Katrin Schöps

Dr. | Chemistry Education

Dr. Katrin Schöps

LocationAm Botanischen Garten 16i, 24118 Kiel

Mail

Phone+49-(0)431-880-5912

Current projects

Recent publications at the IPN

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Research topics

  • Science communication and students’ engagement with science
  • Impact of out-of-school learning opportunities (student labs)

Position

Science Factory Kiel – the school lab at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, head of the geo:lab and the archaeo:lab
Project Management: Blütenbunt-Insektenreich

Profile

2003 - presentResearcher at the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN) , Kiel
2000 - 2004Consultant for the Ministry for the Environment (Schleswig Holstein), the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation the European Union and Greenpeace
2000 - 2001Researcher at the Ecology Centre, Kiel University
1998 - 2000Postdoctoral fellow at the "Metapopulation Research Group", University of Helsinki, Finland
1997 - 1998Research Assistant at AgResearch Lincoln, New Zealand
1992 - 1994Teaching Fellow at the Department of Zoology, Kiel University, Germany.
1991Research Assistant at Landcare Research, New Zealand
1990Research Assistant at the IIBC in Delémont, Switzerland (International Institute of Biological Control).

Qualifications

1998PhD in Ecology, Lincoln University, New Zealand in cooperation with the Department of Conservation
1992Diplom (MSc) in Biology, Kiel University
1986Completion of an apprenticeship as gardener