Dr. Anne K. Scharf
Research Scientist
Main Focus
Since the start of my PhD I have been working on the topic of movement ecology, specifically on the interaction between animal movement and their environment. In addition to addressing research questions, I also work on developing tools to analyse animal movement data such as R libraries and MoveApps, a no-code analysis platform with the aim is to empower the movement ecology community to make sophisticated analytical tools accessible to a larger audience.
Curriculum Vitae
- Since June 2019. Postdoc at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany
- Since May 2019. Project leader of MoveApps at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany
- Nov 2017 - May 2019. Postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany
- Sep 2012 - May 2017. PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany, and fellow of the International Max Plank Research School (IMPRS) for Organismal Biology. Thesis: "Coping with change and changing to cope: Estimating the effects of anthropogenic land use change from animal movement" .Supervised by Dr. Kamran Safi
- Nov 2011 - Aug 2012. Research assistant in the projects: “Habitat suitability modeling for Bornean Carnivores to asses biodiversity hotspots” and “Planning tiger recovery: Understanding intraspecific variation for effective conservation” at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany. Supervised by Dr. Stephanie Kramer-Schadt and Dr. Andreas Wilting
- Feb 2011 - May 2011. Field assistant in the “Carpathian Brown Bear Project” at the Institute of Nature Conservation (Polish Academy of Sciences), Poland. Supervised by Dr. Nuria Selva
- Oct 2010. MSc in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology at the University of Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain. MSc Thesis: “Brown Bear Conservation in Europe: Factors Determining Distribution of Present and Potential Populations” at the Doñana Biological Station (Spanish Council for Scientific Research CSIC), Sevilla, Spain. Supervised by Dr. Néstor Fernández
- Dec 2008. Licenciatura degree in Biology at the University of Granada, Spain
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