Kingsly C. Beng, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher
Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB)
Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)
Email: Kingsly.Chuo.Beng (at) awi.de
Postal address: Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven
Phone: +49 471 4831-2608
About me
I am interested in using DNA metabarcoding to assess, monitor and quantify biodiversity. I apply this approach on various taxonomic groups (e.g. bacteria, fungi, insects, plankton) in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems.
I am currently the project coordinator of the Working Package (WP) 2.3 "Integration of non-invasive methods for evaluating the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)", one of the WPs of the multidisciplinary and multi-institutional project CREATE (Concepts for Reducing the Effects of Anthropogenic pressures & uses on marine Ecosystems and on Biodiversity). CREATE is part of the mission sustainMare within the German Alliance for Marine Research (DAM) and is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, 03F0836A).
Educational
background
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Ecology
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing, China
August 2013 – June 2016
Successive Master's-PhD Degree in Ecology
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing, China
August 2010 – June 2013
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Botany
University of Buea (UB), Buea, Cameroon
October 2003 – July 2006
Previous positions
Postdoctoral researcher
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany
January 2020 – January 2022
Postdoctoral researcher
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (XTBG), Yunnan, China
October 2016 – December 2019
Research assistant
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (XTBG), Yunnan, China
August 2010 – June 2016
