Jessica Huss
Dr.in Jessica Huss
Status Currently not employed at BOKU
Botany Materials chemistry Spectroscopy Surface physics Plant morphology Biomechanics Bionics Material sciences
Research Focus
My research is multidisciplinary and covers the biological development, properties and adaptations of hard plant tissues
Career
- 2022 - 2025 FWF-ESPRIT Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Biophysics, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
- 2019 - 2021 PostDoc, BOKU Vienna, Institute of Biophysics
- 2019 - 2020 Guest Scientist, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Dpt. of Biomaterials
- 2015 - 2019 Doctoral studies in Materials Sciences (summa cum laude), Technical University Berlin, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Dpt. of Biomaterials, Potsdam (Germany).
- 2012 - 2015 Master of Science in Environmental Sciences/ Biomaterials and Bioenergy, University of Freiburg (Germany)
- 2009 - 2012 Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences/ Meteorology and Climatology, University of Freiburg (Germany)
Awards
- Year: 2021 Awards: Best Paper Award, Jubiläumsfonds der Stadt Wien für die Universität für Bodenkultur
- Year: 2021 Awards: Promotionspreis für Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen, Fakultät III (Prozesswissenschaften), TU Berlin
- Year: 2016 Awards: Poster Award Prize by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e.V. and Springer-Verlag GmbH, EURO Bio-inspired 2016, Potsdam, Germany
- Year: 2013 Awards: Grant for a short term scientific mission (COST Action FP1105); granted by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Projects
0 Projects found.
Publications
Knowledge Transfer to Society
Media
Presentations
14 lecures found.
Year: 2024 - Humidity-driven shape morphing in cactus spines
Art: Vortrag - Ausgewählte Präsentation
Autoren: Huss, JC
Event: CurvoBio 2024 "From nano to macro scales"
Period: 28.08.2024 - 30.08.2024 | Location: University of Warsaw, Poland | Organizer: COST action EuroCurvoBioNet (CA22153)
Year: 2024 - Humidity-driven shape morphing in cactus spines
Art: Vortrag - Ausgewählte Präsentation
Autoren: Huss, JC
Event: UK Plant Biomechanics Day 2024, Sainsbury Laboratory
Period: 18.04.2024 - 18.04.2024 | Location: Cambridge, Cambridge, Vereinigtes Königreich | Organizer: University of Cambridge
Year: 2024 - Fog and dew harvesting in cactus spines via shape-morphing
Art: Vortrag - Ausgewählte Präsentation
Autoren: Huss, JC
Event: Seminar at College of Engineering, University of Auburn
Period: 14.03.2024 - 14.03.2024 | Location: AL 36849 Auburn Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika | Organizer: Auburn University
Year: 2024 - Fog and dew harvesting in cactus spines via shape-morphing
Art: Vortrag - Ausgewählte Präsentation
Autoren: Huss, JC
Event: Department seminar
Period: 14.03.2024 - 14.03.2024
Year: 2023 - Crystalline structures in biology (Lecture)
Art: Vortrag - Ausgewählte Präsentation
Autoren: Huss, JC
Event: Arts & Science Master Programme, University of Applied Arts
Period: 09.01.2023 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2023 - Fog and dew harvesting in cactus spines
Art: Vortrag - Keynote Speaker (eingeladener Vortrag)
Autoren: Huss, JC
Event: Biological Colloquium, Technical University Dresden
Period: 17.01.2023 | Location: Dresden, Germany
Year: 2023 - Fog and dew harvesting in cactus spines
Art: Vortrag - Keynote Speaker (eingeladener Vortrag)
Autoren: Huss, JC
Event: Seminar in the Desert Botanical Garden
Period: 05.05.2023 | Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Year: 2023 - Structure and growth of cactus spines
Art: Vortrag - Ausgewählte Präsentation
Autoren: Huss, JC
Event: Physics & Biology of Plant Growth
Period: 30.01.2023 - 02.02.2023 | Location: Ein Gedi, Israel
Year: 2022 - Mechanics of the 3D puzzle cells in nutshells
Art: Vortrag - Ausgewählte Präsentation
Autoren: Huss, JC
Event: 10th International Plant Biomechanics Conference 2022
Period: 22.08.2022 - 26.08.2022 | Location: Lyon, France
Year: 2021 - Protecting seeds against fire - Lessons from Banksia follicles
Art: Vortrag - Keynote Speaker (eingeladener Vortrag)
Autoren: JC Huss
Event: Mini workshop on "New directions in fire ecology and fire modelling"
Period: 11.05.2021 - 13.05.2021 | Location: London, UK
Year: 2021 - In a nutshell: how cell geometry affects tissue mechanics
Art: Vortrag - Keynote Speaker (eingeladener Vortrag)
Autoren: JC Huss
Event: PhD student seminar (Biological Sciences)
Period: 08.09.2021 | Location: Saen Suk, Thailand
Year: 2020 - Topological interlocking and geometric stiffening in plant shells. (Invited talk)
Art: Vortrag - Ausgewählte Präsentation
Autoren: Huss, JC
Event: Seminar at the Department of Biomaterials, MPI of Colloids and Interfaces (Germany).
Period: 21.09.2020 | Location: Potsdam, Germany
Year: 2020 - Exploring the structure and mechanics of hard plant shells
Art: Vortrag - Keynote Speaker (eingeladener Vortrag)
Autoren: Huss, JC
Event: Invited talk, Biomechanics seminar with Dr. Junning Cheng (Engineering)
Period: 30.07.2020 | Location: Exeter, UK
Year: 2019 - Structure and mechanics of nutshells
Art: Vortrag - Ausgewählte Präsentation
Autoren: Huss, JC; Gierlinger, N
Event: Klausurmeeting der Abteilung für Biomaterialien, Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung
Period: 17.06.2019 - 20.06.2019 | Location: Rügen, Germany
