Michele Meyer
PhD Student
River Ecology
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Brückstr. 3a, 39114 Magdeburg
Tel: 0341 60254137
michele.meyer@ufz.de
Research interests and projects
- Microbial processes in benthic biofilms and sediments
- Effects of stressors on aquatic ecosystems
- Nutrient cycling and internal eutrophication
- Aquatic ecotoxicology and Limnology
Global anthropogenic impacts on macronutrient ratios in freshwater (TRACER Synthesis Project)
AssessStress
Academic background
| Since 09.2022 |
PhD student Topic: Effects of drought on microbial processes driving internal eutrophication within a river-floodplain gradient |
| 02.2022 - 08.2022 |
Research assistant at the University Koblenz-Landau (now RPTU) Assistance in teaching the course "Toxicology" and support of a mesocosm experiment on the indirect effects of fungicides on aquatic macroinvertebrates |
| 2018 - 2021 |
M.Sc. in Ecotoxicology at the University Koblenz-Landau (now RPTU) Master's thesis: Effects of the fungicide fluopyram on Gammarus fossarum (Amphipoda) through water and dietary exposure |
| 04.2020 - 03.2021 | Research assistant in the departments of Environmental and Soil Chemistry and Quantitative Landscape Ecology at the University of Koblenz-Landau |
| 2014 - 2018 |
B.Sc. in Ecology and Environmental Planning at the Technical University of Berlin Bachelor's thesis: Analysis of thermoset microplastic particles in an experimental model system in cooperation with the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung |
Publications
Große, A., Graeber, D., Fink, P., Reisinger, A., Kamjunke, N., Meyer, M., Ilić, M., Borchardt, D., Perujo, N. (2025):
Contrasting functional responses of benthic and hyporheic stream biofilms to light availability and macronutrient stoichiometry. Limnology and Oceanography Volltext (DOI)
Meyer, M., Koschorreck, M., Weitere, M., Kneis, D., & Perujo, N. (2024). Dissolved organic matter quality, hydrological connectivity and microbial activity shape phosphorus buffering in river-floodplain systems. Science of the Total Environment, 957, 177452. Volltext (DOI)
Kittner, M., Meyer, M., Yunes, P., Rimondino, G. N., Bertrand, L., Malanca, F. E., ... & Amé, M. V. (2022). Pilot study on microplastics in the Suquía River basin: Impact of city run-off and wastewater treatment plant discharges in the mid-2010s. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 8, 100185. Volltext (DOI)
Jamin, J., Diehl, D., Meyer, M., David, J., Schaumann, G. E., & Buchmann, C. (2022). Physico-Chemical Soil Properties Affected by Invasive Plants in Southwest Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) — A Case Study. Soil Systems, 6(4), 93. Volltext (DOI)
Funding and Awards
2024: Dietrich-Uhlmann travel grant awarded by the German Society of Limnology (DGL)