Elizabeta Briski - Invasion Ecology Group

 

Research experience:

• 2019 – current - Senior Research Group Leader, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
  
• 2014 – 2019 - Junior Research Group Leader, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
• 2011 – 2014 - NSERC Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow, Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
• 2011 – 2011 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
• 2006 – 2011 - Research Assistant, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
• 2005 – 2006 - Student Research Assistant - Laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center, University of Ghent, Belgium.
• 2004 - Student Research Assistant, Zootechnisch Centrum, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
• 1999 – 2000 - Student Research Assistant - Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
• 1996 – 1997 - Student Research Assistant - Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Croatia.

Fellowships, grants and awards:

• Unity Through Knowledge Fund Grant (co-PI) – 2017 - 2019 (€ 40,000) Click here for the project description
  
• Future Ocean Cluster Grant (co-PI) - 2016 - 2017 (€ 75,000)
  
• Future Ocean Marine Science Travel Grant - 2015 (€1,500)
• Alexander von Humboldt Sofja Kovalevskaja Award, Germany (PI) - 2014 - 2019 (€ 1,641,000)
  
• Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship, Germany - approved in July 2013 - declined due to Sofja Kovalevskaja Award (€ 82,800)
• NSERC Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship to Governmental Institutions, Canada - 2011 - 2014 (€ 97,868)
• Lum Clark Research Excellence Award, University of Windsor, Canada - 2010 (€ 670)
• Tuition Scholarship, University of Windsor, Canada - 2009 - 2010 (€ 4,000)
• International Graduate Student Scholarship, University of Windsor, Canada - 2006 - 2009 (€ 12,000)
• University of Ghent Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Gent, Belgium - 2005 - 2006 (€ 10,200)
• University’s Rector's Award for the best project, University of Zagreb, Croatia - 1996 (€ 150)

Education:
 

2017 – Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Germany, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

• title awarded: PD Dr. habil. Biologische Meereskunde
• title of habilitation: The stage based invasion process
• trial lecture: Succession in marine habitats

2006 - 2011 - University of Windsor, Canada, Environmental Science Program, Faculty of Graduate Studies

• title awarded: Ph.D. in Environmental Science
• title of dissertation: Invasion risk associated with invertebrates and their dormant stages in ships entering Canadian ports

2004 - 2006 - University of Ghent, Belgium, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

• title awarded: Master of Science in Aquaculture
• title of thesis: Laboratory production of early hatching cysts of Artemia sp. by selection

2000 - 2001 – University of Rijeka, Croatia, Faculty of Philosophy Pula, Pedagogical and psychological education

1992 - 2000 – University of Zagreb, Croatia, Faculty of Agriculture

• title awarded: Engineer of Agricultural Sciences - specialized in animal production
• title of thesis: Application of binominal distribution in animal science

Teaching experience:

Courses taught

• Advanced Practical Course in Biological Oceanography - Practical Part A2 - Benthic Ecology (graduate level) Lecturer, Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany
  
• Invasion Ecology (graduate level) Lecturer, Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany
  
• Current Topics in Marine Ecology II (graduate level) Lecturer, Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany
  
• Current Topics in Marine Ecology I (graduate level) Lecturer, Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany
• Genetics (undergraduate level) Teaching Assistant, University of Windsor, Canada
• Statistics (graduate level) Teaching Assistant, University of Windsor, Canada
• Biological Diversity (undergraduate level) Teaching Assistant, University of Windsor, Canada
  
  

Invited lectures

• Non-indigenous species and their impact on invaded communities - Advanced Course in Biological Oceanography - GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. June 2nd, 2021.
  
• Propagule pressure - a null model for biological invasions - Current Topics II - GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. December 16th, 2020.
• Non-indigenous species - Advanced Course in Biological Oceanography - GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. June 18th, 2020.
• Environmental tolerance of native and non-native species - Current Topics II - GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. December 11th, 2019.
• Propagule pressure - a null model for biological invasions - Advanced Course in Biological Oceanography - GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. June 20th, 2019.
  
• Propagule pressure - a null model for biological invasions - Current Topics II - GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. December 12th, 2018.
• Non-indigenous species - Introduction to Biological Oceanography - GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. November 20th, 2018.
• Introduction to invasion ecology - Public Seminar - University of Leiden. Leiden, the Netherlands. June 27th, 2018.
• Non-indigenous species - Advanced Course in Biological Oceanography - GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. May 24th, 2018.
• Introduction to invasion ecology - Public Seminar - University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Oshawa, Canada. September 22nd, 2017.
• Non-indigenous species - Advanced Course in Biological Oceanography - GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. June 28th, 2017.
  
• Introduction to invasion ecology - Advanced Course in Biological Oceanography - GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. June 30th, 2016.
  
• Non-indigenous species - Current Topics I - GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. April 21st, 2016
  
• Basic principles of invasion biology - BONUS BIO-C3/BAMBI/INSPIRE 2015 Summer School. Glücksburg, Germany. July 5-11, 2015.
  
• Vectors of species introductions - BONUS BIO-C3/BAMBI/INSPIRE 2015 Summer School. Glücksburg, Germany. July 5-11, 2015.
  
• Non-indigenous species and transport vectors - Advanced Course in Biological Oceanography - GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany. July 7th, 2015.
• Propagule pressure - a null model for biological invasions - Current Topics II - GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. November 26th, 2014.
  

Publications:

   Click here for publications

Memberships:

• American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
• Cluster of Excellence "Future Ocean"
  

Service to profession:

• Associate Editor – Diversity & Distributions
                             – Marine Biology
  
  
• Guest Editor – Marine Biology – Topical Collection: Invasive Species
  
  

• Reviewer for Journals (Ecology Letters, Diversity & Distributions, Environmental Science & Technology, Biological Invasions, PlosONE, Limnology & Oceanography: Methods, Hydrobiologia, Aquatic Invasions, Aquaculture Research, Limnology)
  
  
• Grant Reviewer:  - The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation                          
                              - VLIR UOS - Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad University Development Cooperation, Belgium
                              - Cluster of Excellence "Future Ocean"
                              - University of Island
  

Invited presentations:

• Briski, E. Biodiversity in the Anthropocene. Frei Universität Berlin. Germany. June 21^st, 2023. (Invited Speaker)
• Briski, E. Are Ponto-Caspian species inherently better colonizers than species from other regions? University of Greifswald, Germany. June 1^st, 2021. (Invited Speaker)
  
• Briski, E. Biodiversity in the Anthropocene. Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg, Germany. September 23-24, 2020. (Invited Speaker)
• Briski, E. Biodiversity in the Anthropocene. Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. December 2-3, 2019. (Invited Speaker)
• Briski, E. Do Ponto-Caspian species have inherent advantages over other species in colonizing new areas? 9th Bonn Humboldt Award Winners' Forum "Frontiers in Biogeography, Ecology, Anthropology, and Evolution. Humboldt and the 'Cosmos' revisited in the 21st Century". Bonn, Germany. October 16-20, 2019. (Invited Speaker)
• Briski, E. Is salinity an obstacle for biological invasions? University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. March 14th, 2019. (Invited Speaker)
• Briski, E. Are Ponto-Caspian invaders freshwater taxa? Public Presentation. University of Leiden, the Netherlands. June 27th, 2018. (Invited Speaker)
  
• Briski, E. The newcomers in your lake – how did they do it? Public Presentation. University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. May 16^th, 2018. (Invited Speaker)
• Briski, E. The newcomers in your lake – how did they do it? Public Presentation. University of Innsbruck, Austria. April 18^th, 2018. (Invited Speaker)
• Briski, E. Stage based invasion process. Public Presentation. Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries Split, Split, Croatia. February 27^th, 2018. (Invited Speaker)
• Briski, E. I have come from afar – how did I do it? Public Presentation. University of Vienna, Austria. December 18^th, 2017. (Invited Speaker)
• Briski, E. Is salinity an obstacle for biological invasions? 3rd International Congress on Biological Invasions. Hangzhou, China. November 19-23, 2017. (Keynote Speaker)
• Briski, E. Why is it important where I come from? Public Presentation. University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Oshawa, Canada. September 22^nd, 2017. (Invited Speaker)
• Briski, E. I have come from afar – how did I do it? Public Presentation. Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany. March 20-21, 2017. (Invited Speaker)
• Briski, E. Newcomers – how do we do it? Sofja Kovalevskaja Award Ceremony and Workshop 2016. Berlin, Germany. November 14 – 16, 2016. (Invited Speaker)
• Briski, E. Non-indigenous species. Network Meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 2015. Bremen, Germany. April 15 – 17, 2015. – (Keynote Speaker at the Opening Ceremony)
• Briski, E. I have come from afar – how did I do it? Sofja Kovalevskaja Award Ceremony and Workshop 2014. Berlin, Germany. November 10 – 12, 2014. (Invited Speaker)
• Briski, E. Invasion ecology - transport and establishment of non-indigenous species. Internal Seminar - GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany. July 8^th, 2014. (Invited Speaker)
• Briski, E., Cristescu, M.E., Bailey, S.A. and H.J. MacIsaac. Identification of ballast sediment invertebrate species using resting eggs and mitochondrial markers. 13^th International Congress on Invertebrate Reproduction and Development. Detroit, Michigan, USA. July 14-19, 2013. (Invited Speaker)
• Briski, E. and H.J. MacIsaac. The invaders in your river. Public Presentation. Chartwell Classic Retirement Home, Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. May 13^th, 2008. (Invited Speaker)