Laura Meier
Contact
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Department Ecological Modelling
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Germany
Tel: +49 341 6025 2294
Research interests
- Food web modelling (Food web ecology)
- Metacommunity theory and stressors in aquatic ecosystems
- Modelling ASF transmission
Curriculum Vitae
Since April 2024
Digital transformation & HR Development manager
People & Culture
February 2024 - March 2024
January 2023 - March 2024
PhD support, Course & Event management
Graduate School HIGRADE / People & Culture (HIGRADE)
(parental leave substitute)
2017 - 2024
2014 - 2017
Master of Science in Environmental Modelling
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Thesis: Ecological Modelling of African Swine Fever Transmission: Upscaling Experimental Data to Understand the Role of Virulence in Population Level Persistence
2010 - 2014
Bachelor of Science in Evironmental System Science and Biology (Dual Major Bachelor's Degree)
University of Osnabrück
Thesis: Impact of drought regimes on the livelihood of pastoral households - an ecological-economic model analysis
Publications
2025 (1)
- Meier, L., Grimm, V., Frank, K. (2025):
Model perpetuation by designing and documenting models and workflows so that they can be reused and further developed by others: The case of multiple stressors in ecology
Ecol. Model. 501 , art. 111029 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111029
2022 (1)
- Meier, L., Brauns, M., Grimm, V., Weitere, M., Frank, K. (2022):
MASTIFF: A mechanistic model for cross-scale analyses of the functioning of multiple stressed riverine ecosystems
Ecol. Model. 470 , art. 110007 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110007
Poster
- Meier, L., Lange, M., Thulke, H.-H. (2016): Beweist die Zunahme serologisch positiver Wildschweine in ASP-Ausbruchsgebieten die abnehmende Letalität des Virus?, DACh-Epidemiologie-Tagung, Jena, Germany. (First place: "Best poster presentation")
- Meier, L., Lange, M., Thulke, H.-H. (2016): Integrating ASF sero-prevalence data in wild boar and the decreasing-virulence hypothesis. 3rd Annual GARA Scientific Workshop, Ploufragan, France.