Timo Metz
CV
Since 2021
PhD candidate at TU Darmstadt
(Physics of Complex Systems Group of Prof. Barbara Drossel and Ecological Networks lab of Prof. Nico Blüthgen)
2019-2021
M.Sc. Physics at University of Heidelberg
2015-2019
B.Sc. Physics and B.Sc Biology at University of Marburg
Research interests
I study how complex species interaction networks in tropical rainforests reassemble after deforestation. For this I use theoretical models as well as empirical data and statistical tools.
Research domains:
Ecological networks
Tropical rainforests
Complex systems
Contact
B1|01, Room 256
Timo Metz
Fachbereich Biologie
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Schnittspahnstr. 3
64287 Darmstadt
Germany
Publications
Research projects
DFG Research Group REASSEMBLY (DFG FOR 5207)
2023
Metz, T., Blüthgen, N., & Drossel, B. (2023). Shifts from non‐obligate generalists to obligate specialists in simulations of mutualistic network assembly. Oikos, e09697.
2022
Metz, T., Koch, M., & Lenz, P. (2022). Extracting microplastic decay rates from field data. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1223.
2021
Fernandez‐Pozo, N., Metz, T., Chandler, J. O., Gramzow, L., Merai, Z., Maumus, F., ... & Rensing, S. A. (2021). Aethionema arabicum genome annotation using PacBio full‐length transcripts provides a valuable resource for seed dormancy and Brassicaceae evolution research. The Plant Journal, 106(1), 275-293.
2020
Metz, T., Koch, M., & Lenz, P. (2020). Quantification of microplastics: Which parameters are essential for a reliable inter-study comparison?. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 157, 111330.