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Arpad Thoma

Scientific Employment

Since 2024

Scientific employee, Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Prof. Dr. Isabell Hensen

Teaching & Courses

Summer semester

Ökologisches Grundpraktikum (Bachelor Biologie)
Geländepraktikum Müritz Nationalpark (Lehramt Biologie) mit Dr. Mareike Koppik

Research focus

Coming soon...

Education

Since 2024/06
Doctoral researcher at the Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.
Supervision: Dr. Christoph Rosche & Dr. Sabrina Träger

2021 - 2024
Master of Science in Biodiversity Science at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg and the iDiv Leipzig (Focus: Plant Ecology & Nature Conservation)

Master thesis on the topic of “Valuation of riparian vegetation in urban environments: A Discrete Choice Experiment Assessment.”

Supervision: Dr. Marek Giergiczny

2015 - 2021
Bachelor of Science in Biology at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
(Focus: Plant Ecology)

Bachelor thesis on the topic of “Intraspecific variation in the reaction to experimental aridity on 59 Conyza canadensis populations.”

Supervision: Dr. Christoph Rosche

Publications

Lucas M.S., Hensen I., Barratt C.D., Callaway R.M., Durka W., Lekberg Y., Nagy D.U. Onstein, R.E., Shah M.A., van Dam N.M., Thoma A.E., Rosche C. 2024: Re-focusing sampling, design and experimental methods to assess rapid evolution by non-native plant species. Biological Invasions.
(https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03249-x   )

Nagy D.U., Thoma A.E., Callaway R.M., Hensen I., Stein C., Tsunoda T., Sheng M., Lekberg Y., Slate M., Al-Gharaibeh M., Samartza I., Pal R.W., Frazee L.J., Flory L., Khasa D.P., Jandová K., Shah M.A., Rosche C. 2024: Among‐population variation in drought responses is consistent across life stages but not between native and non‐native ranges. New Phytologist (https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19895   )

Rosche C., Broennimann O., Novikov A., Mrázová V., Danihelka J., Gastner M.T., Guisan A., Kožić K., Meyer C., Müller-Schärer H., Nagy D.U., Remelgado R., Ronikier M., Selke J.A., Shiyan N.M., Suchan T., Thoma A.E., Zdvořák P., Mráz P. Herbarium specimens reveal a cryptic invasion of polyploid Centaurea stoebe in Europe. New Phytologist
(https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20212   )

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