricultural stakeholders and social scientists, or the development of software applications for advanced ecological data collection, analyses and decision-making.
Working as an Associate Editor (BIOC & PECON), teaching international students (UVIE), and completing several courses (e.g., science communication, animal training) allowed me to develop a deep understanding of the scientific publication process, improve my leadership skills, and explore innovative approaches for biodiversity research and conservation.
My research in keywords: Agroecology, Biodiversity Conservation, Conservation Science, Ecological Modelling, Ecosystem Service Management, Environmental Education, Functional Diversity Analyses, Landscape Ecology and Socio-Ecology.
Short CV | Publications | Talks | Google Scholar | ORCID | Research Gate | Twitter | Contact
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November 2020
Our recent TREE paper is freely available via this link until 06 January 2021 (please share)! Meanwhile, we are working diligently on data sets, publications and webinars in our ongoing projects and in the ATBC DEI committee. Please stay tuned and stay safe! October 2020 The pandemic restricts us all very much, but could not stop me from a field trip to Italy to prepare the upcoming ECOLIVES project (biodiversity and ecosystem services in olive agroforestry systems) - at least mapping potential study sites is still possible. Updates will follow by the end of this crazy year! September 2020 A new collaborative paper in Trends in Ecology and Evolution highlights novel opportunities to protect ecosystem services and human well-being by transforming tropical agroforestry towards higher socio-ecological standards! Check out our FFC project website for more updates from our ongoing cacao agroforestry projects in Peru. August 2020 A new collaborative paper on bat conservation and zoonotic disease risk is published in Animal Conservation (here), as well as a preprint of our work on ant community composition in newly established grasslands in Austria (REGRASS project), currently under review in Ecology and Evolution. More updates on ongoing publications coming soon! July 2020 I use the summer break between two projects for writing applications, publications, and giving interviews - as well as for my work with conservation dogs in Austria, as one of the first certified teams in Austria for collision monitoring of birds and bats. Stay tuned and follow my Twitter (@MaasBea) for weekly updates on our work. June 2020 We published a call to the entire scientific leadership to center diversity, equity and inclusion at all COVID-19 related efforts in Nature Ecology & Evolution. Our call was written in response to the pandemic but also applies to the current riots about lack of diversity and persistent racism within and beyond academia. Stay tuned and follow my Twitter (@MaasBea) for weekly updates on our work. May 2020 I'm excited to announce that I have joined the ATBC Diversity&Inclusion Committee and that we are currently working on online events and actions to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in our international scientific community. Keeping up academic work during COVID-19 has been really challenging and I'm very grateful to my international colleagues for our fruitful collaboration in teaching, mentoring, research, editing and writing publications about which there will be more updates soon - stay tuned or follow my Twitter (@MaasBea) for weekly updates on our work. April 2020 See our BiolCons editorial on COVID-19 impacts on biodiversity conservation, revealing editorial insights beyond direct consequences of the pandemic and the opportunity to remind people of the links between healthy, resilient ecosystems and human well-being. Stay tuned for more updates on ongoing publications (ORCID; Google Scholar), scientific events and research projects from me and my international collaborators to be posted here and on Twitter (@MaasBea)! March 2020 We could finish our yearly DiFFcacao project meeting in Peru just in time before international borders were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All colleagues are currently well and safe. Nobody can say for sure how things will continue - I can only reveal that editors at Biological Conservation are working on an editorial on the topic and other manuscripts are progressing well. Best wishes to all my colleagues and their families around the globe - I hope you are all safe and well! February 2020 Our symposium on "Overcoming implicit bias in the tropical science community for better conservation research and practice" has been accepted first official online event of an ATBC for ATBC 2020! We are working on live broadcasts and discussions to promote inclusion and diversity in our international community, and look forward to seeing and meeting many of our colleagues in July, both on- and offline! *** postponed to 2021 (ATBC: "All accepted symposia will be retained...") January 2020 January is, as every year, dedicated to writing papers, teaching and planning research activities for the upcoming year - I look forward to working on the papers and developments of our projects REGRASS, DiFFcacao and DiDat and to the start of new collaborations in 2020! December 2019 A very busy year comes to an end - with more publications, projects and conferences / talks than in any year before. I have also completed an intensive animal trainer course in Austria, as well as several courses to improve my academic core skills. In December, I submitted a symposium proposal for ATBC 2020 and joined the BES Women in Ecology program as a mentor. Thanks to all my colleagues for our fruitful collaborations - happy holidays and all the best for 2020! November 2019 Many good news! Check out our new special issue on "Implementation Spaces in Conservation Science" published in Biological Conservation. In our corresponding lead editorial, we ask "what is holding us back from putting conservation research into practice?" and show why interdisciplinary cooperation is crucial for the conservation of global biodiversity. There are press releases online in ENGLISH and GERMAN. I also gave an interview about (my) research with birds for the University of Vienna, and we wrote a blogpost about causes of global biodiversity decline and how to address this from different scientific perspectives - contributing to our current semester question "How do we protect biodiversity?" (both in German). |
