since April 2021: Preparation of a doctoral thesis on the topic: Studies on the reproductive and spatial ecology of European perch (Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758) in the brackish waters of the southern Baltic Sea

January 2021: Master of Science at the University of Rostock. Title of the master thesis: Studies on the morphological and genetic variability of the common gudgeon Gobio gobio (Linnaeus, 1758) in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

2018 - 2021: Master's studies in Integrative Zoology at the University of Rostock

2018: Bachelor of Science at the University of Rostock. Bachelor's thesis on the scale diversity of Pristigasteridae with special consideration of “Ilisha” africana

2015 - 2018: Bachelor's studies in Biosciences at the University of Rostock

2021: Student assistant at the Institute of Biosciences, Chair of Animal Physiology: Supervision of the practical research course “Molecular Biology”

2019: Student assistant at the Institute of Biosciences, Chair of General & Special Zoology: Supervision of the module “Biology of Fish”

2018 - 2019: Research assistant at the German Oceanographic Museum in Stralsund, Department of Fish in cooperation with the Bavarian State Natural History Collection

Rixen, A. (2018): Die Schuppenvielfalt der Pristigasteridae mit besonderer Berücksichtigung von „Ilisha“ africana. 15th Annual Meeting of the German Ichthyological Society, Jena, 12. – 14.10.2018. (Presentation and Poster)

Rixen, A. (2018): Die Schuppenvielfalt der Pristigasteridae mit besonderer Berücksichtigung von „Ilisha“ africana. 111th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), Greifswald, 10. – 15.09.2018. (Poster)

2021: Landesgraduiertenförderung MV

German Ichthyological Society