Maraike Willsch

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Publications

• Graf S, Willsch M, Ohl M (2021) Comparative morphology of the musculature of the sting apparatus in Ampulex compressa (Hymenoptera, Ampulicidae) and Sceliphron destillatorium (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 68(1): 21-32. https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.68.58217
• Willsch M, Friedrich F, Baum D, Jurisch I, Ohl M (2020) A comparative description of the mesosomal musculature in Sphecidae and Ampulicidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) using 3D techniques. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 67(1): 51-67. https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.67.49493
• Willsch M (2019) Micro-computed tomography scanning of the mesosomal musculature in Apoidea (aculeate Hymenoptera) – segmented structures and raw data. [Dataset]. Data Publisher: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN) – Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity. https://doi.org/10.7479/dft0-yy6m
• Gaubert P, Patel R, Veron G, Goodman SM, Willsch M et al. (2017) Phylogeography of the small Indian civet and origin of introductions on western Indian Ocean islands. Journal of Heredity. 108(3): 270–279. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esw085
• Veron G, Willsch M et al. (2014) The Distribution of the Malay Civet Viverra tangalunga (Carnivora: Viverridae) across Southeast Asia: Natural or Human-mediated Dispersal? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 170(4): 917–932. https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12110

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Projects

• DMP4CS (BMBF-funded)
• PhD project Evolution and phylogeny of aculeate Hymenoptera

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Curriculum Vitae

06/2023 - 12/2023 | Research associate DMP4CS, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN)

08/2020 - 07/2023 | Research associate, Coordinator & Admin of the Taxonomic Access Facilities Germany (DE-TAF), Transnational Access, EU project SYNTHESYS+ | MfN

2019 | Research associate, conservation of pollinating insects | Stiftung Naturschutz Berlin

2019 | Freelance scientist for science communication with museum visitors on basis of my PhD project, Experimental Field for Participation and Open Science | MfN

2016-2019 | Freelance translator Engl-Ger

Since 2014 | PhD student, evolutionary morphology, skeletal musculature of Aculeata | MfN  &  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

2013/2014 | Collection Manager Spheciformes, Entomology | MfN

2013 | Qualified Dog Coach | DCI Berlin

2013 | Research associate, taxonomy Lepidoptera, Directorate-General | MfN

2012 | Assistant dept. Evaluation, Directorate-General | MfN

2012 | Intern Mammal collection | MfN

2008 - 2009 | Practical semester abroad: reintroduction & tracking of cheetahs, leopards, and hyenas at the N/a’an ku sê Wildlife Sanctuary, Namibia | breeding & behaviour of parrots; keeping of dolphins at the Loro Parque, Tenerife

2007-2011 | Studies in Biology (BSc, MSc) | Zoology, Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, Wildlife Conservation | Hochschule Bremen - City University of Applied Sciences, Germany & University of Salford - Greater Manchester, UK 

• Theses in the fields of aquatic and fish ecology
• and the phylogeography of asian civets, Dept. Evolutionary Genetics at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Berlin

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Tasks

• Research associate DMP4CS, Dept. Social Innovation Unit
• PhD student, the evolution and phylogeny of aculeate Hymenoptera using 3D imaging techniques, Dept. Evolutionary Morphology; Biology/Zoology at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Research

Using µCT-scans and 3D-reconstructions I investigate characters of skeletal-muscles of these insects. A broad morphological data set should help clarifying phylogenetic relationships. Project description

Links

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