Research interests

• Deadwood
• Entomology
• Tropical Ecology
• Climate change and ecosystem dynamics
• Scientific communication
• Ecological modelling and statistics

publications

preprint:
Wimmer, S., Dauer, E., Eberle, J., Njeri, L., Teucher, M., Habel, J. C., & Hanusch, M. (2026). Habitat heterogeneity responds to megaherbivores in East African coastal forests, but vegetation composition remains constrained by land-use history (S. 2026.01.28.702212). bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.28.702212

in preparation:
Siccardi, E.*, Wimmer, S.*, de Bello, F., Kopitar, D., Reutimann, P., Kasikova, H., Horvath, E., Miccolis, E., Hendrickx, B., Koljanin, D., Lisner, A., Leps, J. Detrending temporal data affects stability ​drivers but not productivity stability in a species-rich grassland​.

*shared first-authorship

 

CV

May 2026: currently      Doctoral Researcher at Ecosystem Resilience Group
                    Dissertation topic: Climate and land-use effects on arthropod communities in deadwood
                    BEClimWood-Bugs project within the Biodiveristy Exploratories

2024 - 2026: Master of Science (Mgr.) at the University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
                     Mgr. thesis: Impact of warming on food webs: simple in-situ manipulation of whole Drosophila-parasitoid webs

2025: Visiting Researcher at Megan Higgie's group, James Cook University, Queensland

2023- 2024: Research projects in the Arabuko Sokoke Forest, Kenya

2023: Research stay in Ethiopia, Tara Gedam Forest, Ethiopia

2020 - 2024: Bachelor of Science at the University of Salzburg, Austria
                      thesis: Insect Diversity and Ecosystem Functions in an Ethiopian Church Forest

Awards:

2026: Best ECR Presentation Award, Conference of the Climate Change and Ecosystem Dynamics SIG, British Ecological Society

Science Communication & Teaching:

2021 - 2022: Museum Educator at Haus der Natur Salzburg

2022 - 2024: Tutor at University of Salzburg
                      Biostatistics
                      Anatomy and Physiology of Animals (Insects)

current project: BEClimWood-Bugs:

Effects of climate and land use on arthropod biodiversity in deadwood – Biodiversity Exploratories