Research interests

Working on the SNF project "Evolutionary constraints to the climate niche of species", supervised by Prof. Yvonne Willi.

Other interests: adaptation, climate change, conservation biology

Education and Professional experience

since 09/2024 PhD student, University of Basel. Working on the SNF project "Evolutionary constraints to the climate niche of species"
2022 - 2024 Master in Ecology and Evolution, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. Thesis: "Does the evolution of ecological strategies in response to resources lead to trade-offs in adaptation to contrasting environments in Arabidopsis thaliana?" supervised by Stefania Przybylska and Niek Scheepens
2018 - 2022 Bachelor in Climate Mitigation and Adaptation, TH Bingen, Germany. Thesis: “Managing German forests for both carbon storage and biodiversity conservation” supervised by Pete Manning and Margot Neyret

Publications

Springer K, Coquery T, Holland V, Fitze PS, Scheepens JF, March‐Salas M (2023) Precipitation predictability drives evolution of drought strategies in the common poppy, Papaver rhoeas.Functional Ecology 38(1):233–244, doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14456

Springer K, Manning P, Boesing AL, Ammer C, Fiore-Donno AM, Fischer M, Goldmann K, Le Provost G, Overmann J, Ruess L, Schöning I, Seibold S, Sikorski J, Neyret M (2024) Identifying the stand properties that support both high biodiversity and carbon storage in German forests. Forest Ecology and Management 572:122328, doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122328