About
Dr. Rebecca Oester serves as a Research Fellow at the University of Hamburg within the Department of Biology under the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences. She is based at the Institute of Animal Cell and Systems Biology (IZS) and holds dual affiliations as a core member of the Network Ecology of Animals research group and as an Associate Postdoctoral Fellow in Research Training Group 2530 (GRK 2530), which investigates estuarine ecosystem dynamics.
Her research program focuses on critical ecological interfaces and processes, specifically:
- Terrestrial-aquatic linkages and cross-ecosystem energy flows
- Community assembly and ecosystem function relationships
- Biodiversity-ecosystem service provisioning mechanisms
- Aquatic biodiversity patterns and conservation
This work integrates network ecology approaches to understand animal movement and species interactions within changing environments. Dr. Oester actively contributes to GRK 2530's interdisciplinary framework examining land-water ecotones while advancing theoretical and empirical models of ecosystem resilience through the Network Ecology of Animals group. Her office is located in room CvL 2.527 at Ohnhorststrasse 18, Hamburg.
