Dr. Kristina von Rintelen

Employment history before 09/2018:

• 05/2015-08/2018 Researcher and scientific coordinator of the Indobiosys project (Indonesian Biodiversity Discovery and Information System) – a bilateral research project between Germany (lead MfN Berlin, ZSM Munich) and LIPI, Indonesia (science management, part-time position)
• 11/2012-12/2014 Scientific project coordinator (science management) with Dr. Christoph Häuser at MfN (coordination of BMBF-funded international projects, part-time position)
• 09/2009-10/2012 Postdoctoral researcher at MfN with own research project: "Biogeography at the Sundaland-Wallacea interface: testing hypotheses with freshwater shrimps" (DFG grant RI 1950; https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/152659382)
• 01-09/2009 Postdoctoral research associate at MfN
• 06/2005-01/2009 Research assistant and PhD student with Dr. Matthias Glaubrecht at MfN, Humboldt University Berlin (funded by the DFG, 50% position in malacological research)
• 02/2004-05/2005 Student assistant with Dr. Matthias Glaubrecht at MfN, Humboldt University Berlin (Malacological Collection)
• 03-07/2003 Marketing and office student assistant at OpenLimit SignCubes software company in Berlin
• 01-10/2002 Student assistant with Prof. Dr. Hannelore Hoch, Humboldt University Berlin & MfN (insect research)

Parental leave

• 2006/2007 & 2010/2011 Parental leave (Mutterschutz & Elternzeit) with first and second child

Educational background

• 09/2008 PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Humboldt University Berlin, "Evolution, adaptive radiation and systematics of atyid freshwater shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridina) from ancient lakes of Sulawesi (Indonesia) with notes on island biogeography"
• 10/2002 MSc (Diplom) in Biology at the Humboldt University Berlin (Zoology, Ecology, Geography), "Analyse der Arealsysteme von Schwarzkäferarten der Gattung Somaticus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) im südlichen Afrika"
• 03/1998 BSc (Vordiplom) in Biology at the WWU Münster

Grants and Awards

• 2013 C. Häuser & K. von Rintelen, “Pilot study for a standardized biodiversity inventory, documentation and screening system in Indonesia for the fast and sustainable utilization of natural active compounds” (12-month pilot study, BMBF grant)
• 2013 "FiNCA - Frauen in den Naturwissenschaftern am Campus Adlershof" - 12 months modular qualification program for female postdoctoral scientists
• 01/2010 Dissertation Award for Zoological Systematics, Zoologische Staatssammlung München (5,000 €)
• 2009-2013 DFG grant (DFG RI 1950)
• 2009 Travel grant “Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Museums für Naturkunde e.V.” for field work in Indonesian caves
• 2008 & 2009 Travel grants to participate in international conferences in Perth, Australia & London, UK (DAAD-funded)
• 2008 Doctoral student grant from DAAD RISE to host an international undergraduate student (United States) for 3 months

Aufgabengebiete

• Seit 09/2018 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin - Zentrum für Integrative Biodiversitätsentdeckung (ZIB) / Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery (CIBD)
• Seit 10/2022 Wissenschaftliche Leitung Sammlung Crustacea (Krebstiere)

Forschung und Publikationen: Google Scholar & ResearchGate