Department for Life Science Systems TUM School of Life Sciences Technische Universität München Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2 D-85350 Freising-Weihenstephan
PhD student at the Chair of Terrestrial Ecology Department of Ecology and Ecosystem management Technische Universität München, Freising (Germany) under the supervision of Dr. S. Zytynska and Prof. W. Weisser. Topic: The functional relevance of multitrophic interactions in a cereal crop system.
10/2016-
06/2018
M. Sc. Landscape Ecology and Nature conservation Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald (Germany). Thesis: Challenges or opportunities: A case study of using DNA barcoding in the sclerotia and plasmodial stages of Myxomycetes developing from subtropical moist chamber cultures.
08/2017-
09/2018
Internship molecular biology Research group of special Botany, Institute of Botany, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald (Germany).
08/2009-
06/2015
B. Sc. Biology University of Tolima, Ibagué (Colombia).
09/2010-
06/2015
Ed-cational guide and research assistant Part time, Botanical Garden San Jorge, Ibague (Colombia).
04/2012-
06/2012
Laboratory assistant Part-time, Research group of Biotechnology and Plant tissue culture, University of Tolima, Ibagué (Colombia).
Research interest
Ecological interactions through diverse biotic and abiotic factors
Beneficial plant associations
Plant growth -microorganisms
Agroecology and nature conservation
Plant genetics and molecular biology
Project
Plant- microbe- invertebrate interactions – The functional relevance of tritrophic interactions in a cereal crop system, DFG (2018-2021).
Publications
2024
Sanchez‐Mahecha, Oriana; Klink, Sophia; Rothballer, Michael; Sturm, Sarah; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Zytynska, Sharon; Heinen, Robin: Microbe‐induced plant resistance against insect pests depends on timing of inoculation but is consistent across climatic conditions. Functional Ecology 38 (4), 2024, 848-860 mehr…
Sanchez‐Mahecha, Oriana; Klink, Sophia; Rothballer, Michael; Sturm, Sarah; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Zytynska, Sharon; Heinen, Robin: Microbe‐induced plant resistance against insect pests depends on timing of inoculation but is consistent across climatic conditions. Functional Ecology 38 (4), 2024, 848-860 mehr…
2023
Heinen, Robin; Sanchez-Mahecha, Oriana; Martijn Bezemer, T.; Dominoni, Davide M.; Knappe, Claudia; Kollmann, Johannes; Kopatsch, Anton; Pfeiffer, Zoë A.; Schloter, Michael; Sturm, Sarah; Schnitzler, Jörg-Peter; Corina Vlot, A.; Weisser, Wolfgang W.: Part-night exposure to artificial light at night has more detrimental effects on aphid colonies than fully lit nights. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 378 (1892), 2023 mehr…
2019
Nguyen, Linh Thuy Thi; Sanchez-Mahecha, Oriana; Almadrones-Reyes, King Joshua; Redeña-Santos, John Carlo; Dagamac, Nikki Heherson A.: Occurrence of leaf litter inhabiting myxomycetes from lowland forest patches of Northern and Central Vietnam. Tropical Ecology 60 (4), 2019, 495-506 mehr…
2017
Shchepin, O. N., N. H. Dagamac, O. M. Sanchez, Y. K. Novozhilov, M. Schnittler and I. V. Zemlyanskaya. DNA barcoding as a tool for identification of plasmodia and sclerotia of myxomycetes (Myxogastria) appearing in moist chamber cultures. Mycosphere 8 (10), 2017, 1904-1913. DOI:10.5943/mycosphere/8/10/13
Conference Talks and Poster
2021
Acyl-homoserine lactones, earthworms, and soil nutrients alter the effect of microbe-mediated aphid pest suppression on barley. Sanchez O, Klink S, Rothballer M, Heinen Robin Zytynska S. Ecology Across Borders, BES virtual annual meeting. December 12-15, 2021.
2020
Abiotic factors alter the effect of microbe-mediated plant growth promotion and suppression of sap-sucking herbivores. Sanchez O, Klink S, Rothballer M, Heinen Robin, Weisser WW, Zytynska S, Entomology 2020, ESA's Virtual Annual Meeting. November 11-25, 2020.
2019
The functional relevance of tritrophic interaction in cereal crop system. Sanchez O & Zytynska S. Final meeting COST, phytobiomes and plant health: from basics to application. Thessaloniki, Greece January 2019. Second place in best poster award.
Multi-trophic interactions influence the effect of beneficial microbes on plant growth and pest suppression. Sanchez O, Klink S, Rothballer M, Schröder P, Weisser WW, Zytynska S. German Ecological Society annual meeting GFÖ. Münster, Germany, September 9-13, 2019.
