Christoph Joachim
Chair for Terrestrial Ecology
Department of Ecology and Ecosystemmanagement
Technische Universität München
Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2
D-85350 Freising-Weihenstephan
Room: 1.2.2.5
Phone: +49.8161.71.4149
Fax: +49.8161.71.4427
E-mail: Christoph.Joachim[at]tum.de
Curriculum vitae
| Since | 09/2010 | Enrolled in the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) at the MPI for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany |
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| Since | 09/2010 | PhD student at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany. Thesis – Costs and benefits of alarm signaling in aphids |
| 06/2008 | Diploma /Mc in biology at the University of Hohenheim, Germany. Thesis - Biodiversität und Palökologie fossiler Insekten des Randecker Maar | |
| 12/2007- | 05/2008 | Graduand at the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Germany |
| 09/2005- | 06/2008 | MSc student at the Department of Biology, University of Hohenheim, Germany. Major in zoology, animal ecology and parasitology |
| 09/2003- | 09/2005 | BSc-Student at the Department of Biology, University of Hohenheim, Germany |
Research interest
- Chemical ecology and pheromone communication in insects
- Alarm signalling in aphids
- Predator-prey interaction in aphids
- Ecology and biology of bees
Publications
2014
| Joachim, C., I. Vosteen and W. W. Weisser. 2014. The aphid alarm pheromone (E)-beta-farnesene does not act as a cue for predators searching on a plant. Chemoecology DOI:10.1007/s00049-014-0176-z. |
2013
| Joachim, C., E. Hatano, A. David, M. Kunert, C. Linse, and W. W. Weisser. 2013. Modulation of Aphid Alarm Pheromone Emission of Pea Aphid Prey by Predators. Journal of Chemical Ecology 39:773-782. PDF |
| Joachim, C. and W. W. Weisser. 2013. Real-Time Monitoring of (E)-ß-Farnesene Emission in Colonies of the Pea Aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, Under Lacewing and Ladybird Predation. Journal of Chemical Ecology 39:1254-1262. PDF |
2010
| Joachim, C. 2010. Biodiversität und Palökologie fossiler Insekten des Randecker Maar (Unter-Miozän, SW-Deutschland). Documenta Nature 179:1-108. |