Ulrike Schlägel Affiliation: of Institute of and Am Mühlenberg 3 14476 Potsdam,

Contact: office: +49 331 977 6263 mobile: +49 176 8065 2385 e-mail: [email protected]

Current position

2021–present Junior research group leader (DFG Emmy Noether Programme) University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Germany

Education

2015 Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada : “Models on the move: memory and temporal discretization in animal movement”

2008 Diplom in Mathematics, with distinction , Bielefeld, Germany Thesis: “Deterministic recombination-selection dynamics”

2005–2006 ERASMUS1 exchange University of Edinburgh, UK, 09/2005–05/2006

Past research positions

2015–2020 Postdoctoral researcher, Research Training Group “BioMove” (DFG-GRK 2118/1) University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Germany

2015 Postdoctoral fellow (DAAD Returning Scientists program – Rückkehrstipendium) Senckenberg Biodiversity and Research Centre, Frankfurt, and Department of Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, 06–09/2015

2009 Research assistant Research Centre for Mathematical Modelling, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, 01–06/2009

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Publications (selection)

5. Schlägel UE, Grimm V, Blaum N, Colangeli P, Dammhahn M, Eccard J, Hausmann SL, Herde A, Hofer H, Joshi J, Kramer-Schadt S, Litwin M, Lozada-Gobilard SD, Müller MEH, Müller T, Nathan R, Petermann JS, Pirhofer-Walzl K, Radchuk V, Rillig MC, Roeleke M, Schäfer M, Scherer C, Schiro G, Scholz C, Teckentrup L, Tiedemann R, Ullmann W, Voigt C, Weithoff G & Jelsch F (2020) Movement-mediated community assembly and coexistence. Biological Reviews 95:1073-1096.

4. Schlägel UE, Signer J, Herde A, Eden S, Jeltsch F, Eccard JA & Dammhahn M (2019) Estimating interactions between individuals from concurrent animal movements. Methods in and Evolution 10:1234-1245.

3. Jeltsch F, Grimm V, Reeg J & Schlägel UE (2019) Give chance a chance: from coexistence to coviability in biodiversity theory. Ecosphere 10:e02700.

2. Schlägel UE & Lewis MA (2016) Robustness of movement models? Can models bridge the gap between temporal scales of data sets and behavioural processes? Journal of Mathematical Biology 73:1691–1726.

1. Schlägel UE & Lewis MA (2014). Detecting effects of spatial memory and dynamic information on animal movement decisions. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5:1236–1246.

Research grants

2021 Emmy Noether junior research group, German Research Foundation (DFG) – EUR 1,508,000

Scholarships & awards

2015 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) postdoctoral stipend (Returning Scientists program – Rückkehrstipendium) – EUR 9,671

2013 Josephine Mitchell Graduate Scholarship, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta – CAD 4,000

2009–2013 iCORE2 Graduate Recruitment Scholarship in Information and Communications Technology – CAD 144,200

2009 PIMS International Graduate Training Centre in Mathematical Biology Fellowship– CAD 20,000

2005–2008 Scholarship holder of the “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes” (German National Academic Foundation)

2005–2006 ERASMUS travel grant,

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Teaching experience

MSc Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, University of Potsdam:

2021 Instructor: Statistical modelling: fitting models to data (in English; online) 2020 Instructor: Flexible statistical modelling: fitting models to data (in English)

1 2018 Instructor ( ⁄2 semester): Theoretical Ecology (in German) 2017 Guest instructor and assistant: Advanced programming with C++ (in German)

Research Training Group “BioMove”, University of Potsdam:

2015–2018 Workshop instructor: topics in Movement Ecology, Community Ecology, and Coexistence Theory (in English)

Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada:

2013 Teaching assistant, Decima Robinson Support Centre

Faculty of Mathematics, Bielefeld University, Germany:

2008 Teaching assistant: Fourier Analysis 2007 Teaching assistant: Linear Algebra 2005 Teaching assistant: Linear Algebra

Teaching qualifications

2019-2020 Senior Teaching Professionals Programme, Potsdam Graduate School

Student supervision

MSc theses: ongoing Space use and behavioural niches in a small-rodent community – Pia Stein, University of Potsdam ongoing Land-use of two ecologically similar open-habitat passerine species in the northwest Uckermark – Milena Müller, University of Potsdam 2021 Identification of conservation priority areas for Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxi- color) and prey species in the Caucasus Ecoregion – Pauline Holz, University of Pots- dam 2019 Species coexistence through a trade-off in foraging movement strategies: the role of landscape properties – Christoph Lobas, University of Potsdam

PhD theses: ongoing Statistical methods for high-frequency movement data – Rafael Arce Guillen, Univer- sity of Potsdam 2020 Co-supervision PhD-thesis (informal) “Using individual-based modelling to understand Grassland diversity and resilience in the Anthropocene” – Michael Crawford, University of Potsdam Curriculum vitae page 4 of 5 Ulrike Schlägel

Service to profession

University administration: ◦ Scientific staff member, Institutional Council, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, since 2020 Peer review: Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Theoretical Ecology, Journal of Mathematical Biology, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, American Naturalist, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Ecography, Oikos, Oecologia, Journal of Animal Ecology, Movement Ecology, Ecological Modelling Expert assessment (funding agencies): Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Committees: ◦ Co-secretary, Special Interest Group Movement Ecology of the British Ecological Society, since 2019 Conference session organization: ◦ Biodiversity on the move: integrating movement ecology and biodiversity research (Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Marburg, Germany, 09/2016) ◦ Organismal movement in ecology and conservation (Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Münster, Germany, 09/2019)

Invited talks 2020 FSPM Colloquium, Bielefeld University, Germany, 9 Nov 2020 (online) Movement-mediated community assembly and coexistence 2019 Movement Ecology Seminar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 4 Apr 2019 Estimating interactions between individuals from concurrent animal movements 2017 Joint annual meeting (GFÖ, BES, NECOV, EEF): Ecology across borders, Ghent, Belgium, 12 Dec 2017, invited talk in thematic topic session Estimating individual responses to conspecifics in movement behaviour of bank voles 2017 Workshop on Mathematical Ecology, Swansea, UK, 27 Apr 2017 Modelling cognition-based animal movement with random walks 2016 European conference for mathematical and theoretical biology (ECMTB) & Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB) Joint meeting, Nottingham, UK, 15 Jul 2016, invited talk in Mini-Symposium Territory surveillance and prey management: Do wolves keep track of space and time? 2016 Workshop "High-throughput systems for wildlife tracking at the regional scale”, Jerusalem, Israel, 30 May 2016 Integrating biodiversity research with movement ecology (joint with F. Jeltsch) 2016 FSPM Colloquium, University of Bielefeld, Germany, 29 Jan 2016 Models on the move: memory and temporal discretization in animal movement 2013 Computational Ecology Seminar, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, Canada, 8 Apr 2013 Cognitive maps in animal movement models & Robustness of movement models 2012 Focused Research Group “Animal movement and memory”, Banff International Research Station, Banff, Canada, 22 Oct 2012 Fitting models for memory-induced animal movement to empirical trajectories Curriculum vitae page 5 of 5 Ulrike Schlägel

Contributed conference & departmental talks (selection)

2019 Animal Ecology Seminar, University of Potsdam, Germany, 28 May 2019 Estimating interactions between individuals from concurrent animal movements 2018 International Statistical Ecology Conference (ISEC), St. Andrews, UK, 6 Jul 2018 Estimating interactions between individuals from concurrent animal movements 2016 Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GFÖ), Marburg, Germany, 6 Sep 2016 Movement-mediated biodiversity in a changing world 2015 Ecology Seminar, University of Potsdam, Germany, 19 Oct 2015 Models on the move: memory and temporal discretization in animal movement 2013 Models in Population Dynamics and Ecology, Osnabrück (MPDE), Germany, 29 Aug 2013 Analyzing animal movement models for robustness against varying sampling frequency 2013 Centre for Mathematical Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 4 Mar 2013 Cognitive maps in animal movement models & Consistency of movement models 2012 Models in Population Dynamics and Ecology (MATE), Santa Maria, Brazil, 11 Sep 2012 Fitting models for memory-induced animal movement to empirical trajectories

Professional memberships

British Ecological Society (BES); The Ecological Society of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (GFÖ)

Community involvement and outreach

◦ Volunteer in bird monitoring and ringing programs, 2017–present Integrated Monitoring of Songbird Populations (IMS), International Water Bird Census, Biological Station Greifswalder Oie, Jerusalem Bird Observatory, NABU research station “Die Reit” () ◦ Member volunteer with Girl Guides of Canada (leader in Girl Guide unit), 2012–2014 ◦ Volunteer at Kids Festival of Ideas 2010 and Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science & Technology (WISEST) Choices Conference 2010