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Vita / Projects / Qualifications
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2012 - |
Research associate ("Akademischer Rat"), Institute for Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen
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2012
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Organization of the 5th Graduate Meeting of the DZG Morphology Section ("Graduiertenforum der DZG Fachgruppe Morphologie"), University Tübingen |
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2011
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Organization of the 8th German Meeting of Acarologists, University Tübingen |
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2010 - 2012
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Project
„Chemical communication in oribatid mites". Forschungsstipendium, DFG, University Graz
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2009
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Project
„Origin of triploidy in the parthenogenetic
earthworm complex Aporrectodea trapezoides“.
In cooperation with R. M. Fernandez Garcia and D. J. Diaz Cosin
(Complutense University of Madrid).
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2009
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Project
„Functional morphology of ptychoidy, a complex
defensive mechanism in oribatid mites”. ANKA,
Karlsruhe, Germany.
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2009
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Project
„Convergent evolution of ptychoidy, a complex
morphological defensive mechanism in oribatid
mites”. ESRF, Grenoble, France.
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2008
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Organization of "Meeting StEvE", Tübingen.
Conference for students in evolution and ecology
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2007 -
2009
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Project
"Molecular phylogeny and ecomorphological
diversity of middle European Stenus species
(Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)".
Grant of the
"Wilhelm Schuler-Stiftung"
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2006 - 2007
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Project
"Developmental biology of parthenogenetic oribatid mites as obtained by X-ray synchrotron µCT
techniques". ESRF, Grenoble, France, Grant of
the EU
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2006
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Marie
Curie HSC "Synchrotron X-Ray Imaging", ESRF, Grenoble, France. Grant
of the EU
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2006
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ETC
certificate "Microinjection in cultivated cells, oocytes
and embryos", EMBL, Heidelberg
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2005
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GfbS
(Society for biological systematics) workshop
"Supertree methods", Munich
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2004
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Training
and certification as "S1 Projektleiter"
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2004 - 2010
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Assistant
in the Dep. of Evolutionary Biology of Invertebrates, University of Tübingen
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2003
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Certified
advanced training (GRK 340) "Argumentation und Verhandlung".
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2003
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Certified advanced training (DFG - German Science Foundation)
"Das Wissen der Forschung - verständlich für Laien". Public relations course.
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2002 - 2004
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Associate member and students speaker of the
interdisciplinary DFG Graduate College 340 (GRK 340) "Communication in
biological systems", TU Darmstadt. Grant of
the DFG.
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2000 - 2003
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PhD., TU Darmstadt, "Genetic
diversity and evolutionary age of parthenogenetic oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida)", TU Darmstadt. (DFG project Sche 376/9). Summa cum laude. Grant of the DFG.
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2000
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GfbS
(Society for biological systematics) workshop "Methods in molecular
systematics", Bielefeld
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2000
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Award for
"Excellent scientific investigations". Grant of the "Freunde der TU
Darmstadt"
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1999 - 2000
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"Landesgraduiertenstipendium" of Hesse. Grant of the Hessian government
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1999
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Examination
as diploma-biologist, TU Darmstadt
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"Genetic variability of the parthenogenetic oribatid mite Platynothrus peltifer"
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1994 - 1999
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Study of zoology, ecology, physiology and
organic chemistry
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TU Darmstadt
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1993 - 1994
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Community service
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1992 - 1996
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Occupation at Houghton Deutschland GmbH in
the chemical lab for quality assurance and product developement
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1992
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Abitur (qualification for university
entrance)
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1973 |
Date of birth: 10-May-1973
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Reviewer for
Scientific proposals:
Bildungsförderung, Universität und Forschung der Autonomen Provinz Bozen
FWF - Der Wissenschaftsfond Österreich
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Journals:
Arthropod Structure and Development
Basic and Applied Ecology
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
BMC Developmental Biology
BMC Evolutionary Biology
Cladistics
European Journal of Soil Biology
Frontiers
in Zoology
Heredity
Journal
of Biogeography
Journal
of Chemical Ecology
Journal
of Evolutionary Biology
Journal
of Experimental Biology
Journal
of Heredity
Journal
of Morphology
Journal
of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research
Micron
Microscopy Research and Technique
Molecular
Phylogenetics and Evolution
Pedobiologia
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B
Soil
Biology & Biochemistry
Turkish
Journal of Zoology
Zoologischer Anzeiger
Zootaxa
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