VITA Elke Schüttler, Dr Personal Data Professional Experience

VITA Elke Schüttler, Dr

Personal data

Address Costanera 326, Puerto Williams, XII Region, Chile Phone +56-9-66524952 E-mail [email protected] Nationality German Birth date 25th of January 1977 Children Two children

Main interests Integrative approaches of nature conservation Biological invasions Population ecology Ethnoecology Zoology/Mammals/Carnivores Regional focus: Latin America/Chile

Professional experience

Period Since 11/2018 Position Associated investigator Employer Universidad de Magallanes, Sub-antarctic biocultural conservation program, Puerto Williams, Chile

Period Since 03/2015 Position Post-doc researcher Project title Conservation in the sub-Antarctic: investigating domestic carnivores and consolidating the natural science laboratory in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve Employer Universidad de Magallanes, Sub-antarctic biocultural conservation program, Puerto Williams, Chile

Period 06/2010-11/2014 Position Post-doc researcher Project title Forecasting conservation needs for endangered fauna: integrating landscape ecology and ethnoecology to predict habitat quality for the kodkod cat (Leopardus guigna) in the Chilean temperate rainforest Employer Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Conservation Biology, Leipzig, Germany Further affiliations Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Fauna Australis Wildlife Laboratory, Santiago de Chile and Université de Montréal, Canada Research Chair in Ethnoecology and Biodiversity Conservation, Canada

Period 12/2009-06/2010 Position Project leader Project title Access to biodiversity through land art Main activities Bio-Art workshops with children, youth and adults creating art made of natural elements in the sub-Antarctic landscapes Employer Suroculto, NGO fostering cultural initiatives in the Cape Horn Region, Chile

Period 02/2010-12/2010 Position Supervisor Main activities Implementation of an Action Plan for the control of the American mink on Navarino Island, southern Chile Employer Chilean Agriculture and Livestock Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Chile

Period 04/2005-06/2009 Position Researcher and dissertation Title of PhD Population ecology, impact and social acceptance of American mink (Mustela vison), a recent invasive species on Navarino Island, Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile Employer Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Conservation Biology, Leipzig, Germany Further affiliations Technische Universität München, Department of Landscape Ecology, Munich, Germany and Omora Ethnobotanical Park, Puerto Williams, Chile

Period 04-08/2008 Position Traineeship Main activity Edition of a book to enhance the cooperation between Biosphere Reserves in Latin America and the Caribbean on invasive species management Employer UNESCO Regional Sciences Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB), Montevideo, Uruguay

Period 10/2001-05/2002 Position Research assistant Main activity Analyses of 21 chromosome genes Employer Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany

Period 07/1998-02/1999 Position Research assistant Main activity Evaluation of teaching and courses in the Faculty of Biology Employer Karl-Ruprecht Universität Heidelberg, Germany

Teaching

Since 2011, I have co-supervised four Master students, two graduate thesis and currently I have two Master students. I have had six students realizing their professional 2-5 months internships in my research projects. Since 2015 I am co- teaching post-graduate classes on Ecology and Conservation in austral environments, as well as monitoring field techniques. Currently, I am a mentor for students in the National Science Foundation (USA) funded project International Research Experiences for Students.

University education

Period 10/2000-09/2003 Qualification Graduated biologist (“Diplom-Biologin”) Specialisation Zoology, Behavioural Sciences, Genetics and Environmental Management Title thesis Sociability in former laboratory chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): personality and predictors for resocialisation University Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Period 10/1997-07/2000 Qualification Undergraduate studies in Biology Additional courses Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies University Karl-Ruprecht Universität Heidelberg, Germany

Traineeships

Period 07/2004-03/2005 Project Interdisciplinary Chilean-German project on the evaluation of biological diversity under the perspective of the Ecosystem Approach of the Convention on Biological Diversity 2

Main activity Development of guidelines for ecotourism in the Cape Horn Region Employer Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Conservation Biology, Leipzig, Germany

Period 05/2002 Project AIDS vaccine development Main activity Protein analyses Employer Robert Koch Institute, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany

Period 03/2002 Project Popular science program “Lexi-TV” Main activity Participation in all stages of film production Employer National Televisions MDR, Dep. Education and Science, Leipzig, Germany

Work abroad

Currently based Since 01/2014 in Chile

Period and country 04-07/2008 in Uruguay Activity Traineeship at UNESCO

Period and country 03/2005-07/2007 and 07/2009-05/2012 in Chile Activity Field work for PhD and post-doc research

Period and country 01-03/2003 in Austria Activity Data collection for my graduate thesis

Period and country 10/1999-03/2000 in Ecuador Activities Jatun Sacha foundation internship program: reforestation, self-guided trails, support of research projects and Galápagos National Park, invasive species eradication program: monitoring of Rock Doves, live trapping of rats, conservation of the Mangrove Finch

Period and country 10/1996-02/1997 in France Activity Intensive language course at Sorbonne University, Paris, Au-Pair

Project participation

Principal investigator 2015-2018 Advanced human capital attraction program (PAI-CONICYT- CHILE) 2010-2014 Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship, European Union, for Chile 2010 Cultural Provision Fund for land art project, Chilean Magallanes Region 2008 DAAD Stipend for internships in International Organisations for Uruguay 2005 DAAD Doctoral scholarship for Chile 1999 DAAD Travel funding for student internships for Ecuador

Co-investigator 2017-2020 Cross-cutting interdisciplinary research and integration of ecology and biocultural conservation in the world’s southernmost forests. National Science Foundation of the United States of America 2016 A British Antarctic Survey-Cape Horn Sub-Antarctic Centre Partnership for science and sustainable tourism in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Sub- Antarctic Chile. Newton Picarte

Further skills

German Mother tongue English Very good fluency Spanish Very good fluency French Good knowledge

Computing QGIS, Statistics in R, Maxqda2, presentations

Awards 2010 Science award by the Louisoder Umweltstiftung, Munich, Germany

2008 3rd prize Understanding Science by Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany

Documentaries 2011 Design of an extra scene documenting the work of scientists for the conservation of Leopardus guigna in the framework of the puppet video DVD In Search of a new opportunity (40 min) designed by the Villarrica campus of the Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile

2006 Scientific and logistic support in the production of a documentary entitled Mink Invasion (25 min, in German, English and Spanish) Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMX35mlUPhg

Dissemination work

Since 2003 I have participated in 13 congresses, and research related to my work has been published in more than 20 newspaper articles.

Publications

ISI Schüttler E, Crego RD, Saavedra-Aracena L, Silva-Rodríguez EA, Rozzi R, Soto N, Jiménez JE (2019). New records of invasive mammals from the sub- Antarctic Cape Horn Archipelago. Polar Biology 42: 1093-1105 Gálvez N, Guillera-Arroita G, St. John FAV, Schüttler E, Macdonald DW, Davies ZG (2018) A spatially integrated framework for assessing socioecological drivers of carnivore decline. Journal of Applied Ecology 54: 1919-1929 Schüttler E, Saavedra-Aracena L, Jiménez JE (2018) Domestic carnivore interactions with wildlife in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile: husbandry and perceptions of impact from a community perspective. PeerJ 6:e4124; DOI 10.7717/peerj.4124 Schüttler E, Klenke R, Galuppo S, Castro RA, Bonacic C, Laker J & Henle K (2017) Habitat use and sensitivity to fragmentation in America’s smallest Wildcat. Mammalian Biology 86:1-8 Fleschutz MM, Gálvez N, Pe’er G, Davies ZG, Henle K & Schüttler E (2016) Response of a small felid of conservation concern to habitat fragmentation. Biodiversity and Conservation 25:1447-1463 Rendoll-Cárcamo J, Contador T, Crego RD, Jordán NI, Schüttler E, Gañán M, Jiménez JE, Rozzi R, Massardo F & Kennedy JH (2016). Primer registro de Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus 1758) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae); una nueva especie introducida en la isla Navarino, Chile. Gayana 80:133-136 Rozzi R, Schüttler E (2015) Primera década de investigación y educación en la Reserva de la Biosfera Cabo de Hornos: el enfoque biocultural del Parque Etnobotánico Omora. Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia 43:19-43

Herrmann TH, Schüttler E, Benavides P, Gálvez N, Söhn L & Palomo N (2013): Values, animal symbolism, and human-animal relationships associated to two threatened felids in Mapuche and Chilean local narratives. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 9:41 Schüttler E, Rozzi R & Jax K (2011) Towards a societal discourse on invasive species management: A case study of public perceptions of mink and beavers in Cape Horn. Journal for Nature Conservation 19:175-184 Schüttler E, Ibarra JT, Gruber B, Rozzi R &Jax K (2010) Abundance and habitat preferences of the southernmost population of mink: implications for managing a recent island invasion. Biodiversity and Conservation 19:725-743 Schüttler E, Klenke R, McGehee S, Rozzi&Jax K (2009) Vulnerability of ground- nesting waterbirds to predation by invasive American mink in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile. Biological Conservation. 142:1450-1460 Schüttler E, Cárcamo J & Rozzi R (2008) Diet of the American mink Mustela vison and its potential impact on the native fauna of Navarino Island, Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 81:599-613 Anderson CB, Rozzi R, Torres-Mura JC, McGehee SM, Sherriffs MF, Schüttler E & Rosemond AD (2006): Exotic vertebrate fauna of the remote and pristine sub-Antarctic Cape Horn Archipelago, Chile. Biodiversity and Conservation 15:3295-3313 Menzel R, Greggers U, Smith A, Berger S, Brandt R, Brunke S, Bundrock G, Hülse S, Plümpe T, Schaupp F, Schüttler E, Stach S, Stindt J, Stollhoff N & Watzl S (2005) Honey bees navigate according to a map-like spatial memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102:3040-3045 Editorial Schüttler E & Karez C (2009) Invasive exotic species in Biosphere Reserves of Latin America and the Caribbean. A technical report to foster the exchange of experiences between Biosphere Reserves (in Spanish). UNESCO Montevideo, 308 pp. ISBN 978-92-9089-126-0 Scielo Karez CS, Hernández-Faccio JM, Schüttler E, Rozzi R, García M, Meza AY, Clüsener-Godt M (2016) Learning experiences about intangible heritage conservation for sustainability in biosphere reserves. Special Issue on “Intangible Cultural Heritage.” Material Culture Review 82-83: 84-96 Rozzi R, Schüttler E (2015) Primera década de investigación y educación en la Reserva de la Biosfera Cabo de Hornos: el enfoque biocultural del Parque Etnobotánico Omora. Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia 43:19-43 Ibarra JT, Schüttler E, McGehee S & Rozzi R (2010) Clutch size, nesting sites, and breeding success of the Upland Goose (Chloeophaga picta, Gmelin 1789) in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile (in Spanish). Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia 38:73-82 Popular science Rozzi R & Schüttler E (2013): Protecting a land of fire and ice. UNESCO A World of Science 11: 23-27 Jax K, Schüttler E& Berghöfer U (2011) Von Bibern und Menschen auf Feuerland (in German). Geographische Rundschau März Heft 3: 28-32 Schüttler E& Karez C (2010) Mapa desplegable de animales invasores en las Reservas de Biosfera de América Latina y el Caribe (in Spanish). UNESCO Un mundo de ciencia Vol. 8, No. 2, Abril-junio 2010 Haerdle B, Schüttler E (2010) Der schlechte Ruf eingewanderter Arten (in German). Stuttgarter Zeitung Nr. 234, 9. Oktober 2010:20 Puerto Williams, 11-09-2019 5