e-mail: ina.heim@uni-goettingen.de
Curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
JOINT PHD (Dr. rer. nat.)
2015 - 2019
Macquarie University, Australia & Universität Hamburg, Germany
Thesis on the effect of urban development on intertidal wetland systems, such as mangroves and saltmarshes.
Methods: field experiments, controlled mesocosm studies, and a historical approach using remote sensing techniques.
Supervisor: Prof. Michelle Leishman, Prof. Ian Wright, Dr. Jens Oldeland
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY
2012 - 2014
Universität Hamburg, Germany
Major in ecology and biodiversity
Thesis on the impact of different management strategies on the biodiversity of the cultural landscape of heathlands
Supervisor: Prof. Norbert Jürgens, Dr. Jens Oldeland
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
2008 - 2012
University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg, Germany
Major in molecular biology and measurement- and control technology
EXPERIENCE
POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE
GEORG-AUGUST UNIVERSITÄT GÖTTINGEN | 2023 - today
● Synthesis research within the CRC 990: Carbon Dynamics in
tropical lowland rainforest ecosystems under different land use
intensities.
● Teaching: Plant ecology and climate change and vegetation
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
SKYLAB GmbH, HAMBURG | 2022 - 2023
● Project coordination und presenting of health analysis of natural and
forest plantations using remote sensing data (UAV- and satellite
imagery, tree count, plant stress assessment, carbon stock estimation))
● Processing of satellite imagery (low-super high resolution)
● Writing and acquiring grants
PROFESSORIN RÜBSAMEN-SCHAEFF STIPEND
UNIVERSITY OF GHENT, BELGIUM | 2020 - 2021
● Preparing a project proposal on the effects of urban development on
the biodiversity of urban green spaces and natural systems
● The scholarship promotes specifically women in science in their early
career and is granted by the German scholarship foundation
POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, USA | 2019 - 2020
● Exploring the effect of climate change driven drought on crop root
systems
● Lab management and lab safety management
Publications
I am puplishing under my maiden name I. Geedicke
Heim, R. H., Okole, N., Geedicke, I., & Maas, W.. (2024). An applied framework to unlocking multi-angular UAV reflectance data: A case study for classification of plant parameters in maize (Zea mays). Precision Agriculture, ACCEPTED.
Kuska, M. T., Heim, R. H., Geedicke, I., Gold, K. M., Brugger, A., & Paulus, S. (2022). Digital plant pathology: a foundation and guide to modern agriculture. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 129(3), 457-468.
Geedicke I., Manea A., Oldeland J. & Leishman MR. (2021) Freshwater input drives invasion success of exotic plants in saltmarsh communities. Austral ecology, 46(5), 713-721.
Manea A., Geedicke I., & Leishman MR. (2020) Elevated carbon dioxide and seawater salinity enhances mangrove seedling establishment in a model saltmarsh community. Oecologia, 192, 273-280.
Heim, R. H. J., Wright, I. J., Allen, A. P., Geedicke, I., & Oldeland, J. (2019). Developing a spectral disease index for myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii). Plant Pathology, 68(4), 738-745.
Carthey, A. J., Tims, A., Geedicke, I., & Leishman, M. R. (2018). Broad‐scale patterns in smoke‐responsive germination from the south‐eastern Australian flora. Journal of Vegetation Science, 29(4), 737-745.
Geedicke I., Oldeland J. & Leishman MR. (2018) Urban stormwater run-off promotes compression of saltmarshes by freshwater plants and mangrove forests. Science of the total Environment, 637: 134 – 144.
Geedicke, I., Schultz, M., Rudolph, B., & Oldeland, J. (2016). Phylogenetic clustering found in lichen but not in plant communities in European heathlands. Community Ecology, 17(2), 216-224.