Olga Schmitz (geb. Gildeeva)
Education:
2018 – present PhD candidate, Geosciences Friedrich Schiller University (Jena, Germany) & Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology (Jena, Germany)
Major field of study: Environmental Micropaleontology
2015 – 2017 MSc. Ecology and Environmental Management, Russian State Hydrometeorological University (Saint–Petersburg, Russia)
Major field of study: Environmental Management
Master Thesis: “Dynamics of air pollution in European cities”
2016 –2017 Exchange program Erasmus+ Dimensions, Friedrich Schiller University (Jena, Germany)
2015 FIRST exchange program, The University of Jyvaskyla (Jyvaskyla, Finland)
2011 – 2015 BSc. Ecology and Environmental Management, The Bonch–Bruevich Saint–Petersburg State University of Telecommunications (Saint–Petersburg, Russia) Major field of study: Environmental Management
Bachelor Thesis: “The process of eutrophication in Narva Bay”
Publications:
Schmitz, O., Mehlhorn, P., Finch, J., Haberzettl, T., Hahn, A., Schell, A., Hill, T., Frenzel, P., (soon to be
submitted). Spatial and temporal distribution of Ostracoda and Foraminifera and pollution exposure
in Richards Bay Harbor, South Africa. In preparation for Environmental Pollution. [in English]
Schmitz, O., Alivernini, M., Yasuhara, M., Frenzel, P., (soon to be submitted). Ostracoda (Crustacea)
as indicators of anthropogenic impacts – a review. In preparation for Earth-Science Reviews. [in
English]
Schmitz, O., Mehlhorn, P., Finch, J., Haberzettl, T., Hahn, A., Hill, T., Kretschmer, K., Frenzel, P.,
(2024). Ostracoda and Foraminifera as bioindicators of (aquatic) pollution in the protected area of
uMlalazi estuary, South Africa. Revue de micropaléontologie. [in English]
[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmic.2024.100771]
Mehlhom, P., Viehberg, F., Newman, B., Frenzel, P., Gildeeva, O., Green, A., Hahn, A., Haberzettl, T.
(2021). Spatial distribution and consequences of contaminants in harbor sediments – a case study
from Richards Bay Harbour, South Africa. Mar. Pollut. Bull., 172, Article 112764 [in English] [doi:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112764]
Gildeeva, O., Akita, L. G., Biehler, J., Frenzel, P., Alivernini, M., (2021). Recent brackish water
Foraminifera and Ostracoda from two estuaries in Ghana, and their potential as (palaeo)
environmental indicators. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 256, p. 107270 [in English] [doi:
10.1016/ j.ecss.2021.107270]
Colombaroli, D., Mistry, J., Milner, A., Vannière, B., Adolf, C., Bilbao, B.A., Carcaillet, C., Connor, S.,
Daniau, A.L., Hawthorne, D., Jeffers, E., Larson, E., Petrokofsky, G., Power, M.J., Sinnadurai, P., Berrio,
J.C., Cassino, R., Gildeeva, O., Grosvenor, M., Hardiman, M., Hennebelle, A., Kuosmanen, N., Lestienne,
M., Portes, M.C., Rockell, G., Tsakiridou, M., Walsh, A. (2019). Diverse knowledge informing fire
policy and biodiversity conservation. DiverseK Policy Brief. Royal Holloway University of London.,
UK. [in English] [doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.22601.29284]
Tikhonenko A.P., Gildeeva O.A., Trifonov A.N. (2017). Comparative analysis of air pollution in the
northern cities. Natural and cultural heritage: interdisciplinary research, preservation and
development, 570: 553-556. [in Russian] [https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=30746386]
Shalaev E.I., Gildeeva O.A., Dmitrieva P.V. (2017). Estimation of the space state of the Komarovsky
coast on heavy metals content in the soil. Geography: Development of Science and Education, 451:
443-446. [in Russian] [https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=30521790]
Gildeeva O.A., Mokh I.A. (2016). Kamchatka Krai, Yu.F. Lukin (Ed.); Arctic tourism in Russia (pp.
226-234). Arkhangelsk: SAFU. [in Russian] [https://narfu.ru/upload/iblock/1a1/15_lukin.pdf]
Gildeeva O.A. (2016). Environmental aspects of Arctic shipping. Geography: Development of
Science and Education, 333: 213-216. [in Russian] [https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=26158028]
Manvelova N.E., Gildeeva O.A., Prokofiev D.Y., Savostina V.A. (2016). Primary Measuring Sensors
Pressure Sensors in Innovative Radiosondes. Actual Problems of Infotelecommunications in Science
and Education, 1291:860-867. [in Russian] [https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=22436076]
Conference contributions:
Schmitz, O. (2024). Applications in water quality studies. ESO – European School on Ostracoda – 9.
The University of Patras, Patras, Greece, oral presentation. [in English]
Schmitz, O., Quante, E. (2024). Micropalaeontology in geoarchaeology (concepts, proxies, methods,
case studies). International Application of Archaeological Science Workshop. Max Planck Institute of
Geoanthropology, oral presentation. [in English]
Schmitz, O., Quante, E. (2024). Ostracods as proxies in geoarchaeology and (paleo)ecology. The
Environments, Land Use, and Urbanization in Ancient Central Asia. Max Planck Institute of
Geoanthropology, oral presentation. [in English]
Schmitz, O., Mehlhorn, P., Finch, J., Haberzettl, T., Hahn, A., Hill, T., Kretschmer, K., Frenzel, P.
(2023). Exploring Environmental Micropaleontology: Ostracoda and Foraminifera in the protected
area of Mlalazi estuary, South Africa, and their exposure to pollution. 94. Jahrestagung der
Paläontologischen Gesellschaft, poster. [in English]
Frenzel, P., Akita L.G., Gildeeva, O., Scott, M., Alivernini M. (2022). Recent Ostracoda from estuarine
systems of Ghana, western Africa. 19th International Symposium on Ostracoda, hybrid format,
poster. [in English]
Gildeeva, O. (2021). Applications in water quality studies. ESO – European School on Ostracoda – 6.
The Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany, oral presentation. [in English]
Gildeeva, O., Alivernini, M., Mehlhorn, P., Haberzettl, T., Akita, L.G., Hahn, A., Finch, J., Hill, T &
Frenzel, P. (2021). Distribution of Ostracoda and Foraminifera and their response to pollution in
three estuaries in Ghana and South Africa. Talk, 40. Jahrestagung der Afrikagruppe deutscher
Geowissenschaftler (AdG), online, oral presentation. [in English]
Gildeeva, O. (2020). Applications in water quality studies. ESO – European School on Ostracoda – 5.
The Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany, oral presentation. [in English]
Frenzel, P., Alivernini, M., Gildeeva, O. (2019). Micropalaeontology in Geoarchaeology (concepts,
proxies, methods, case studies) & Microscope Exercises: demonstrating how to analyze material
from geoarchaeological contexts. International Application of Archaeological Science Workshop. The
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, oral presentation. [in English]
Gildeeva, O., Akita LG, Biehler J, Frenzel P, Alivernini M. (2019). Recent brackish water
Foraminifera and Ostracoda from two estuaries in Ghana, and their potential as (palaeo)
environmental indicators. The 9th European Ostracodologists' Meeting (EOM9). The University of
Gdansk, Poland, poster. [in English]
Alivernini, M., Gildeeva O. (2019). Applications in water quality studies; Case studies in Ghana and
South Africa. ESO – European School on Ostracoda – 4. Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany,
oral presentation. [in English]
Gildeeva, O., Frenzel, P. (2018). Foraminifera and Ostracoda, and their potential as (palaeo)
environmental indicators. The Global Palaeofire Working Group: DiverseK. The Royal Holloway
University of London, Egham, UK., oral presentation. [in English]
Gildeeva, O., Frenzel, P. (2018). Foraminifera and Ostracoda, and their potential as (palaeo)
environmental indicators. The Global Palaeofire Working Group: DiverseK. The Royal Holloway
University of London, Egham, UK., oral presentation. [in English]
Gildeeva, O., Frenzel, P. (2017). Ostracods as Paleoclimate and Environmental Proxies in the Arctic,
The Arctic Partnership Week 2017, Dec 10 - 16, 2017, Busan, Republic of Korea, oral presentation.
[in English]
Shalaev, E.I., Gildeeva, O.A., Dmitrieva, P.V. (2017). Estimation of the Space State of the Komarovsky
Coast on Heavy Metals Content in the Soil, LXIX Herzen Readings “Geography: Development of
Science and Education”, Apr 20, 2017, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, oral presentation. [in Russian]
Gildeeva, O. (2016). International Cooperation in the Arctic, The 2nd Korea Arctic Academy, Jul 10 -
16, 2016, Busan, Republic of Korea, oral presentation. [in English]
Gildeeva, O. (2016). PAME: Cruise Ship Tourism: Managing Maritime Shipping for Marine Resource
Development, Model Arctic Council – 2016, Mar 9 - 15, 2016, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, oral
presentation. [in English]