EXPERIENCE
Jan/2018 + DISSERTATION
Leibniz-Institut for Animal Biodiversity (Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn)
PhD Thesis: Invasion biology of amphibians and reptiles: From observations to predictive spatial models
Okt/2014 – Mär/2017 MASTER
Philipps-University Marburg
MSc. Biodiversity and Nature Conservation: Acoustic indices do not reflect avian diversity in high-diverse rainforests in Ecuador
Okt/2011 – Sep/2014 BACHELOR
Philipps-University Marburg
BSc. Biology: Identification of roost sites of the endangered Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
13/Jun/2019 – 31/Dez/2021 SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT
Scientific assistant at the library of the herpetological section
01/Okt/2019 – 31/Dez/2020 MUSEUM PEDAGOGY
Environmental education of pupils
02/Apr/2019 – 25/Okt/2019 INTERNSHIP AT PLANUNGS- UND GUTACHTERBÜRO LOSKE
13-day short-term internship split onto three visits
Experiences in field and office work
01/Sep/2018 – 30/Sep/2018 SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT
Scientific assistant at the central library of ZFMK
25/Mai/2018 – 14/Jul/2018 INTERNSHIP AT BIO-DIVERSE BONN
Experiences in citizen conservation and environmental education with focus on the BION-project
SOFT SKILLS
SPECIAL IT SKILLS
Bioinformatics:
SDM: Very good skills in correlative and mechanistic species distribution modelling (SDM) (i.e. MaxEnt, dismo, hypervolumes)
R: Very good skills in programming, statistics and data analyses
GIS: Good skills in geographic information systems
SoX and Audacity: Good skills in acoustic data analysis
MS/Open Office: Good skills
LANGUAGES
German: Mother tongue
English: Very good
Latin: Basic
BIOLOGICAL FIELD TRIPS
Costa Rica 2016
Tenerife 2015
Camargue, France 2015
Kleinwalsertal, Austria 2015
Bialowieza, Poland 2014
FURTHER SKILLS
Supervision of BSc.-/MSc. students
VOLUNTEERING
Bird Ringing: Support of bird ringing
Membership of NABU and DGHT
Citizen Conservation: Support of ex-situ breeding programs for critically endangered amphibians
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
Congress travelling funding of University Bonn
WCH9 (World Congress of Herpetology), New Zealand
AKG-Congress travelling funding
SEH 2019 (Societas Europaea Herpetologica), Italy
PUBLICATIONS
PEER REVIEW
Ginal, P. et al. (accepted): The advertisement calls of Theloderma corticale (Boulenger, 1903), Theloderma albopunctatum (Liu & Hu, 1962) and Theloderma licin McLeod & Ahmad, 2007 (Anura: Rhacophoridae). NWJZ.
Ginal, P. et al. (2021): Predicting terrestrial dispersal corridors of the invasive African clawed frog Xenopus laevis in Portugal. Neobiota, doi:10.3897/neobiota.64.60004
Ginal, P. et al (2020): Ecophysiological models for global invadors: Is Europe a big playground for the African clawed frog? JEZ-A. doi: 10.1002/jez.2432
NON-PEER REVIEW
Ginal, P. & Rech, I. (2021): Süßigkeiten aus Mexiko. Reptilia 147: 62-65.
Ginal, P. (2020): Lebende Fossilien – Haltung und Nachzucht der bedrohten Mallorca-Geburtshelferkröte (Alytes muletensis). Reptilia 145: 54-62.
Ginal, P. & Kasten, M. (2020): Eiffelturm, Louvre und Terrarien - Der Zoo de Vincennes (Paris) als Beispiel für einen modernen Zoo. Elaphe 4: 70-75.
Ginal, P. (2015): Herpetologischer Rundgang – Reptilien und Amphibien im Tiergarten Nürnberg. Terraristik 1: 58-61.
Ginal, P. (2013): Haltung tropischer Tausendfüßer. Reptilia 102: 39-43.
TALKS
WCH9 2020 (World Congress Herpetology, New Zealand)
Ecophysiology predicts the fundamental niche of native and invasive populations of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis
SEH 2019 (European Congress of Herpetology, Italy)
Ecophysiology predicts the fundamental niche of native and invasive populations of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis
POSTERS
WCH9 2020 (World Congress of Herpetology, New Zealand)
Fundamental niche change in an invasive population of the African clawed frog
Leibniz-Evaluation of ZFMK 2020
Ecophysiology meets conservation biogeography: High invasion risk of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis in Europe
School and University:
Oct/2014 – May/2017 MSc. „Biodiversity and Nature Conservation“, Philipps-University Marburg
Master Thesis: „Acoustic indices do not reflect avian diversity in high-diverse rainforests in Ecuador“
Oct/2011 – Sep/2014 BSc. Biology, Philipps-University Marburg
Bachelor Thesis: „Identification of roost sites of the endangered Cape Vulture (Gyps coprotheres)“
Sep/2003 – Jun/2011 Grammar school, Christoph-Jacob-Treu-Gymnasium in Lauf
