Sarah Faulwetter

Curriculum Vitae

Submitted by Sarah Faulwetter on Tue, 2011-03-01 14:31

Personal Information

Last name:

Faulwetter

First name:

Sarah

Phone:

+30 2810 337753

e-mail:

sarifa@hcmr.gr

Function at IMBG:

PhD Student

Expertise / Research Interests

Biodiversity Informatics
Cybertaxonomy
Data mangement
Taxonomy, Biogeography and Ecology of Polychaetes
Micro-Computertomography and processing of 3D data

Languages


German	native language
English	excellent
Greek	very good
French	good
Dutch	basic knowledge
Spanish	basic knowledge

Education and Training


currently	PhD Student, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens / Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (Greece)
2005	Diploma in Documentation in Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hanover, Germany

Specific Training


2012	Visit to the Natural History Museum, London, UK, for training in MicroCT data acquisition and processing
2011	One-week training on specimen handling and data processing for micro-computertomography, Department of Theoretical Biology, University of Vienna, Austria
2011	One-week training seminar "SkyScan 1172 Micro-Computertomograph"
2006	Scientific Diving course, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), 20-25 Nov. 2006, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
2008	BIOMA - BIOlogical quality of MArine waters, European Intensive Program ERASMUS – SOCRATES, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France.
2007	Marie-Curie “ECOSUMMER” training course, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
2006, 2007	Visit to the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA, for training in taxonomically intelligent database techniques and web systems
2006	Marie-Curie “ECOSUMMER” training course, Vigo, Spain.
2006	Marine Biodiversity Data Management Training Course, (Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning (MarBEF) & International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE)), Oostende, Belgium
2005	Visit to the Flanders Marine Institute, Oostende, Belgium for training instructions about biodiversity data management, biodiversity databases and quality control techniques.
2003	Internship at proDERM, Contract Research Organisation for Dermatological Research, Hamburg, Germany in the department of Data Management, experience in MSAccess, VBA, SPSS, Excel, planning and conducting clinical studies

Professional Activities


2009 to date	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece: PhD Student
2005 to date	Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics: member of the Biodiversity Informatics Unit
2001–2003	University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hanover, Germany, Office for career-integrated degree courses: scientific assistant

International Recognition of Scientific Work

Citations (excluding self-citations):

Self-citations:

h-index:

Editor in Scientific Journals and Publications


Subject editor for Polychaeta in Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ)

Reviewer in international Journals

Hydrobiologia

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK

Biodiversity Data Journal

Invited Presentations


Global Indexing and Navigation, Faulwetter, Sarah , Nomina 1 – Encylopedia of Life Names Summit, 02/2007, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, (2007)


Union, Faulwetter, Sarah , Encyclopedia of Life Informatics (Data Model) Workshop, February 2007, Woods Hole, USA, (2007)


Microtomography: New approaches to the study of marine biodiversity (in Greek), Faulwetter, Sarah, and Arvanitidis Christos , 10th Panhellenic Symposium of Oceanography and Fisheries, 7-11 May 2012, (2012)

Scholarships / Awards


2006-2009	Pierre et Marie Curie Fellowship for the elaboration of a PhD Thesis entitled “Biodiversity Resources Management: Virtual Information Depository”
2004	Scholarship, Heinrich and Lotte Mühlfenzl-Foundation
2002-2004	Scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)

Teaching Activities

General teaching activities


2013	EMBC Summer School - Topic Leader
2011	Costal Biodiversity of Crete (Seminar & Lab course), Centre for Environmental Education, Heraklion, Greece
2010	Data Management. Postgraduate Summer School seminar of Kiel University (Heraklion, 2010)
2010	Environmental Education of Young people on Sailing Trips (Greek General Secretariat for Youth)
2009-2010	Environmental Education: Involvement of local High Schools in coastal marine biodiversity monitoring (within the EuroNAGISA programme)
2007	Quality Control in Marine Biodiversity Data Managment, IODE/MarBEF Biodiversity Data Management Course, Oostende, Belgium

Research Activities

Organization of Workshops and Symposia


January	2013	ViBRANT Citizen Science Workshop	Co-organizer
October	2011	EMODnet Data Workshop	Member of the organizing committee
May	2011	ViBRANT WP8 Workshop	Member of the organizing committee
April	2009	X_Theory Workshop (Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning, MarBEF), Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Member of the organizing committee
May	2010	HELBIONET Assembly Workshop, Heraklion, Crete	Member of the organizing committee
February	2007	Nomina 1 – Encyclopedia of Life Names Summit, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Member of the organizing committee
June	2006	Kick-off Meeting of the Network of Excellence SEADATANET, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Member of the organizing committee
April	2006	ICES-Benthos Ecology Working Group Meeting, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Member of the organizing committee
October	2005	MarBEF, PROPE-taxon Kick-off Meeting, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Member of the organizing committee
October	2005	MarBEF Theme 1 Meeting (Large-Scale biodiversity patterns), Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Member of the organizing committee
April	2013	CIGESMED Kickoff meeting, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Member of the organizing committee
April

Membership of Advisory and Research Bodies


2012- to date	Member of the OBIS steering committee

Participation in National Committees, Conferences, Workshops


May	2012	10th Panhellenic Conference of Oceanography and Fisheries	Athens, Greece
June	2010	HELBIONET Assembly Workshop	Heraklion, Greece
May	2006	8th Panhellenic Conference of Oceanography and Fisheries	Thessaloniki, Greece

Participation in International Committees, Conferences, Workshops


September	2013	Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity in view of climatic change and the invasion of alien species	Heraklion, Greece
June	2013	Biodiversity Informatics Horizons 2013	Rome, Italy
January	2013	ViBRANT Citizen Science Workshop “anymals+plants / scratchpads”	Berlin, Germany
December	2013	ViBRANT Citizen Science Workshop	London, UK
November	2012	Biological Attributes Meeting	Ostende, Belgium
September	2012	OBIS Steering Committee Meting	Ostende, Belgium
April	2012	Online Taxonomy Meeting	London, UK
October	2012	SkyScan Micro-CT user meeting	Brussels, Belgium
May	2011	EMODnet Data Workshop	Heraklion, Crete, Greece
June	2011	ViBRANT WP8 Workshop	Heraklion, Greece
March	2010	10th International Polychaete Conference	Lecce, Italy
September	2010	Biological Traits Working Group Meeting	London, UK
November	2009	International Congress on the Zoogeography, Ecology and Evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean	Heraklion, Greece
July	2008	World Conference on Marine Biodiversity	Valencia, Spain
August	2008	EoL Biodiversity Informatics Radiolarian Workshop	Woods Hole, USA
May	2007	MarBEF Theme 1 Modelling Workshop	Plymouth, UK
May	2007	MarBEF General Assembly	Sopot/Gdynia, Poland
April	2007	PROPE-taxon working group meeting	Sopot/Gdynia, Poland
February	2007	38th CIESM Congress	Istanbul, Turkey
January	2007	Nomina 1 – Encyclopedia of Life Names Summit	Heraklion, Greece
June	2007	Encyclopedia of Life Informatics (Data Model) Workshop	Woods Hole, USA
June	2006	First Cretan Bioinformatics Forum	Heraklion, Greece
May	2006	Kick-off Meeting of the Network of Excellence SEADATANET	Heraklion, Greece
May	2006	Transitional states in transitional & coastal waters - Identifying mechanisms & developing indicators of habitat/water quality shifts (TWReferenceNET Meeting)	Kavala, Greece
May	2006	MarBEF General Assembly	Lecce, Italy
May	2006	PROPE-taxon working group meeting	Lecce, Italy
January	2006	ICES-Benthos Ecology Working Group Meeting	Heraklion, Greece
October	2006	TWReferenceNET Second Annual Meeting	Anavyssos, Greece
October	2005	MarBEF, PROPE-taxon Kick-off Meeting	Heraklion, Greece
December	2005	MarBEF Theme 1 Meeting (Large-Scale biodiversity patterns)	Heraklion, Greece
October	2004	International Conference on Ocean Biodiversity Data (OBI), November/December 2004	Hamburg, Germany

Other Activities

Member of the Scientific Diving Team of HCMR

History

Member for: 13 years 32 weeks