Kristin Scharnweber

Dr. Kristin Scharnweber is a researcher at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Germany, where she currently serves as the Scientific Coordinator of the DFG-funded Research Training Group BioMove, focusing on biodiversity and movement ecology in agricultural landscapes. She has held postdoctoral and research positions at Uppsala University and the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), and earned her PhD within the TERRALAC project.

Her research spans aquatic ecosystem ecology, with a focus on food web dynamics, fatty acid ecology, evolutionary divergence, and carbon cycling. She investigates how structural complexity, productivity, and environmental change affect trophic interactions and ecosystem function in lakes and streams. Her work integrates stable isotope analysis, lipid profiling, and experimental ecology.

Dr. Scharnweber's recent publications highlight trends in trophic transfer efficiency, intra-specific variation in metabolism, resource partitioning, and the role of fatty acids in ecological and evolutionary processes. Her research contributes to understanding how aquatic systems respond to environmental stressors such as browning and eutrophication.

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She has been involved in advising and grant-funded research, notably coordinating the DFG RTG BioMove, which supports interdisciplinary training in biodiversity and movement ecology. Her work often involves collaboration with large research networks and cross-institutional teams.

Dr. Scharnweber is affiliated with the Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation group at the University of Potsdam, which conducts research on community ecology, movement ecology, and conservation in grasslands, drylands, and aquatic systems.