Curriculum
Research interests
Molecular biodiversity research, evolutionary genomics of genetic conflict, transposable elements, endogenous viruses, germline/soma genome differences, pathogen diversity, evolutionary developmental biology, functional genomics, cryopreservation.
Current vacancies
since 2023
Head of the Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb) at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Bonn & Hamburg
since 2023
Professor (W3) for Molecular Biodiversity Research at the University of Bonn
Reviews, consultancy work, board roles and memberships
- 2021–2023: Grant evaluation committee member, French National Research Agency
- since 2021: Associate editor, Journal of Heredity
- since 2020: Founder/coordinator, Germline-Restricted Chromosomes Consortium; monthly consortium meetings and Slack channel with >60 members
- since 2020: Steering group, TE Hub (Wikipedia-style community resource)
- since 2018: Social Media Editor (2018-2024) / Review Editor (since 2024), Mobile DNA journal
- since 2017: Main organizer, Uppsala Transposon Club; weekly drop-in problem solving sessions and Slack channel with >200 members
- 2017–2022: Main organizer, Uppsala Transposon Symposium, yearly free conference with 50-100 participants in person or 200-300 participants via Zoom
- since 2012: >100 invited talks at conferences, symposia, and seminar series
- Referee assignments in journals and organizations: Regular peer reviewer for a total of 35 different academic journals (including Nature Microbiology and PNAS) and 9 scientific organizations (including the European Research Council)
Academic qualifications
2021
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA; UK equivalent of habilitation), University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
2012
Doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) from the Institute of Experimental Pathology (ZMBE), University of Münster, Germany
(Biology, magna cum laude)2009
Diploma from the Institute of Zoology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
(Biology, summa cum laude)
Careers
since 2023
Head of the Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb) at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Bonn & Hamburg
since 2023
Professor (W3) for Molecular Biodiversity Research at the University of Bonn
2022–2023
Professor (Chair) of Evolutionary Genomics at the School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
2020–2022
Lecturer (tenured; 2020-2021) / Senior lecturer (tenured; 2021-2022) in Evolutionary Biology, Genetics and Genomics at the School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
2020–2024
Researcher (forskare), Department of Organismic Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden
2019
Docent in Biology (associate professor with specialization in evolutionary genetics; Swedish equivalent of habilitation); Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Sweden
2016–2020
Assistant Professor (forskarassistent), Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Sweden
2014–2016
Postdoctoral researcher (postdoktor; 2012–2014) / Researcher (forskare; 2014–2016), Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Sweden
2012
Postdoctoral research assistant, Institute of Experimental Pathology (ZMBE), University of Münster, Germany
2009–2012
Doctoral research assistant, Institute of Experimental Pathology (ZMBE), University of Münster, Germany
Awards
- 2018: 19th R.J.H. Hintelmann Science Award for Zoological Systematics: Outstanding achievements in evolutionary biology
- 2013: Bernhard Rensch Award of the German Society for Biological Systematics (GfBS): Best PhD dissertation