PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Since 01/2019

PhD thesis "Plastikmüll in Seevogelnestern: Systematische Analyse der Herkunft und Auswirkungen auf Brutpopulationen in der Deutschen Bucht"  (Plastic waste in seabirds' nests: Systematic analysis of its provenance and effects on breeding populations in the German Bight), financed by a scholarship of the municipality of Heligoland.

• Since 01/2018

Head of station on ornithology and finances, island station Heligoland, Verein Jordsand e. V.

• 10/2017 – 12/2017

Scientific employee with a master’s degree at the island station of the Institute of AVian Research „Vogelwarte Helgoland“, Wilhelmshaven

• 05/2011 – 09/2011

Permanent appointment as marketing professional with Bad Nauheim City Marketing and Tourism Ltd.

STUDIES

•  10/2014 – 09/2017

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Master’s programme “Umweltwissenschaften / Environmental Sciences”

• 10/2011 – 09/2014

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Bachelor’s programme “Umweltnaturwissenschaften”

STUDY-RELATED WORK

• 04/2017 – 06/2017

Student assistant at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg as guide of ornithological excursions for bachelor’s students.

INTERNSHIPS

• 03/2016 – 06/2016

Trainee at the island station of the Institute of Avian Research „Vogelwarte Helgoland“
 

• 08/2014 – 10/2014

Trainee at „Sustainability Projects“, Merzhausen, in scope of the project: “Carbonisation of waste wood in the forestry sector: EFRE-Programme ‘Cluster forestry and wood’"

 APPRENTICESHIP

• 01/2016

Bird ringing course at the ornithological station Radolfzell (Max Planck Institute for ornithology)

• 08/2008 – 01/2011

Apprenticeship as "Tourism and leisure Agent" with Bad Nauheim City Marketing and Tourism Ltd.

CIVILIAN SERVICE

• 07/2007 – 04/2008

Protestant day care centre “Arche Noah”, Bad Vilbel

SECONDARY EDUCATION

•  2003 – 2007

Georg-Büchner-Gymnasium, Bad Vilbel

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

• Eikenaar, C., Ballstaedt, E., Hessler, S., Klinner, T., Müller, F., Schmaljohann,

H. (2018): Cues, corticosterone and departure decisions in a partial migrant. General and Comparative Endocrinology (261): 59-66.

• Eikenaar, C., Hessler, S., Ballstaedt, E., Schmaljohann, H., Kaiya, H. (2018):

Ghrelin, corticosterone and the resumption of migration from stopover, an automated telemetry study. Physiology & Behavior (194): 450-455.