Workgroups at ZMT
My expertise at ZMT
- training in research data collection with digital tools for surveying and mapping (KoboToolbox and Qfield)
- consultation on application of geodata in transdisciplinary research projects
- expertise in geospatial visualization/creating maps as scientific figures
- consultation on research data management, with focus on geospatial data
Workshops & Training
- Co-organizer & Lecturer at the University of Bremen Summer School 2026 "Location matters. Geospatial Methods for Health Scientists, Social Scientists, and Geoscientists." (cooperation with the Data Science Centre of Uni Bremen and the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology)
- Lecturer at the U Bremen Research Alliance's DataTrain Data Steward Track Program:
"Field-Ready: Structured data collection with Kobotoolbox and Qfield for researchers" (Oct 2026)
"Digitalizing data collection using the KoboToolbox" (Sept 2024) - Lecturer for the "Geospatial data collection with the Qfield app" slot in the Seasonal Schools of NFDI4Biodiversity & iDiv 2024, NFDI4Biodiversity & HeFDI & iDiv 2025
- Co-Lecturer at University of Marburg Biogeography and Macroecology Meeting 2024, contributing on "Geospatial Data in Environmental Science" within the workshop "Data Management in Biodiversity and Environmental Science" (cooperation with NFDI4Biodiversity and GFBio)
Highlight Projects & Fieldwork
- Research stay at the Weizmann Institute funded by the Minerva Short-Term Research Grant by the Max-Plank Foundation in 2025: Fieldwork and development of a Qfield project for coastal water data collection
- Western Indian Ocean Governance Initiative (WIOGI) 2023: Project Coordination for the development of an Information Management Strategy for the WIO region
- SOCPacific (2018-2022), SOCPacific2R (2024-2027)
Fieldtrip to Beqa, Fiji with Fijian partner Pacific Blue Foundation (2022): Testing application of Qfield app for mapping island water infrastructure in tropical conditions (Report)
Research stay in New Caledonia (2026): Research data management support to students from University of the South Pacific and IRD Nouméa, publication of methodological data reports - Searching for solutions for Carbon-sequestration in coastal ecosystems (sea4soCiety) Phase I, 2021-2024: Data manager
- Königshafen Submarine Groundwater Discharge Network (KiSNet) 2021-2024: Fieldwork; testing of various digital tools for data collection and evaluation of their applicability for typical ZMT fieldwork settings
Publications - Papers, Data, Resources & Talks
- Pottier, A., Dehm, J., & Nozik, A. (2026). Participatory mapping with the communities and students of Ovalau island, Fiji, in 2025. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18986681
- Conference talk at the QGIS User Conference 2025 "Setting up a Qfield project for standardized groundwater data collection" (Youtube-Link)
- Röder, J., Signer, J., Scherreiks, P., Figueiredo, L., Kusch, E., Linares Gómez, J., Müller, W., Nozik, A., Schellenberger Costa, D., Scherer, C., Schindler, U., & Tschink, D. (2025). Template for the NFDI4Biodiversity & iDiv Seasonal School on Data Management in Ecology and Environmental Science 2024 (1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15585748
- Nozik, Alexandra (2024): Geospatial Data in Environmental Science. [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11520183]
- Tschaikowski, Jarrid; Jenkins, Chris; Reinecke, Robert; Nozik, Alexandra; Moosdorf, Nils (2024): Global Coastal Permeability database (CoPerm) [dataset]. PANGAEA [https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.958901]
- Nozik, Alexandra: Typology of Reef Passages: A view from above. Conference talk at the Pacific Geospatial Conference (2022) in Suva, Fiji
- Nozik, Alexandra; Breckwoldt, Annette; Becker, Ronja; Fache, Elodie; Piovano, Susanna (2022): Typology approach from visual interpretation of satellite imagery for reef passages around 9 South Pacific islands [dataset]. PANGAEA [https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942568]
- Breckwoldt A, Nozik A, Moosdorf N, Bierwirth J, Fache E, Ferse S, Ford A, Mangubhai S, Pelletier D and Piovano S (2022) A Typology for Reef Passages. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:786125 [https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.786125]
- Antretter, Marlene; Eller, Dirk; Elstermann, Hannes; Geissler, Stefan; Grüning, Simon; Horn, Sebastian; Kohler, Matthias; Kuck, Kevin; Lingnau, Anna; Nozik, Alexandra; Odenwald, Jakob; Rieger, Felix; Schubert, Christopher; Wenze, Felix; Zimmermann, Karin, 2015, "Georeferencing of the "Lorscher Codex", heiDATA, V1 [https://doi.org/10.11588/data/10063]