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M.Sc. Marina Moser

Profilbild Marina Moser

Research Manager / PhD Student - Hymenoptera - GBOL III

Entomology

Contact

Tel.:
+49 (0) 711 / 8936-2811
Fax:
+49 (0) 711 / 8936-100
E-Mail:
marina.moser(at)smns-bw.de

Research Interests

Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera) are a small superfamily of parasitoid wasps with a worldwide distribution. Only 35 species have been recorded from Germany so far. My research focuses on the diversity of the Ceraphronoidea in Germany within the GBOL III: Dark Taxa project. With my research, I aim to overcome the taxonomic obstacles caused by the tiny size and monotonous external appearance of these wasps and to make this hitherto neglected group accessible to science and a broader audience. In my integrative taxonomic approach, I combine morphological methods with molecular barcoding data, complemented by biogeography, phenology and ecology.

Projects

Publications

2023

  • Moser, M., Ulmer, J. M., van de Kamp, T., Vasilița, C., Renninger, M., Mikó, I., & Krogmann, L. (2023). Surprising morphological diversity in ceraphronid wasps revealed by a distinctive new species of Aphanogmus (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea). European Journal of Taxonomy, 864(1), 146-166. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.864.2095

  • Haas-Renninger, M., Schwabe, N.L.A., Moser, M., Krogmann, L. (2023) Black gold rush - Evaluating the efficiency of the Fractionator in separating Hymenoptera families in a meadow ecosystem over a two week period. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e107051. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e107051

2022

  • Neumüller U, Burger H, Mayr AV, Hopfenmüller S, Krausch S, Herwig N, Burger R, Diestelhorst O, Emmerich K, Haider M, Kiefer M, Konicek J, Kornmilch JC, Moser M, Saure C, Schanowski A, Scheuchl E, Sing J, Wagner M, Witter J, Schwenninger HR, Ayasse M (2022) Artificial Nesting Hills Promote Wild Bees in Agricultural Landscapes. Insects, 13, 726. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13080726
     
  • Vasilita C, Moser M, Krogmann L (2022) Mission possible: an optimised protocol for the unbarcodable Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e84860. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e84860
     
  • Haas M, Baur H, Schweizer T, Monje JC, Moser M, Bigalk S, Krogmann L (2021) Tiny wasps, huge diversity – A review of German Pteromalidae with new generic and species records (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e77092. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e77092

2021

  • Moser M, Burks RA, Ulmer JM, Heraty JM, van de Kamp T, Krogmann L. (2021) Taxonomic description and phylogenetic placement of two new species of Spalangiopelta (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae: Ceinae) from Eocene Baltic amber. PeerJ 9:e10939 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10939

2020

  • Awad J, Höcherl A, Hübner J, Jafari S, Moser M, Parsa M, Vogel J, Schmidt S, Krogmann L, Peters RS. 2020. Just launched! GBOL III: Dark Taxa, a large research initiative focusing on German and Central European parasitoid wasps (and lower Diptera). Hamuli 11(2).

CV

since 2022

  • Research Manager in the Scientific Directorate

since 2020

  • PhD student,
    Department of Entomology, in cooperation with the University of Hohenheim, Institute of Biology, and the Center for Biodiversity and Integrative Taxonomy (KomBioTa).
    Titel of the PhD thesis: Illuminating a dark taxon: Exploring the German diversity of Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera) with an integrative taxonomic approach.

2017-2020

  • Master student (M.Sc.): Biology (University of Hohenheim)
    Master thesis: "Taxonomic description and phylogenetic placement of two new species of Spalangiopelta (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae: Ceinae) from Eocene Baltic amber" in Fachgebiet Systematische Entomologie

2014-2017

  • Bachelor student (B.Sc.): Biology (University of Hohenheim)
    Bachelor thesis: "Connection between environmental events and wood anatomical anomalies in oak trees (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. and Quercus robur L.)" im Fachgebiet Archäo-/Paläobotanik

Membership in scientific societies

Awards

  • Studienpreis 2020 im Bereich Naturwissenschaften
    Studienpreis des Universitätsbund Hohenheim e.V. für die beste Master Thesis der Fakultät Naturwissenschaften 2020

  • Honorable Mention in the student presentation competition during the 2020 International Society of Hymenopterists (ISH) virtual symposium

Science Communication

  • Co-Curation of the special exhibition "Museum Spezial - Die Anderen Wespen [The Other Wasps]"
    June 2023 - November 2023 at Museum am Löwentor
    In cooperation with Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM) Tübingen