Nadja Pernat
Current affiliations
- Professorship for Animal Ecology (Prof. Buchholz)
- Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research and Applied Ecology (CIBRA)
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Citizen Science, image-based trait analysis (secondary data), Ecological novelty, Urban ecology, Biodiversity literacy
Academic Education | |
| 01/2019 - 12/2021 | Doctoral candidate at the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg and 2021 Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin |
| 10/2001 - 10/2006 | Diploma in Biology at the Ruhr University, Bochum |
| 10/1999 - 10/2001 | Undergraduate in Statistics, Technical University, Dortmund |
Work Experience | |
| since 06/2022 | Visiting scientists in the Ecological Novelty group (Prof. Jonathan M. Jeschke) at the Institute for Biology, Freie Universität Berlin |
| since 03/2022 | Postdoc at the Animal Ecology Lab (Prof. Sascha Buchholz), Institute of Landscape Ecology, WWU Münster |
| 01/2019 - 12/2021 | Praedoc in the (Semi)aquatic biodiversity group at Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) |
| 10/2017 - 12/2018 | Technical staff at the (Semi)aquatic biodiversity group at Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) |
| 11/2016 - 05/2018 | Chief Operations Officer at IMAGINARY gGmbH, Berlin |
| 10/2015 - 08/2016 | Assistant Content Developer at the Science Museum, London, UK |
| 08/2008 - 05/2015 | Research Assistant / Science Communicator / International Project Manager at the Max Planck Society Administrative Headquarters, Munich and Berlin |
| 01/2007 - 07/2008 | Editorial Trainee / Editor for Didactics in Biology, Stark Verlagsgesellschaft, Munich |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 04/2022 | Managing Director, Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research and Applied Ecology (CIBRA), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| since 06/2021 | Member, Mitglied, Citizen Science Association (CSA) |
| since 06/2019 | Member, Museum for Natural History in Berlin, European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) |
Publications
Pernat, Nadja; Buchholz, Sascha; Kriegs, Jan Ole; Steen, Jan; Hollens-Kuhr, Hilke (2025) In: Basic and Applied Ecology, 84, 40-49. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2025.02.002 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Hollens-Kuhr, Hilke; Buchholz, Sascha; Pernat, Nadja (2025) In: People and Nature, 7(7), 1477-1768. doi:10.1002/pan3.70062 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Mason, Brittany M.; Mesaglio, Thomas; Heitmann, Jackson Barratt; Chandler, Mark; Chowdhury, Shawan; Gorta, Simon B Z; Grattarola, Florencia; Groom, Quentin; Hitchcock, Colleen; Hoskins, Levi; Lowe, Samantha K; Marquis, Marina; Pernat, Nadja; Shirey, Vaughn; Baasanmunkh, Shukherdorj; Callaghan, Corey T (2025) In: BioScience, 75(11), 953-965. doi:10.1093/biosci/biaf104 Review article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Lilkendey, Thomas; Mason, Brittany M.; Pernat, Nadja; Marquis, Marina; Francis, Jacob S.; Callaghan, Corey T (2025) In: Urban Ecosystems, 28(233). doi:10.1007/s11252-025-01854-9 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Pernat, Nadja; Canavan, Susan; Golivets, Marina; Hillaert, Jasmijn; Itescu, Yuval; Jarić, Ivan, Mann, Hjalte M. R., Pipek, Pavel, Preda, Cristina, Richardson, David M.; Teixeira, Heliana; Vaz, Ana Sofia; Groom, Quentin (2024) In: Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 5, e12295. doi:10.1002/2688-8319.12295 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published |