Maria Serocki
“For as long as I can remember, I am fascinated by wildlife. I am excited to contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the cheetah’s health status by using an interdisciplinary approach that combines evolutionary, ecological and immunological questions. Scientific research with a potential to improve conservation actions for a threatened species such as the cheetah keeps me highly enthusiastic.”
Maria is a PhD candidate within the Cheetah Research Project since 2018. She is focusing on parasites and immunity, and their links to life history states in free-ranging Namibian cheetahs.
Maria works in these sub-projects in the CRP
Health status and pathogen prevalence of cheetahs and other carnivore species
Immune genes and immune system of cheetahs and other carnivore species
Professional experience
Since 2018 PhD candidate within the Cheetah Research Project. Maintenance of the entire sample collection in Germany. Genetic, serological and immunological analyses of samples. Comprehensive background in evolution and ecology. Between 2014 and 2017, participation in different camera trap studies in Germany and acquisition of profound knowledge in DNA sequencing and morphological shape analysis.
Education
2011 – 2017: Studies in biology at Free University of Berlin