Helena Henschen

Image-based analysis of plankton samples using ZooScan and EcoTaxa, as well as processing and analysis of Illumina metabarcoding data from bulk plankton and eDNA samples in R. Contribution to data interpretation, visualization and manuscript preparation.

Molecular analysis of planktonic communities in the North Sea (as part of my master's thesis)

Assistant in the NOVAFOODIES project: Maintenance and monitoring of recirculating macroalgal aquaculture systems and harvesting.

Seeding and cultivation of macroalgae for large-scale offshore aquaculture constructions and it’s economic analysis ("OLAMUR" project)

Assistant Instructor Sea Survival, Maintenance of training material

Collaborative Intern at the Biogeochemistry and Geology (ZMT) and Micropaleontology (MARUM) working group; Protocol development to quantify re-inoculation success of Symbionts in foraminifera with qPCR ("SYMBIO-AID" project)

Assistant in the AstaAkt1 / AstaWarmUp projects: Construction of heated living tubes for crayfish, preliminary tests, sampling and evaluation, research work, planning and organisation. Assistant in the EnviSim4Mare project: Experimental investigations of marine growth on test bodies, public outreach (Open Doors Day on Helgoland)

Analysis of functional ingredients in a feeding trial with Pacific White Shrimp, L. vannamei