Scientific interests
Ecosystem services, biodiversity, plant-pollinator interactions, conservation in agricultural landscapes, molecular biology
Education and Qualification
2015-2019
PhD in Agricultural Sciences, Functional Agrobiodiversity and Agroecology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany under supervision of Prof. Dr. Catrin Westphal and Prof. Dr. Teja Tscharntke
Thesis: Strawberry pollination with wild bees and honey bees: facilitation or competition by mass-flowering resources?
2011- 2014
MSc in Agricultural Sciences, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany under supervision of Prof. Dr. Teja Tscharntke and Prof. Dr. Catrin Westphal
Topic of master thesis: Effects of habitat structure and connectivity on bee abundance and species richness in irrigated rice production landscapes on the Philippines
2008- 2011
BSc in Agricultural Sciences, Georg-August-University Göttingen
Work experience
since 12/2020
Postdoc, Centre of Biodiversity Monitoring, Zoological Research Museum Alexander König
Project FINKA - Promoting insect biodiversity in agricultural landscapes
12/2019- 12/2020
Postdoc, Functional Agrobiodiversity and Agroecology in cooperation with the IAPN (Institute of Applied Plant Nutrition), Göttingen University; working on bee foraging in agricultural landscapes
01-10/2019
Research Associate, Functional Agrobiodiversity and Agroecology, Göttingen University
04-12/2014
Research associate, Agroecology and Agroentomology; working on intercrop systems and bees in the tropics
03-05/2013
Research stay at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) on the Philippines. Research Project: LEGATO (Land-use intensity and Ecological Engineering – Assessment Tools for risks and Opportunities in irrigated rice based production systems); field work on bee diversity in rice ecosystems
06-12/2013
Student helper at the IAPN (Institute of Applied Plant Nutrition) in Göttingen
2007/08
Voluntary year on a farm
Grants
01/2016- 12/2018
PhD Stipend of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU, Federal Foundation for the Environment)
03-05/2013
PROMOS stipend of the DAAD, research for master thesis on the Philippines
Talks and conference presentations
03/2019 Invited talk at the beekeeper association meeting in Moringen: "Das Sammelverhalten von Honigbienen und WIldbienen und ihre Rolle für die Erdbeerbestäubung" (Bänsch, S.)
02/2019 Public talk at the University of Göttingen: "Das Sammelverhalten von Honigbienen und WIldbienen und ihre Rolle für die Erdbeerbestäubung" (Bänsch, S.)
09/2018 Talk at the annual conference of the Society for Ecology (Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V., GfÖ) in Wien, Germany: “Enhancing crop pollination services with social bees by choosing the right species and colony size” (Bänsch, S., Brenig, B., Wünschiers, R., Tscharntke, T. & C. Westphal)
04/2018 Talk on the Pollination Symposium (ICPPR) in Berlin: “Crop competition for pollination: solitary bees can compensate for temporal changes in social bee densities” (Bänsch, S., Tscharntke, T. & C. Westphal)
12/2017 Poster presentation at „Ecology Across Borders“ in Ghent, Belgium: “Competition between minor and mass-flowering crops for social bees: consequences for adapted pollination management” (Bänsch, S., Netter, L., Biagioni, S., Brenig, B., Tscharntke, T. & C. Westphal
10/2017 Invited talk at the beekeepers association of Kassel: „Rund um Honigbienen, Hummeln und Solitärbienen als Erdbeerbestäuber“ (Bänsch, S., Tscharntke, T. & C. Westphal)
03/2017 Talk on the annual meeting of the institues for bee research (AG der Institute für Bienenforschung e.V.) in Celle: „Effects of mass-flowering crops on pollination success of minor crops: Facilitation or competition?“ (Bänsch, S., Tscharntke, T. & C. Westphal)
09/2016 Talk at the annual conference of the Society for Ecology (Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V., GfÖ) in Marburg, Germany: “Effects of mass-flowering resources on minor crop pollination services: Facilitation or competition?” (Bänsch, S., Tscharntke, T. & C. Westphal)
03/2016 Poster at the annual conference of bee research institutes (AG der Institute für Bienenforschung e.V.) in Braunschweig, Germany: “Managing pollination services for a minor crop: competition by mass-flowering crops and entomovectoring by bees” (Bänsch S., Tscharntke T. & C. Westphal)
09/2014 Talk at the annual conference of the Society for Ecology (Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V., GfÖ) in Hildesheim, Germany: “Regional land use intensity and local habitat complexity affect pollinator abundance in rice production landscapes” (Bänsch S., Asmussen J., Heong K.L., Horgan F.G., Settele J., Tscharntke T. & C. Westphal)
Ecosystem services, biodiversity, plant-pollinator interactions, conservation in agricultural landscapes, molecular biology
Education and Qualification
2015-2019
PhD in Agricultural Sciences, Functional Agrobiodiversity and Agroecology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany under supervision of Prof. Dr. Catrin Westphal and Prof. Dr. Teja Tscharntke
Thesis: Strawberry pollination with wild bees and honey bees: facilitation or competition by mass-flowering resources?
2011- 2014
MSc in Agricultural Sciences, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany under supervision of Prof. Dr. Teja Tscharntke and Prof. Dr. Catrin Westphal
Topic of master thesis: Effects of habitat structure and connectivity on bee abundance and species richness in irrigated rice production landscapes on the Philippines
2008- 2011
BSc in Agricultural Sciences, Georg-August-University Göttingen
Work experience
since 12/2020
Postdoc, Centre of Biodiversity Monitoring, Zoological Research Museum Alexander König
Project FINKA - Promoting insect biodiversity in agricultural landscapes
12/2019- 12/2020
Postdoc, Functional Agrobiodiversity and Agroecology in cooperation with the IAPN (Institute of Applied Plant Nutrition), Göttingen University; working on bee foraging in agricultural landscapes
01-10/2019
Research Associate, Functional Agrobiodiversity and Agroecology, Göttingen University
04-12/2014
Research associate, Agroecology and Agroentomology; working on intercrop systems and bees in the tropics
03-05/2013
Research stay at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) on the Philippines. Research Project: LEGATO (Land-use intensity and Ecological Engineering – Assessment Tools for risks and Opportunities in irrigated rice based production systems); field work on bee diversity in rice ecosystems
06-12/2013
Student helper at the IAPN (Institute of Applied Plant Nutrition) in Göttingen
2007/08
Voluntary year on a farm
Grants
01/2016- 12/2018
PhD Stipend of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU, Federal Foundation for the Environment)
03-05/2013
PROMOS stipend of the DAAD, research for master thesis on the Philippines
Talks and conference presentations
03/2019 Invited talk at the beekeeper association meeting in Moringen: "Das Sammelverhalten von Honigbienen und WIldbienen und ihre Rolle für die Erdbeerbestäubung" (Bänsch, S.)
02/2019 Public talk at the University of Göttingen: "Das Sammelverhalten von Honigbienen und WIldbienen und ihre Rolle für die Erdbeerbestäubung" (Bänsch, S.)
09/2018 Talk at the annual conference of the Society for Ecology (Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V., GfÖ) in Wien, Germany: “Enhancing crop pollination services with social bees by choosing the right species and colony size” (Bänsch, S., Brenig, B., Wünschiers, R., Tscharntke, T. & C. Westphal)
04/2018 Talk on the Pollination Symposium (ICPPR) in Berlin: “Crop competition for pollination: solitary bees can compensate for temporal changes in social bee densities” (Bänsch, S., Tscharntke, T. & C. Westphal)
12/2017 Poster presentation at „Ecology Across Borders“ in Ghent, Belgium: “Competition between minor and mass-flowering crops for social bees: consequences for adapted pollination management” (Bänsch, S., Netter, L., Biagioni, S., Brenig, B., Tscharntke, T. & C. Westphal
10/2017 Invited talk at the beekeepers association of Kassel: „Rund um Honigbienen, Hummeln und Solitärbienen als Erdbeerbestäuber“ (Bänsch, S., Tscharntke, T. & C. Westphal)
03/2017 Talk on the annual meeting of the institues for bee research (AG der Institute für Bienenforschung e.V.) in Celle: „Effects of mass-flowering crops on pollination success of minor crops: Facilitation or competition?“ (Bänsch, S., Tscharntke, T. & C. Westphal)
09/2016 Talk at the annual conference of the Society for Ecology (Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V., GfÖ) in Marburg, Germany: “Effects of mass-flowering resources on minor crop pollination services: Facilitation or competition?” (Bänsch, S., Tscharntke, T. & C. Westphal)
03/2016 Poster at the annual conference of bee research institutes (AG der Institute für Bienenforschung e.V.) in Braunschweig, Germany: “Managing pollination services for a minor crop: competition by mass-flowering crops and entomovectoring by bees” (Bänsch S., Tscharntke T. & C. Westphal)
09/2014 Talk at the annual conference of the Society for Ecology (Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V., GfÖ) in Hildesheim, Germany: “Regional land use intensity and local habitat complexity affect pollinator abundance in rice production landscapes” (Bänsch S., Asmussen J., Heong K.L., Horgan F.G., Settele J., Tscharntke T. & C. Westphal)