Jonas Mauch
Müggelseedamm 301, 12587 Berlin
Profile
Since starting my PhD in September 2021, I have been investigating the effects of the invasive quagga mussel on the water quality of the three large lakes in Berlin, with a strong focus on Lake Müggelsee. In particular, I am interested in the selective filtration behavior of mussels on cyanobacteria, in relation with a strongly temperature-dependent filtration rate. This combination can lead to very interesting dynamics during cynaobacterial blooms in summer heatwave periods. To investigate this, I am conducting a long-term data analysis (20 years) of Lake Müggelsee and attempting to support the resulting findings with laboratory filtration experiments at different temperatures and modeling of the lake and the mussel influence with the PCLake+ ecosystem model with additional data.
Education
2022 Master of Science, Environmental Science and Technologies, TU Berlin (Germany)
2019 Bachelor of Science, Environmental Science and Technologies, TU Berlin (Germany)
Professional experience
Since 09/2021 PhD student, Dept. of Community and Ecosystem Ecology, IGB, Berlin (Germany)
08/2022 – 10/2022 Research visit at Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO), Wageningen (Netherlands)
07/2019 – 09/2021 Student assistant, Dept. of Community and Ecosystem Ecology, IGB, Berlin (Germany)
07/2017 – 06/2019 Student assistant, Dept. of Environmental Process Engineering, TU Berlin, Berlin (Germany)
11/2017 – 08/2018 Student assistant, Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin, Berlin (Germany)
