Curriculum
Research interests
Horsehair worms, Priapulid worms, Bauplans, Evolution, Morphology, Meiofauna.
Current vacancies
since 2021
Curator for Invertebrate Animals in the Centre for Taxonomy and Morphology (ztm) at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Hamburg
Reviews, consultancy work, board roles and memberships
- Editor of book series:
- since 2018: Zoological Monographs (Springer, Heidelberg, with Heike Feldhaar)
- since 2012: Handbook of Zoology (De Gruyter, Berlin)
- Editor of journals: Natur im Fokus, Proceedings of the Hamburg Natural History Society (both published by the Hamburg Natural History Society)
- Former editorships (Chief Editor):
- 2017–2023: Managing Editor: Evolutionary Systematics (Pensoft)
- 2012–2022: Zoomorphology (Springer, Heidelberg)
- 2003–2011: Meriofauna Marina (Pfeil-Verlag)
- Editorial Board/Subject Editor: Evolutionary Systematics (Pensoft), Zoosystematics & Evolution (Pensoft), Zookeys (Pensoft), Species Diversity (Japanese Society for Systematic Zoology)
- Editor in data repositories: FADA (Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment)
- Jury: Bernhard Rensch Award of the GfBS, Meereswettbewerb of the Deutsche Meeresstiftung
- Positions in societies: CEO of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS), Editor in the Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein Hamburg
- Memberships: DZG, GfBS, International Association of Meiobenthologists, International Society for Invertebrate Morphology (ISIM), Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein Hamburg, Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Zoologischen Museums
- 2016–2024: DFG Panel (Fachkollegium): representative for Morphology and Systematics
Academic qualifications
since 2014
“Honorary” (Außerplanmäßiger) Professor at the University of Hamburg
2002
Habilitation (Venia legendi) at Bielefeld University, later “Umhabilitation” at the University of Hamburg (Zoology)
1996
Doctorate Degree (Dr rer. nat.) at the University of Göttingen
1992
Diploma Degree at the University of Göttingen (Biology)
Careers
since 2021
Curator for Invertebrate Animals at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB)
2007–2021
Curator for Invertebrate Animals at the Zoological Museum of the University of Hamburg; later called Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak)
2005–2007
DFG project (own position) at Bielefeld University
2004–2005
Acting professorship at the Technical University of Braunschweig
1998–2004
Assistant (C1) at Bielefeld University, working with Prof Dr Thomas Bartolomaeus
1997–1998
Postdoc (DFG) in Pittsburgh and Tampa (USA)