Qianwei Wang

I study the ecology and palaeoenvironmental significance of non-marine ostracods, and my microscope is my best friend, a quiet partner through endless samples and stories from the past.

Education 

2023 - present

Ph.D., Institute of Geosciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Topic: Ecology, biodiversity and environmental drivers of non-marine ostracod communities in modern and Quaternary systems.

2019 - 2022

M.Sc.,
MEC International Joint Laboratory for Palaeobiology and Palaeoenvironment &
Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, Institute of Palaeontology, Yunnan University, Kunming, PR China

Research focus
Taxonomy, ecology and palaeoenvironmental significance of Quaternary and Recent ostracods.

Research Interests
Freshwater ostracods as indicators for palaeoenvironmental changes and anthropogenic impacts in Germany and China.

Publications

  •  Wang QW, Zhai DY, Peng A, Schmitz O, Jiang P, Fang X, Wang M, Frenzel P, 2025. Adapted to the dry: ostracod communities in agricultural landscapes of eastern Yunnan, China. Aquatic Ecology 59, 541-559.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-025-10179-w
  •  Zhai DY*, Wang QW, Jin CF, 2024. Dormant and active ostracod communities in six rice fields of Yunnan, China. Aquatic Sciences 86, 79.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-024-01094-7
  •  Wang QW, Horne DJ, Fan JW, Wen RL, Smith RJ, Wang M, Zhai DY*, 2022. Ilyocypris leptolinea Wang & Zhai, sp. nov., an ostracod (Ostracoda, Crustacea) from the late Quaternary of Inner Mongolia, northern China. ZooKeys 1137, 109-132.
    https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1137.94224Externer Link

 

Workshops & Conference Presentations

  •  Geo4Göttingen 2025, 14–18 September 2025, Göttingen, Germany.
    Oral presentation: New insights into the ecological development of Holocene and recent ostracod communities in tufa-depositing streams.
  •  10th European Ostracodologists’ Meeting (EOM10), 16–20 September 2024, Sicily, Italy.
    Poster presentation: The Pleistocene–Holocene climate change in central Europe reflected by ostracod successions from Plinz, Thuringia.

  •  10th European Ostracodologists’ Meeting (EOM10), 16–20 September 2024, Sicily, Italy.
    Oral presentation: Dormant ostracods in desiccated rice fields of Yunnan, China: Insights into life strategies and community dynamics.

  •  1st SPP 2361 Specialist Workshop: Data Collection and Modelling, 21–22 March 2024, Tübingen, Germany.

  •  94th Annual Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft, 18–22 September 2023, Jena, Germany.

  •  European School on Ostracoda, 9–13 July 2023, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

  •  The 7th Youth Geoscience Forum. solo speech: On some modern Ostracoda (Crustacea) from the Tibetan Plateau in SW China, with descriptions of three new species. from July 9 to 11, 2021

Professional Development & Academic Programmes

  •  Since August 2024 – present
    Participant, t.e.a.m. basecamp programme
    Engaged in cross-disciplinary collaboration and networking with female doctoral and postdoctoral researchers within DFG joint projects and the scientific community of Leipzig University, focusing on academic exchange, peer mentoring and career development.