Curriculum Vitae
Geburtsdatum:
- July 23, 1977 in Linz, Austria
Ausbildung und akademische Positionen:
- 1996-2001: Student an der Universität Innsbruck, Österreich (Biologie)
- 2000-2001: Diplomarbeit: Phylogenetic analysis of the adaptive radiation of the Tanganyikan cichlid-tribe Ectodini. Institut für Zoologie und Limnologie, Universität Innsbruck, Österreich
- 2001: Diplomprüfung "Magister der Naturwissenschaften"
- 2001-2005: Doktorarbeit: Molecular genetics of the adaptive radiation of Tanganyikan cichlids. Institut für Zoologie, Universität Graz, Österreich
- 2005: Graduierung zum "Doktor der Naturwissenschaften"
- 2005-2008: Post-Doc am Institut für Zoologie, Universität Graz, Österreich
- 2008-2009: Post-Doc in der Quaternary Genetics Gruppe am Department of Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre (EBC), Uppsala University, Schweden
- 2009-2010: Universitätsassistent am Institut für Zoologie, Universität Graz, Österreich
- 2011: Post-Doc an derEstación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Sevilla, Spanien
- 2011-2017: Universitätsassistent am Institut für Zoologie, Universität Graz, Österreich
- 2013 & 2019: Gastwissenschafter am Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Akademie der Wissenschaften, Brünn, Tschechien
- 2015: Habilitation in Zoologie & Evolutionsbiologie am Institut für Zoologie, Universität Graz, Österreich; Habilitationsschrift: "Animal diversification: lessons from East African cichlid fishes and North American wolf-like canids"
- 2017-2018: Lecturer/Teaching Scientist am Institut für Zoologie, Universität Graz, Österreich
- 2018-....: Senior Lecturer/Teaching Scientist am Institut für Biologie, Universität Graz, Österreich
Auszeichnungen
- Theodor-Körner-Preis (2011)
- Cichliden-Förderpreis der Deutschen Cichliden-Gesellschaft (DCG) (2006)
Mitgliedschaften
- Deutsche Cichliden-Gesellschaft (DCG)
- European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB)
- Fisheries Society of the British Isles (FSBI)
- Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS)
- Network of Biological Systematics Austria (NOBIS Austria)
- Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE)
- Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB)
- Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE)
Ausschußaktivitäten
- Austrian Barcode Of Life (ABOL): Lenkungsausschuss (seit 2014)
- Network of Biological Systematics Austria (NOBIS Austria): Beirat (seit 2014)
Service als Gutachter für wissenschaftliche Zeitschriften
- Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
- African Journal of Biotechnology
- African Journal of Ecology
- African Zoology
- American Journal of Experimental Agriculture
- Animal Behaviour
- Animals
- Annual Review & Research in Biology
- Aquaculture and Fisheries
- Aquaculture Research
- Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
- Asian Journal of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Axios Review
- Behavioral Ecology
- Belgian Journal of Zoology
- Biological Conservation
- Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
- Biology
- Biology Letters
- Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Reviews
- BMC Evolutionary Biology
- BMC Genomics
- BMC Zoology
- Bonorowo Wetlands
- British Journal of Applied Science & Technology
- Communications Biology
- Conservation Genetics
- Current Biology
- Diversity
- Ecological Genetics and Genomics
- Ecology and Evolution
- Ecology Letters
- Ecology of Freshwater Fish
- Écoscience
- Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research
- Environmental Biology of Fishes
- Ethology
- Evolution
- Evolutionary Applications
- Evolutionary Biology
- Forests
- Fragmenta Faunistica
- Freshwater Biology
- Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
- Frontiers in Marine Science
- Frontiers in Zoology
- Gene
- Genes
- Genetica
- Genome Biology and Evolution
- Global Ecology and Biogeography
- Heliyon
- Heredity
- Hydrobiologia
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
- Iranian Journal of Applied Animal Science
- iScience
- Journal of Biogeography
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
- Journal of Fish Biology
- Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine
- Journal of Great Lakes Research
- Journal of Heredity
- Journal of Oceanography and Marine Science
- Journal of Sea Research
- Journal of Vertebrate Biology
- Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research
- Life
- Mammal Research
- Mediterranean Marine Science
- Molecular Biology and Evolution
- Molecular Biology Reports
- Molecular Ecology
- Molecular Ecology Resources
- Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- Neotropical Entomology
- Organisms Diversity & Evolution
- PeerJ
- PLoS One
- Polar Biology
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- Remote Sensing
- Revista de Biología Tropical
- Royal Society Open Science
- Scientific Reports
- SpringerPlus
- Sustainability
- Thalassas
- The Journal of Basic & Applied Zoology
- Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology
- Vertebrate Zoology
- Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
- Zoologica Scripta
- Zoology and Ecology
- Wellcome Open Research
Editoriale Tätigkeiten
- Diversity: Lead guest editor for special issue "DNA Barcodes for Evolution and Biodiversity" (since 2021)
- Diversity: Editorial Board (since 2019)
- Hydrobiologia: Lead guest editor for special issue series "Advances in Cichlid Research: Behavior, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology" (since 2013)
- Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research: Editor (2018 - 2021)
- BioMed Research International: Editorial Board (2013 - 2019)
- International Journal of Biodiversity: Editorial Board (2012 - 2018)
- Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research: Editorial Board (2014-2017)
- International Journal of Evolutionary Biology (IJEB): Lead guest editor for special issue series "Cichlid Evolution: Lessons in Diversification" (2010 - 2012)
Service als Gutachter für Forschungsförderorganisationen
- Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Deutschland
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), UK
- Czech Science Foundation (GACR), Tschechien
- French National Research Agency (ANR), Frankreich
- International Foundation for Science (IFS), Schweden
- Leibniz Gemeinschaft, Deutschland
- National Geographic Society, USA
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Niederlande
- Österreichischer Austauschdienst (OeAD), Österreich
- Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO Vlaanderen), Belgien
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (SNF), Schweiz
- The Royal Society, UK