Martin Zwanzig
Chair of Forest Biometry and Forest Systems Analysis
Chair of Forest Biometry and Forest Systems Analysis
Postal Address:
Technische Universität Dresden Professur für Forstliche Biometrie und Forstliche Systemanalyse PO Box 1117
01737 Tharandt
Visitor Address:
Beamtenhaus, Room 302 Pienner Str. 21
01737 Tharandt
RESEARCH INTERESTS
From plasmids to tree networks, I am interested in the evolution of ecological interactions and how adaptive behaviour affects communities. Besides statistical approaches, I'm particularly interested in the design, development and analysis of individual-based models to investigate such systems. My research interest spans the following subjects:
| Approaches | Individual-based Ecology and Modelling | Methods of Statistics and Computer Science |
| Area | Plasmid Biology and Microbial Evolution | Ecology of 'Plant-Soil-Atmosphere' Systems |
A current focus of my research is the propagation of antibiotic resistances in aquatic environments. The prefered platform of antibiotic resistence genes are plasmids, which constitute important genetic elements for bacterial adaptation and diversity. I use mathematical models such as systems of ordinary differential equations, cellular automaton and individual based models to investigate mechanisms that influence plasmid transfer and persistence under various ecological conditions.
Check out the models PlasSim and PlasmidActionIBM in our model gallery
PROJECTS
- 2014 -2017: Models for Genomic Alterations and the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance in Aquatic Environments; Provision of Funds by "Support-the-best" pool and Graduate Academy of TU Dresden
Have a look at the project in our research overview - 07-12/2013: SAPHIR - Saxonian Platform for high Performance Irrigation funded by ESF (European Social Fund)
- 2012 - 2013: Interactions of Organic Matter and Microbial Dynamics in Pasture Soils along Management Chronosequences funded by DFG (German Research Fundation); www.tropicalmountainforest.org; Involved as Student Assistant and during Master Thesis
CURRICULUM
- Since Jan 2014 Research Fellow at the Chair of Forest Biometrics and Systems Analysis at TU Dresden
- Jul - Dez 2013 Research Assistant at the Chair of Hydrology at TU Dresden
- Master of Science 2013 in Natural Resource Management at TU Dresden, Institute of General Ecology and Environmental Protection
- Bachelor of Science 2010 in Geography at TU Dresden
STudies Abroad
- August 2015: Department of Biology, University of York, UK
- Mai - July 2012: Estación Científica San Francisco (ECSF) in Ecuador; Research Centre of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
LECTURES & COURSES
- Biometrie (Bachelor Forstwissenschaften)
- Individuen-basierte Ökologie und Modellierung (Master Forstwissenschaften)
- Lebensraumnutzung von Wildtieren (Master Forstwissenschaften)
PUBLICATIONS
Before my family name changed to "Zwanzig", I published as Martin Werisch.
Peer-reviewed journals
- Zwanzig, M., Harrison, E., Brockhurst, M.A., Hall, J.P.J., Berendonk, T.U., Berger, U. (2019): Mobile Compensatory Mutations Promote Plasmid Survival. mSystems 4:e00186-18.
- Werisch, M., Berger, U., Berendonk, T.U. (2017). Conjugative plasmids enable the maintenance of low cost non-transmissible plasmids. Plasmid 91, 96-104.
- Tischer, A., Werisch, M., Döbbelin, F., Camenzind, T., Rillig, M. C., Potthast, K., Hamer, U. (2015). Above- and belowground linkages of a nitrogen and phosphorus co-limited tropical mountain pasture system – responses to nutrient enrichment. Plant and Soil 391: 333-352.
Posters
- Kloss, S., Werisch, M., Schütze, N. (2013): Root distribution analyses as a means of improving sensor-based deficit irrigation systems. EGU General Assembly 2014 Vol. 16, EGU2014-6709-1, Geophysical Research Abstracts.
Conference papers
- Kloss, S., Werisch, M., Schütze, N. (2014): Using Root Distribution Analyses for Modeling and Improving Sensor-based Irrigation Systems. 22nd International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage. Q.59.2, paper no. 174, 9 pages.
Other
- Werisch, M. (2013): Langzeiteffekte von N- und P-Düngung auf die Bodenqualität und Weideproduktivität in Süd-Ecuador. Part of DFG-Research Unit 816, Institute of Soil Science and Site Ecology & Institute of Forest Growth and Computer Sciences, TU Dresden. Master thesis.
- Werisch, M. (2010): Untersuchungen zum Einfluss des Kohlenstoffgehaltes auf die Bodenstruktur am Standort Bad Lauchstädt. Department of Soil Physics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ. Bachelor thesis.
Conferences & WOrkshops
- Ecology Across Borders 2017: Joint Annual Meeting of BES, GFÖ, NecoV and EEF; Oral Presentation: "Plasmid diversity induces the evolution of non-transitive dynamics in microbial systems"
- Plasmid Biology Conference 2016, Cambridge, UK; Oral presentation: "Adaptation and its Relevance for Plasmid Maintenance"
- Workshop of the Young Modellers in Ecology 2016 ('YoMos'), Ökologische Station Neunzehnhain der TU Dresden, Germany
- Workshop of the Young Modellers in Ecology ('YoMos') 2015, Lachen, Swiss
