Student project
Investigating the evolutionary genetics of body weight and size in snow voles (more).
Just out
An newspaper article on our work on the Aldabra giant tortoises, published in the SonntagsZeitung (in German).
Just out
A Technical Comment, published in Science.
brief cv
2011 - Present: Research Associate (Oberassistent), Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies (IEU), University of Zurich
2008 - 2011: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies (IEU), University of Zurich
2006 - 2008: Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2001 - 2005: Ph.D., Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) / Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2000: MSc., Wageningen University, The Netherlands
1995 - 1999: BSc., Wageningen University, The Netherlands
A more detailed CV can be downloaded here (pdf)
where to find me
Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies
University of Zürich, Irchel
Winterthurerstrasse 190
8057 Zürich
Switzerland
building 13 - floor J - room 38b
Tel: +41 (0)44 635 49 73
Fax: +41 (0)44 635 68 18
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