Carmen A. Nebauer, M. Sc.
Research Department Life Science Systems
Technische Universität München
Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2
D-85354 Freising-Weihenstephan
Room: 1.2.EG.7
Phone: +49 (0) 8161 71-4236
Email: carmen.nebauer(at)tum.de
Research interests
- Perception in Bees
- Pesticides and Pollinators
- Ecological Nutrition
The objective of my PhD is to understand if pollinators are able to perceive pesticides, their influences and whether dietary changes can alleviate the effects of said pesticides under different climate scenarios. Therefore, I will examine what exactly pollinators can perceive (if they can at all) in pesticides and how that might influence their development and further how climate change affects it all. Next, I will study the effect of dietary manipulation on pollinators which are already under pesticide stress.
Curriculum Vitae
| 11/2021-present | PhD student Professorship for Plant-Insect-Interactions and Chair of Restoration Ecology, Technical University of Munich |
| 04/2019-07/2021 | M.Sc. Biology, University of Würzburg, Master Thesis at the Chair of Behavioral Physiology and Sociobiology: Sterol perception in the buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris |
| 04/2020-08/2021 | Student assistant at the Chair of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg |
| 07/2016-02/2020 | Student assistant at the Chair of Behavioral Physiology and Sociobiology, University of Würzburg |
| 10/2014-03/2019 | B.Sc. Biology, University of Würzburg, Bachelor Thesis at the Chair of Behavioral Physiology and Sociobiology: Differences between visual and olfactory learning in Bombus terrestris |
Publications
- Ruedenauer, F. A., Biewer, N. W., Nebauer, C. A., Scheiner, M., Spaethe, J., & Leonhardt, S. D. (2021). Honey bees can taste amino and fatty acids in pollen, but not sterols. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 684175. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.684175
- Nebauer, C. A., Schleifer, M. C., Ruedenauer, F. A., Leonhardt, S. D., and Spaethe, J.. 2023. Perception, regulation, and fitness effects of pollen phytosterols in the bumble bee, Bombus terrestris. American Journal of Botany e16165. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16165