• Curriculum vitae

    Education

    • Since 2017:
      PhD studies in the Animal Evolutionary Ecology Group, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Germany
    • 2013 - 2016:
      MSc in Biology, Biology Department, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
      Thesis: Epifauna on freshwater crayfish (Decapoda) in Croatia
    • 2010 - 2013:
      Bachelor of Environmental Sciences, Biology Department, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
      Thesis: Endosymbiosis and biodiversity
    • 2007 - 2010:
      Bachelor of Arts in Communication Sciences and Sociology, Centre for Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, Croatia

    Work experience

    • 2016 - 2017:
      Associate expert – large carnivores conservation, State Institute for Nature Protection, Croatia
    • 2015:
      Intern, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria
    • 2015:
      Teaching fellow, Biology Department, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
    • 2014 - 2015:
      Educator for school in nature, Public Institution Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia

     

  • Research interests

    • Host-parasite coevolution
    • Correlation of the host microbiota and pathogen
    • Immune memory in insects

     

  • Publications

    • Ana Korša, Lai Ka Lo, Shrey Gandhi, Corinna Bang and Joachim Kurtz (2022). Oral Immune Priming Treatment Alters Microbiome Composition in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium castaneum. Front. Microbiol., 13 April 2022 10.3389/fmicb.2022.793143 [doi]
    • Nicolas C H Schröder, Ana Korša, Haleluya Wami, Olena Mantel, Ulrich Dobrindt, Joachim Kurtz (2022). Serial passage in an insect host indicates genetic stability of the human probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917. EMPH, Volume 10 Issue 1 2022. 10.1093/emph/eoac001 [doi]
    • Dražina T, Korša A, Špoljar M, Maguire I & Klobučar GIV (2018) Epifauna of native and alien freshwater crayfish species (Crustacea: Decapoda): a host-specific community? Freshwater Science 37: 593-604. 10.1086/698764 [doi]