since 2021 PhD Student (scholarship of the University of Rostock)
2019 - 2021

Master of Science „Integrative Zoolgie” at the University of Rostock

Topic of the Master thesis: “Morphological definition of larval herring (Clupea harengus) life stages” (carried out in cooperation with the Deutschen Meeresmuseum and the Thünen Institut für Ostseefischerei)

2016 - 2019

Bachelor of Science „Biology“ at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf

Topic of Bachelor thesis: “The importance of scent marks and learned location of a food source for selection of feeding sites in stingless bees and honey bees”

Reproductive biology & larval development of marine fish species

Peer reviewed

Fischbach V, Moritz T, Thieme P (2022). "Postcranial skeletal development of the Atlantic herring (Clupeomorpha: Clupeidae: Clupea harengus)." Zool Anz 299: 189–199

Koethe S, Fischbach V, Banysch S, Reinarzt L, Hrncir M, Lunau K (2020). A Comparative Study of Food Source Selection in Stingless Bees and Honeybees: Scent Marks, Location, or Color. Front Plant Sci 11: 516

Conferences

Talk: V. Fischbach, A. Finke, T. Moritz, P. Polte, P. Thieme (2021). Die Larvalstadien des Herings in der Ostsee. 17th Conference of the GFI 2021, online (member of GFI since 2021)

Poster: V. Fischbach, T. Moritz, P. Thieme (2021). Postcranial skeletal development of the Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus). 17th Conference of the GFI 2021, online

Poster: V. Fischbach, P. Thieme, A. Finke, T. Moritz, P. Polte (2021). Development of the postcranial skeleton in the Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus). 44th Larval Fish Conference 2021, online

Poster: V. Fischbach, S. Koethe, L. Reinartz, S, Banysch, K. Lunau (2018). The meaning of scent marks and learned location of a food source on the foraging behaviour of stingless bees. 111th conference of the Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft 2018, Greifswald

 

 

Memberships

Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie

Early Life History Section (American Fisheries Society)