Dr. Jana Isanta Navarro


PhD Topic

Curriculum vitae

Since 04/2020

Post Doc, Research Training Group R3 – Resilience of Lake Ecosystems, Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz

2017- 2020

Dissertation: "Life history responses to changes in food quality within Daphnia populations", Chemical Ecology and Ecophysiology, Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz

2016 Master thesis: "Influence of mixing depth on Cyanobacteria growth in a eutrophic lake", Seeon Limnological Station
2014- 2016 Studies in Evolution, Ecology and Systematics (Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany)
2014 Bachelor thesis: "Anhydrobiosis in moss living nematodes Plectus acuminatus, Plectus aquatilis and Plectus opisthocirculus dependant on feeding and development status“
2011- 2014 Studies in Environmental Sciences (Bielefeld University, Germany)

 

Publications 

Isanta Navarro, J., Kowarik, C., Wessels, M., Straile, D., and Martin-Creuzburg, D. (2019). Resilience to changes in lake trophic state: Nutrient allocation into Daphnia resting eggs. Ecology and Evolution 9:12813–12825 (doi: 10.1002/ece3.5759).

Isanta Navarro, J., Fromherz, M., Dietz, M., Zeis, B., Schwarzenberger, A., and Martin-Creuzburg, D. (2019). Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid supply improves Daphnia performance at fluctuating temperatures simulating diel vertical migration. Freshwater Biology 64: 1859–1866 (doi: 10.1111/fwb.13377).

 

Awards and Grants 

2020: Start-up funding for an excellent doctoral researcher in the RTG R3

2018/19: MEiN- Mentoring with Experts and international Networking (Mentor: Shelley Arnott, ~4000 €)

2019: DAAD RISE Germany Supervisor  (~3000 € on intern salary)

2018: DAAD RISE Germany Supervisor  (~3000 € on intern salary)

2016: Lehre@LMU Student research award (2000 €)

Conference Presentations

2019: ASLO Planet Water, Challenges and Success, Puerto Rico: Nutrients Matter Most: the evolution of grazer resistance to cyanobacteria

2018: ASLO Water Connects, Victoria, Canada: The influence of trophic state on nutrient allocation patterns into Daphnia resting eggs