Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics

Curriculum vitae (-2014)

Career


  • Since 5/2014 Scientific staff at the Niedersächsische Landesamt für Denkmalpflege
  • Since 10/2013 Scientific staff at the Department Palynology and Climate Dynamics, Göttingen University
  • 06/2013- 09/2013 Ranger at S.O.S. Tartarugas, Cape Verde
  • 4/2010 - 05/2013 PhD-Program “Biodiversity and Ecology” (fast-track option). Research topic "patterns of mountain vegetation dynamics and their responses to environmental changes in the south Ecuadorian Andes" at the Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics (Prof. Behling); Summa cum laude
  • 10/2008-12/2010 - Study of „Biodiversity and Ecology“ at Georg-August-University, Göttingen (MSc) ,
    Master’s thesis: "Holocene vegetation, climate, and fire dynamics in the southeastern Ecuadorian Andes - Derived from the Tres Lagunas -region"
  • 04/2008 -3/2010- Part-time research assistant at the Department for Palynology and Climate Dynamics at the University of Göttingen
  • 10/2005 - 08/2008 Study of “Biodiversity and Ecology” at Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany (B.Sc.)
  • 07/2005 - Abitur at the Vincent-Lübeck-Gymnasium, Stade, Germany




Teaching


  • SS 2014 - "Vegetationsgeschichte außereuropäischer Länder"
  • SS 2014 - "Archäometrie-Praktikum Part Paläoökologie"
  • SS 2014 - "Palynological forensics"
  • WS 2013/2014 - "Pollenanalytical analysis of paleosediments from southern Brazil"
  • WS 2013/2014 - "Grundpraktikum Ökologie - Kursteil Paläoökologie"
  • SS 2012 - Co-leadership of a botanical excursion to Ecuador, together with Hermann Behling, Jürgen Homeier and Andrea Villota
  • WS 2011/2012 - Pollenanalytical analysis of paleosediments from southern Ecuador,
  • WS 2009/2010: Pollenanalytical analysis of paleosediments from southern Ecuador,
  • 04/2008 -3/2010- Part-time research assistant at the Department for Palynology and Climate Dynamics at the University of Göttingen




Language skills


  • German: Native speaker
  • English: Advanced (CEFR: C1)
  • Spanish: Advanced (CEFR: C1)
  • French: Beginner
  • Portuguese: Beginner
  • Italian: Beginner




Software skills


  • MS Office,Tilia, C², PAST, TGView, Leica Application Suite, CANOCO, Multiv, Adobe Illustrator, R




Publications

Papers


2014

  • Jantz, N., Homeier, J., Behling, H. (2014) Representativeness of tree diversity in the modern pollen rain of Andean montane forests. Journal of Vegetation Science 25:481-490. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12105/pdf


    • 2013

  • Jantz, N., Homeier, J., León-Yánez, S., Behling, H. (2013) Trapping pollen in the tropics ? Comparing modern pollen rain spectra of different pollen traps and surface samples across Andean vegetation zones. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 193:57-69. DOI:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.01.011


    • 2012

  • Jantz, N., Behling, H. (2012) A Holocene environmental record reflecting vegetation, climate, and fire variability at the Páramo of Quimsacocha, southwestern Ecuadorian Andes. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 21:169-185. DOI: 10.1007/s00334-011-0327-x Open Access


    • 2010

  • Jantz, N., Kirleis, W. (2010): Von Gruben, Äpfeln und wildem Gemüse. Archäobotanische Untersuchungen an Bodenproben aus der linienbandkeramischen Siedlung Grone bei Göttingen. Archäologie in Niedersachsen 13:99-102.


    • 2009

  • Wooller, M., Behling, H., Guerrero, J. L., Jantz, N., Zweigert, M. E. (2009): Holocene ecosystem changes at Turneffe Atoll, Belize. PALAIOS 24: 650-656.

    • Book chapters


    • Werner, F. A., Jantz, N., Krashevska, V., Peters, T., Behling, H., Maraun, M., Scheu, S., Brehm, G.(2013) Climate Change: Effects on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning. In: Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador, Bendix, J., Beck, E., Bräuning, A., Makeschin, F., Mosandl, R., Scheu, S., Wilcke, W. (Eds.). Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, Vol. 221. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. ISBN:978-3-642-38137-9

      • Posters


      • Jantz, N., Brunschön, C., Homeier, J., Niemann, H., Rodríguez, F., Villota, A., Behling, H., Pollen analysis as a tool for estimating plant diversity dynamics in a hotspot region ? Possibilities and limits (GTÖ 2014, Freising)
      • Jantz, N., Behling, H., Long-term vegetation dynamics of the Podocarpus National Park region (at the DFG RU816 Symposium, 19.10.2012 in Loja, Ecuador)
      • Jantz, N., Behling, H., Long-term vegetation dynamics of the Podocarpus National Park region, South Ecuador (at the III School on Paleopedology for Young Scholars in Siberia, Russia, 04.08.2012)
      • Jantz, N., Behling, H., Long-term vegetation dynamics of an Andean biodiversity hotspot (at the GTÖ, 22.-25.2.2012 in Erlangen)
      • Jantz, N., Behling, H., History for future: Vegetation dynamics of an Andean biodiversity hotspot in southern Ecuador (at the INQUA-Meeting, 21.-27.07.2011 in Bern)
      • Jantz, N., Behling, H., Pollen diversity along an altitudinal gradient in the northern tropical Andes hotspot (at the Conference "Functions and Services of Biodiversity" 2011 in Göttingen)
      • Jantz, N., Behling, H., A Holocene pollen-record refecting vegetation, climate, and fire variability in a high-altitudinal ecosystem of the south Ecuadorian Andes (GTÖ-Meeting 2011 in Frankfurt)
      • Jantz, N., Behling, H., Holocene vegetation, climate, and fire history of the Quimsacocha volcanic basin, South Ecuador (Lateinamerika-Symposium 2010 in Bonn)
      • Jantz N., Behling, H., Holocene vegetation, climate, and fire dynamics in the south eastern Ecuadorian Andes - Derived from the Tres Lagunas-region (DFG RU 816 Symposium 2010 in Loja, Ecuador)
      • Jantz N., Behling, H., Holocene vegetation, climate, and fire dynamics in the south eastern Ecuadorian Andes - Derived from the Tres Lagunas-region (Cioppino-day at the USSP 2010 in Urbino, Italy)



      Talks


      • Jantz, N., Brunschön, C., Niemann, H., Rodríguez, F., Villota, A., Behling, H., Long-term vegetation responses to environmental changes across the south Ecuadorian Andes ? a multi-site comparison (GTÖ 2014 in Freising)
      • Jantz, N., Homeier, J., Behling, H., Pollen rain - vegetation relationships in the South Ecuadorian Andes (at the GTÖ 2013, 02.-05.04.2013)
      • Jantz, N., Homeier, J., Behling, H., The modern pollen rain/vegetation relationship in a tropical mountain rainforest - a guideline for past vegetation and plant diversity research (at the GTÖ 2012, 22.-25.02.2012)
      • Jantz, N., Homeier, J., Behling, H., Disentangling the relationship between vegetation and pollen rain (at the DFG RU 816 Symposium 6.-7.10.2011 in Loja, Ecuador)