Maria Gambill (Dipl.Biol.)

Phone: +49(0)40 - 42838 6708
Fax: +49(0)40 - 42838 6618
University of Hamburg
Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science
Olbersweg 24
22767 Hamburg
Germany

Research interests

Since my graduate studies I have been working on jellyfish - mainly on polyps of scyphozoans. I worked in the laboratory of PD Dr. Gerhard Jarms at the Zoological Institute, University of Hamburg, Germany, where I learned to rear and maintain polyps of different jellyfish species. Starting out with a more taxonomic view, I am now broadening my spectrum by including ecophysiology and ecology of scyphozoans by performing controlled laboratory experiments; whereas respiration and oxygen tolerance, temperature effects on different life stages, as well as feeding and growth are in my main focus. My emphasis here also lies on the small life stages like planulae, polyps and ephyrae of the North Sea.

Educational Background

University education

04/2010	Diploma (equiv. M.Sc.) in Biology, University of Hamburg, Zoological Institute, Germany
04/2007 - 03/2010	Training in Biology, specializing in Zoology with focus on marine invertebrates, Hydrobiology and Biochemistry, University of Hamburg, Germany
04/2004 - 03/2007	Training in basic Biology at the Freie Universität Berlin and the University of Hamburg, Germany

Employment

03/2011 - present	PhD Student at the University of Hamburg, Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science
07/2010 - 02/2011	Project Scientist at the University of Hamburg, Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science
05/2009	Student assistant for the EU Project MEECE (www.meece.eu), University of Hamburg, Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science
11/2007 - 06/2009	Teaching assistant at the University of Hamburg, Zoological Institute and Museum

Projects
03/2011 - present	„VECTORS of Change in Oceans and Seas marine Life, Impact on Economic Sectors“; multidisciplinary large-scale integrated European Project supported within the Ocean of Tomorrow call of the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme. (http://www.marine-vectors.eu/)

Publications

Gambill, M. (2009) Analyse und Vergleich morphologischer Daten von Polypen und einigen Ephyren ausgewählter Populationen der Gattung Aurelia (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa). Diplomarbeit, Universität Hamburg.

Research interests

Educational Background

University education

Employment

Projects

Publications