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Dr. Julia Gravendyck


Nees-Institut für Biodiversität der Pflanzen
Meckenheimer Allee 170  
53115 Bonn
 

 

Teaching

I am one of the lecturers at the department of biology. I am responsible for plant morphology and systematic botany. You will most likely encounter me in the Bachelor’s ‘Pflichtmodule’

  • Bio-06 (Biodiversität der Pflanzen) and
  • Bio-07 (Ökologie mit Bestimmungsübungen)

 

Internships, projects, theses etc.

Please contact me via email, if you are a student of the University of Bonn and interested in working on a botanical topic or one of my research interests.

 

Research interests

Besides being a botanist, I am a palynologist and paleobotanist. I am interested in

  1. paleoecology and vegetation dynamics especially in the context of environmental stress and (mass) extinction events
  2. plant evolution with focus on early angiosperms based on the fossil pollen record
  3. morphology (incl. teratology), taxonomy, nomenclature; applying and innovating these fundamental tools to conduct palynological and (paleo-)botanical research

Besides 'classical' microscopy methods, such as light and scanning electron microscopy I employ fluorescence and especially advanced confocal laser scanning approaches to offer new perspectives on notoriously small pollen and spores.

My main temporal focus has been the Mesozoic (especially the Triassic and early Cretaceous), but I am interested in all ages and events that offer interesting insights into plant evolution in the past and present.

 

Curriculum Vitae

  • since 12/2022 Lecturer, Systematic Botany, Nees-institute for biodiversity of plants, University of Bonn, Germany
  • 04/2021 -11/2022 Post-Doc (Prof. Dr. Heimhofer), AG for Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palynology, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
  • 03/2017-03/2021 Doctoral Student and Research assistant, (Prof. Dr. Bachelier), AG for Structural and Functional Plant Morphology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
  • 2014-2016 Master of Science in Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
  • 2010-2013 Bachelor of Arts (English and Biology), Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Featured publications

  • Gravendyck, J., Coiffard, C., Bachelier, J.B., Kürschner, W.M. in press. Re-evaluation of Cerebropollenites thiergartii Eberh.Schulz 1967 and related taxa: priority of Sciadopityspollenites and nomenclatural novelties. Grana. https://doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2022.2158688
  • Gravendyck, J., Fensome, R., Head, M.J., Herendeen, P.S., Riding, J.B, Bachelier, J.B., Turland, N.J. (2021). Taxonomy and nomenclature in palaeopalynology: Basic principles, current challenges and future perspectives. Palynology.45, 717-743. https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2021.1918279
  • Gravendyck, J., Schobben, M., Bachelier, J.B., Kürschner, W.M. (2020). Macroecological patterns of the terrestrial vegetation history during the end-Triassic biotic crisis in the central European Basin: A palynological study of the Bonenburg section (NW-Germany) and its supra-regional implications. Global Planetary Change. 194, 103286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2020.103286

 

Funding & Awards

    • 2022 | TMS Angelina Messina Grant | The Micropalaeontological Society (TMS), UK
    • 2021 | Andrew Whitham CASP Fieldwork Award | Cambridge Arctic Shelf Program (CASP), UK
    • 2020 | L.R. Wilson Best Student Paper Award | AASP-The Palynological Society (AASP-TPS), USA
    • 2018 | Förderung für Innovative Lehrvorhaben | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Germany
    • 2018 | Preis für Gute Lehre | Freie Universität Berlin (FU), Germany
    • 2018 | Best Presentation Award | Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences (FU), Germany

     

     

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