Johannes Schellenberg

Biography

2006-2009 Undergraduate student at the Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany; with focus on animal physiology, developmental biology and zoology. 2009 Bachelor thesis: ‘Myogenesis of lower chordates’. Zoology and Developmental Biology. Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany. 2009-2012 Graduate student at the Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany; with focus on animal physiology and zoology. 2011 Graduation of the PhD course program at the Center of Excellence in Marine Sciences (CEMarin) (5 month). 2012 Master thesis: ‘Diversity within Symbiodinium clade C. Change of subtypes in the context of light and temperature.’ Animal Ecology and Systematics. Zoology and Developmental Biology. Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany. 2012 – 2015 PhD student at the Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. Since 2015 Continuation of the PhD at the Department of Applied Microbiology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen. Scientific staff member

Research Interest

- Marine holobionts and global climate change - Stress responses of coral and sponge associated microbial communities