Since 8/2010: Head of communicatins, German Primate Center, Göttingen

7/2008 - 6/2010: Head of communications, Max Planck Campus Tübingen

9/2005 - 6/2008: Public relations, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven

1/2001 - 5/2005: PhD in Marine Biology at the Wadden Sea Station Sylt and at the University of Kiel on "Invasion of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) in the Wadden Sea: competitive advantage over native mussels"

10/1993 - 7/2000: Studies in Biology at the Georg August University of Göttingen

9/1996 - 6/1997: Erasmus scholarship at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Bundesverband deutscher Pressesprecher (BdP)

Bundesverband Hochschulkommunikation

Pauls M, Diederich S, Huch M (2008) Das Internationale Polarjahr 2007/08 - Folge 13: Wissenschaftskommunikation im Polarjahr, Polarforschung 77, 2/3, 95-97.

Diederich S (2006) High survival and growth rates of introduced Pacific oysters may cause restrictions on habitat use by native mussels in the Wadden Sea. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 328(2): 211-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2005.07.012

Nehls G, Diederich S, Thieltges D W, Strasser M (2006) Wadden Sea mussel beds invaded by oysters and slipper limpets: competition or climate control?, Helgol Mar Res 60, 135-143.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-006-0032-9

Diederich S (2005) Differential recruitment of introduced Pacific oysters and native mussels at the North Sea coast: coexistence possible? J Sea Res 53: 269-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2005.01.002

Diederich S (2005) Invasion of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) in the Wadden Sea: competitive advantage over native mussels. Dissertation, Universität Kiel, 154 S.

Diederich S, Nehls G, van Beusekom JEE, Reise K (2005) Introduced Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) in the northern Wadden Sea: Invasion accelerated by warm summers? Helgol Mar Res 59: 97-106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-004-0195-1

Nehls G, Diederich S, Thieltges D W, Strasser M (2005) Perishing blue mussels and invading aliens – What are the reasons for ecological turnover in the Wadden Sea? Wadden Sea Newsletter, 2005-1,17-20.

Reise K, Diederich S (2003) Der ökologische Preis importierter Austern. In: Lozán JL, Rachor E, Reise K, Sündermann J, Westernhagen Hv (eds) Warnsignale aus Nordsee & Wattenmeer, wiss. Auswertungen GEO, Hamburg, 306-308.

Diederich S (2000) Verbreitung und Überlebensfähigkeit von eingeführten Pazifischen Austern Crassostrea gigas im Sylter Wattenmeer. Diploma thesis, University of Göttingen.