Curriculum Vitae

Date of birth:

• July 23, 1977 in Linz, Austria

Education and professional experience:

• 1996-2001: Student at the University of Innsbruck, Austria (Biology)
• 2000-2001: Masters thesis: Phylogenetic analysis of the adaptive radiation of the Tanganyikan cichlid-tribe Ectodini. Institute of Zoology and Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
• 2001: Graduation to "Magister der Naturwissenschaften" (Masters degree)
• 2001-2005: PhD thesis: Molecular genetics of the adaptive radiation of Tanganyikan cichlids. Institute of Zoology, University of Graz, Austria
• 2005: Graduation to "Doktor der Naturwissenschaften" (PhD)
• 2005-2008: Post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Zoology, University of Graz, Austria
• 2008-2009: Post-doctoral researcher in the Quaternary Genetics group at the Department of Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre (EBC), Uppsala University, Sweden
• 2009-2010: Assistant Professor at the Institute of Zoology, University of Graz, Austria.
• 2011: Post-doctoral researcher at the Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Seville, Spain
• 2011-2017: Assistant Professor at the Institute of Zoology, University of Graz, Austria.
• 2013 & 2019: Guest Researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic
• 2015: Habilitation in Zoology & Evolutionary Biology at the Institute of Zoology, University of Graz, Austria; thesis title: "Animal diversification: lessons from East African cichlid fishes and North American wolf-like canids"
• 2017-2018: Lecturer/Teaching Scientist at the Institute of Zoology, University of Graz, Austria
• 2018-....: Senior Lecturer/Teaching Scientist at the Institute of Biology, University of Graz, Austria

Awards

• Theodor-Körner research award (2011)
• "Cichliden-Förderpreis" of the German Cichlid Association (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)

Committee activities

• Austrian Barcode Of Life (ABOL): Steering Committee (since 2014)
• Network of Biological Systematics Austria (NOBIS Austria): Advisory Board (since 2014)
   

Service as reviewer for following scientific journals

• 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 Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
• 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

Editorial activities

• 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 as reviewer for following funding agencies

• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
• Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research (OeAD), Austria
• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), UK
• Czech Science Foundation (GACR), Czech Republic
• French National Research Agency (ANR), France
• International Foundation for Science (IFS), Sweden
• Leibniz Association, Germany
• National Geographic Society, USA
• Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK
• Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Netherlands
• Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO Vlaanderen), Belgium
• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), Switzerland
• The Royal Society, UK