SARA TOMIOLO
Assistant professor
Plant Ecology Group
Institute for Evolution and Ecology
Tübingen University
Auf der Morgenstelle 5, Tübingen, Germany
EDUCATION
January 2010 - September 2013
PhD: University of Tübingen, Germany/ Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
Investigating the role of biotic interactions in determining the degree of local adaptation and the potential response of plants to climate change.
Supervisor: Dr. Katja Tielbörger, Co-supervisor: Dr. Wim Van der Putten
September 2005 - April 2008
MSc: University of Milan, Italy
The treeline dynamics in the Passo Gavia area - Central Italian Alps.
Supervisor: Dr. Marco Caccianiga, Co- supervisor: Dr. Chiara Compostella
September 2002 - April 2005
BSc: University of Milan, Italy
Relationship between soil features and secondary metabolites synthesis in Aconitum napellus ssp. vulgare
Supervisor: Dr. Luca Trombino, Co-supervisor: Dr. Gelsomina Fico
EMPLOYMENT
March 2020 - Present
Assistant Professor, Tübingen University, Germany
Oct 2017- Oct 2019
Postdoc, Aarhus University, Denmark
Effect of genetic relatedness on plant - plant interactions in the annual legume Medicago truncatula
Collaborators: Dr. Bodil Ehlers, Dr. Christian Damgaard
Jan 2016 - Sept 2017
Kent State University, Ohio, USAResponse of the range expanding conifer Juniperus virginiana to competition and grazing along a climatic and edaphic gradient
Collaborator: Dr. David Ward
October 2014 - December 2015
Postdoc, Tübingen University, Germany
Benefits and costs of mycorrhizal symbiosis in stressful environments
Collaborator: Dr. Katja Tielbörger
Short-term drought and long-term climatic legacy affect production of chemical defenses
Collaborators: Dr. Katja Tielbörger, Dr. Caroline Müller, Dr. Johanner Metz
October 2008- November 2009
Research assistant, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
Limits of Pinus contorta invasion into alpine zones of New Zealand.
Supervisors: Dr. Phil E. Hulme, Dr. Richard P. Duncan, Co supervisor: Dr. Melanie Harsh
November 2013- September 2014
Additional experience outside of academia
Writer for Savenet Energie Rinnovabili (Italian blogging platform on renewable energies);
Instructor at Connor Language school
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2020 - Present : Fundamentals of coding in R, Advanced statistics, Plant Ecology II, Plant- animal interactions
2019-2020: Instructor for Aarhus University Open Coders
2019: Instructor for Workshop: "Creating dynamic reproducible documents using R and RMarkdown"
2019: Instructor for Workshop: "Creating publication ready graphs using ggplot2"
2017-2019: Junior Research Discussion Club - Aarhus University (organizer)
2017: Teaching assistant field-ecology course in South Africa
2016 - 2017: Journal club organizer Kent State University
2016: Invasive conifers: lessons learned and future challenges from past introductions. (Contributed lecture Evolution and Ecology course, Kent State University)
2016: Trade offs and life history traits (Contributed lecture Evolution and Ecology course, Kent State University)
2016: Evolution of floral structure and pollination in angiosperms (Introduction to plant biology, Kent State University) .
2012 - 2013: Teaching assistant for advanced statistics class at Tübingen University
MENTORING
2021-2022: BSc: Celina Heckorn: "Disentangling the role of chemical composition and shape for microplastic fibers in soil water content and plant performances."
2020-2021: BSc: Anne Krehl: " Effects of different mesoplastic film concentrations on soil water content and plant fitness under drought conditions"
2020-2021: BSc:Undine Schöllkops: " Effect of different sizes of micro and mesoplastic, and drought on the growth of Arabidopsis thalliana"
2017: BSc: Michael Jespersen: "Kin interactions in plants"
2014: BSc: Viktoria Ferenc : "Effects of AM fungi colonization on a guild of semi-arid plants in response to water and nutrient stress"
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2020: Marie Curie Individual Fellowship: "MSDR" Impacts of microplastic contamination of soil and increasing severity of drought regimes on plant and soil community composition. Declined (150000euro).
2012: Teufel Stiftung Travel Grant (750 euro)
2009: Fellowship for career development – Universita´ degli Studi di Milano (13000 euro)
WORKSHOPS
2020: Leadership: plan, act, reflect. Tübingen University, led by Prof. Angelina Topan.
2017: Introduction to multivariate statistics with vegan package in R. ESA conference. Portland - Oregon.
2016: Using logic models to successful grant writing. ESA conference. Fort Lauderdale - Florida.
Lead by: Dr. J Parsons, Dr. W. Michener and Dr. C. Duke.
2012: Interdisciplinary approach to the study of climate change. Doñana National Park – Spain.
Lead by: Prof. J. Negro
2010: Meta-analyses applied to natural sciences. Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Rehovot.
Lead by: Prof. J. Gurevitch
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Conference organization: Member of the organizing committee for the 28th Conference of Population Biology Section (PopBio) of the Ecological Society of Germany Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) 14-16 May 2015
Reviewer for: American Naturalist, Ecography, Journal of Arid Environments, Ecology and Evolution, AoB plants, Applied vegetation science, Journal of Plant Ecology, Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution,
- Certified Software Carpentry Instructor
AFFILIATIONS
Member of the British Ecological Society
Member of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology
Assistant professor
Plant Ecology Group
Institute for Evolution and Ecology
Tübingen University
Auf der Morgenstelle 5, Tübingen, Germany
EDUCATION
January 2010 - September 2013
PhD: University of Tübingen, Germany/ Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
Investigating the role of biotic interactions in determining the degree of local adaptation and the potential response of plants to climate change.
Supervisor: Dr. Katja Tielbörger, Co-supervisor: Dr. Wim Van der Putten
September 2005 - April 2008
MSc: University of Milan, Italy
The treeline dynamics in the Passo Gavia area - Central Italian Alps.
Supervisor: Dr. Marco Caccianiga, Co- supervisor: Dr. Chiara Compostella
September 2002 - April 2005
BSc: University of Milan, Italy
Relationship between soil features and secondary metabolites synthesis in Aconitum napellus ssp. vulgare
Supervisor: Dr. Luca Trombino, Co-supervisor: Dr. Gelsomina Fico
EMPLOYMENT
March 2020 - Present
Assistant Professor, Tübingen University, Germany
Oct 2017- Oct 2019
Postdoc, Aarhus University, Denmark
Effect of genetic relatedness on plant - plant interactions in the annual legume Medicago truncatula
Collaborators: Dr. Bodil Ehlers, Dr. Christian Damgaard
Jan 2016 - Sept 2017
Kent State University, Ohio, USAResponse of the range expanding conifer Juniperus virginiana to competition and grazing along a climatic and edaphic gradient
Collaborator: Dr. David Ward
October 2014 - December 2015
Postdoc, Tübingen University, Germany
Benefits and costs of mycorrhizal symbiosis in stressful environments
Collaborator: Dr. Katja Tielbörger
Short-term drought and long-term climatic legacy affect production of chemical defenses
Collaborators: Dr. Katja Tielbörger, Dr. Caroline Müller, Dr. Johanner Metz
October 2008- November 2009
Research assistant, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
Limits of Pinus contorta invasion into alpine zones of New Zealand.
Supervisors: Dr. Phil E. Hulme, Dr. Richard P. Duncan, Co supervisor: Dr. Melanie Harsh
November 2013- September 2014
Additional experience outside of academia
Writer for Savenet Energie Rinnovabili (Italian blogging platform on renewable energies);
Instructor at Connor Language school
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2020 - Present : Fundamentals of coding in R, Advanced statistics, Plant Ecology II, Plant- animal interactions
2019-2020: Instructor for Aarhus University Open Coders
2019: Instructor for Workshop: "Creating dynamic reproducible documents using R and RMarkdown"
2019: Instructor for Workshop: "Creating publication ready graphs using ggplot2"
2017-2019: Junior Research Discussion Club - Aarhus University (organizer)
2017: Teaching assistant field-ecology course in South Africa
2016 - 2017: Journal club organizer Kent State University
2016: Invasive conifers: lessons learned and future challenges from past introductions. (Contributed lecture Evolution and Ecology course, Kent State University)
2016: Trade offs and life history traits (Contributed lecture Evolution and Ecology course, Kent State University)
2016: Evolution of floral structure and pollination in angiosperms (Introduction to plant biology, Kent State University) .
2012 - 2013: Teaching assistant for advanced statistics class at Tübingen University
MENTORING
2021-2022: BSc: Celina Heckorn: "Disentangling the role of chemical composition and shape for microplastic fibers in soil water content and plant performances."
2020-2021: BSc: Anne Krehl: " Effects of different mesoplastic film concentrations on soil water content and plant fitness under drought conditions"
2020-2021: BSc:Undine Schöllkops: " Effect of different sizes of micro and mesoplastic, and drought on the growth of Arabidopsis thalliana"
2017: BSc: Michael Jespersen: "Kin interactions in plants"
2014: BSc: Viktoria Ferenc : "Effects of AM fungi colonization on a guild of semi-arid plants in response to water and nutrient stress"
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2020: Marie Curie Individual Fellowship: "MSDR" Impacts of microplastic contamination of soil and increasing severity of drought regimes on plant and soil community composition. Declined (150000euro).
2012: Teufel Stiftung Travel Grant (750 euro)
2009: Fellowship for career development – Universita´ degli Studi di Milano (13000 euro)
WORKSHOPS
2020: Leadership: plan, act, reflect. Tübingen University, led by Prof. Angelina Topan.
2017: Introduction to multivariate statistics with vegan package in R. ESA conference. Portland - Oregon.
2016: Using logic models to successful grant writing. ESA conference. Fort Lauderdale - Florida.
Lead by: Dr. J Parsons, Dr. W. Michener and Dr. C. Duke.
2012: Interdisciplinary approach to the study of climate change. Doñana National Park – Spain.
Lead by: Prof. J. Negro
2010: Meta-analyses applied to natural sciences. Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Rehovot.
Lead by: Prof. J. Gurevitch
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Conference organization: Member of the organizing committee for the 28th Conference of Population Biology Section (PopBio) of the Ecological Society of Germany Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) 14-16 May 2015
Reviewer for: American Naturalist, Ecography, Journal of Arid Environments, Ecology and Evolution, AoB plants, Applied vegetation science, Journal of Plant Ecology, Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution,
- Certified Software Carpentry Instructor
AFFILIATIONS
Member of the British Ecological Society
Member of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology