Education
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10/2016 - 3/2020: Master of Science “Developmental, Neural and Behavioral Biology”, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
MSc
thesis: Analysis of the behavior and potential effects on baleen whales (Mysticeti) in response to vibroseismic signals in Skjálfandi Bay, North Iceland -
10/2012 - 09/2016: Bachelor of Science "Biology", Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
BSc
thesis: A contribution to the reproduction behavior in the firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus
Internships
- 12/2020 – present: Research associate at the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research in Büsum, Germany
- 06/2020 – 11/2020: Research assistant at the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research in Büsum, Germany
- 10/2018: Field assistant, PhD Kate Sprogis, Aarhus University, Denmark NOISE project, data processing of acoustic disturbance experiments on humpback whales, Western Australia
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07/2018 - 09/2018: Field assistant, PhD Rebecca Haughey, Flinders University (CEBEL), Adelaide
Photoidentification and Kernel Density Estimation of bottlenose and humpback dolphins, Western Australia -
08/2017 - 09/2017: Research intern, Prof. Dr. Marianne Rasmussen, University of Iceland, Húsavík
Photoidentification and social network analysis of humpback whales in Skjálfandi Bay, Iceland
Main research interests
- Effects of underwater noise on the behaviour of marine vertebrates
Publications
Maurer, N.; Boyi, J. O.; Schick, L. A.; Nachtsheim, D. A.; Schaffeld, T.; Gross, S.; Teilmann, J. ; Schnitzler, J.; u. a.: Unsealing behaviour: Variation in harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) responses to anthropogenic sound in relation to individual health. In: Marine pollution bulletin : the international journal for marine environmentalists, scientists, engineers, administrators, politicians and lawyers Bd. 214. Oxford, Elsevier BV (2025)
Maurer, N., Schaffeld, T., Siebert, U., Schnitzler, J. (2023). Effects of Low-Frequency Continuous Noise on Fishes. In: Popper, A.N., Sisneros, J., Hawkins, A., Thomsen, F. (eds) The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10417-6_104-1
Maurer, N., Baltzer, J., Schaffeld, T., Ruser, A., Schnitzler, J. G., & Siebert, U. (2023). Effects of amplitude and duration of noise exposure on the hearing and anti-predator behaviour of common roach (Rutilus rutilus) and sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America : JASA / American Institute of Physics, 154(2), 671–681. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0020535
Poster
Nina Maurer, Joy O. Boyi, Luca Schick, Dominik Nachtsheim, Tobias Schaffeld, Ursula Siebert, Joseph Schnitzler. Relationship between health status and animal behavioural changes in tagged harbour seals. The 8th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium, Tokyo, March 2024
Dominik Nachtsheim, Mark Johnson, Charlotte Findlay, Peter Teglberg Madsen, Nina Maurer, Laia Rojano-Doñate, Tobias Schaffeld, Ursula Siebert, Jonas Teilmann, Jakob Tougaard, Joseph Schnitzler. Frequent vessel noise exposures of harbour seals in the North Sea may reduce foraging opportunities. The 8th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium, Tokyo, March 2024.
