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., 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
