Teaching and supervision
Teaching activity
Univerzita Karlova
Scientific Programming and Data Visualization
Practical to learn programming, data analysis, visualization, and scientific presentation with R and LaTeX.
Quantitative Analyses in Palaeontology and Ecology
Lectures and exercises in quantitative analyses in the life sciences.
Université de Genève
Sedimentary Laboratory Techniques
Laboratory practical to learn the basic sedimentological and micropalaeontological techniques in a hands-on approach during laboratory work.
Micropalaeontology I and II
Lectures and exercises to teach the basics of micropalaeontology, palaeoecology, and biostratigraphy.
Palaeogeology, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Lectures and exercises to give a broad introduction into palaeoecology, specifically population ecology.
Universität Bremen
Palaeoecology
Lectures and exercises to give a broad introduction into palaeoecology, specifically population ecology.
Methods in Palaeobiology
Practical introduction into scientific work, including specifying an interesting scientific question to answer, designing and implementing an analytical approach, analyzing the data, writing a short summary report, and presenting the results in a talk.
Quantitative Analyses in Palaeontology
Lectures and exercises in quantitative analyses in the palaeosciences.
Supervised theses
Environmental adaptation of the marine phytoplankton and its impact on the marine carbon pump
University: Univerzita Karlova
Student: Medhavi Srivastava, M.Sc.
Status: Ongoing
Evolvability of planktonic Foraminifera: Adaptive reactions to environmental change
University: Univerzita Karlova
Student: Jaime Y. Suárez-Ibarra, M.Sc.
Status: Ongoing
Seasonal productivity in the Azores Front (North Atlantic)
University: Université de Genève
Student: Pierre Carrillat, B.Sc.
Status: Finished (2020)
Peer reviewed publication: Pending
Directional asymmetry in shells of Trilobatus sacculifer
University: Universität Bremen
Student: Sabrina Hohmann, B.Sc.
Status: Finished (2015)
Title: Die Entstehung von Richtungsasymmetrie in der Gehäusewindung der rezenten planktischen Foraminiferenart Globigerinoides sacculifer
Peer reviewed publication: Pending
The Extinction of Globigerinoides ruber (pink) in the Red Sea
University: Universität Bremen
Student: Adrian Baumeister
Status: Finished (2014)
Title: Das Aussterben von Globigerinoides ruber (pink) im Roten Meer
Peer reviewed publication: Pending
The influence of porosity and cryptic diversity on the normalized shell weight of Orbulina universa
University: Universität Bremen
Student: Mike Zwick
Status: Finished (2013)
Title: Einfluss von Porosität und kryptischer Speziation auf das SNW von Orbulina universa anhand von Sediment-Oberflächenproben aus dem karibischen Raum
Peer reviewed publication: Weinkauf, M. F. G., Zwick, M. M., and Kučera, M. (2020) Constraining the role of shell porosity in the regulation of shell calcification intensity in the modern planktonic foraminifer Orbulina universa d'Orbigny. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 50 (2): 195–203. doi:10.2113/gsjfr.50.2.195