Mareike Petersen

Dr. Mareike Petersen is a Biological Data Scientist in the Department of Scientific Data Management at the Museum of Natural History Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Research. Her career focuses on data standardization, global research data networking, and optimizing data lifecycle systems through projects like GFBio and DiSSCo. She previously coordinated biodiversity projects including ABCD 3.0 and EuropeanaCreative.

• Research Focus: Biodiversity data science, geoscience data practices, and sustainable data infrastructure
• Education: PhD in Biology (2016) with thesis on tropical forest frog survival strategies; Diplom in Biology (2009) from University of Würzburg

Her work addresses data integration challenges between ecological field studies and museum collections, with publications on data harmonization standards and geoscience data access. Current projects include leading the Collection Future program and developing WiNoDa Knowledgelab initiatives.

• Key Contributions:
  • Lead author on Science (2019) about amphibian fungal panzootic
  • Developed data standards in Fossil Record (2019)

Awards:

• Elsa-Neumann State Scholarship
• DAAD International Internship Fellowship
• Arthur von Gwinner Travel Grant