• Short project summary

    We live in a complex world, where constantly interact and shape our ecosystems. In my research, I aim to better understand the fascinating interplay of ecology and evolution in natural and semi-natural experiments using fish as my model species (e.g., three-spined sticklebacks, Trinidadian Guppies, and Cichlids). During the last years, I am focusing on investigating the role of individual variation in eco-evolutionary dynamics, examining how ecological factors such as parasitism and competition shape evolutionary processes and species coexistence.

  • Research Areas

    • Eco-evolutionary dynamics
    • species interactions
    • Host-parasite interactions
    • Species coexistence
    • Aquatic ecology

  • CV

    Education

    PhD Ecology and Evolution (University of Bern and Eawag, CH)
    MSc. Organismic Biology Evolutionary Biology and Paleobiology (University of Bonn, DE)
    Bsc Biology (Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia)

    Position

    Post-doc The Paradox of Coexistence (Florida State University, USA)

  • Teaching

    • Projektveranstaltung: *+) Animal Evolutionary Ecology [138182]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Nora Schulz, Dr. Robert Peuß)
    • Übung: *) Laboratory course: Animal evolution and biodiversity [138180]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Jürgen Schmitz, Dr. Robert Peuß)
      [ - | | wöchentlich | Mo. | MB K8 | Dr. Jürgen Schmitz]
      [ - | | wöchentlich | Di. | MB K8 | Dr. Jürgen Schmitz]
      [ - | | wöchentlich | Mi. | MB K8 | Dr. Jürgen Schmitz]
      [ - | | wöchentlich | Do. | MB K8 | Dr. Jürgen Schmitz]
      [ - | | wöchentlich | Fr. | MB K8 | Dr. Jürgen Schmitz]
    • Blockpraktikum: *) Animal Evolutionary Ecology [138390]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gadau, Dr. Lukas Schrader, Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Nora Schulz, Dr. Tania Chavarria Pizarro, Dr. Jan Büllesbach, Dr. Robert Peuß, Dr. Julia Tiede)
      [ - | | Blockveranstaltung (Mo-Fr) | Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gadau]
    • Praktikum/Seminar: *) Integrative Biology [138060]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler, Prof. Dr. Dirk Prüfer, Dr. Mark Harrison, apl. Prof. Sylvia Kaiser, Jan-Ole Niemeier, Dr. Carsten Kemena, Prof. Dr. Markus Schwarzländer, Priv.-Doz. Gundula Noll, Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Prof. Dr. Sabrina Büttner, Lowis Gerrit Boje Müller, Prof. Dr. Karin Busch, Prof. Dr. Stefan Luschnig, Dr. Peter Czuppon, Prof. Dr. Iris Finkemeier, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gadau, Dr. Lukas Schrader, Prof. Dr. Ralf Stanewsky, Prof. Dr. Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Dr. Bharat Ravi, Prof. Dr. Melanie Dammhahn, Dr. Robert Peuß, Prof. Dr. Helene Richter, Prof. Dr. Carsten Grashoff, Dr. Jürgen Eirich, apl. Prof. Bettina Zeis, Dr. Stefan Roski, Prof. Dr. Ivan Berg, Priv.-Doz. Maik Bartelheimer, Prof. Dr. Till Ischebeck, Prof. Dr. Jochen Schmid)
      [ - | | Blockveranstaltung (Mo-Fr) | Prof. Dr. Michael Hippler]
    • Praktikum/Seminar: *) Host-Parasite-Coevolution [138183]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Nora Schulz, Dr. Peter Czuppon)
      [ - | | Blockveranstaltung (Mo-Fr) | Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz]
    • Praktikum/Seminar: *) Concepts and Current Topics in Evolution [138388]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gadau, Dr. Lukas Schrader, Dr. Nora Schulz, Prof. Dr. Erich Bornberg-Bauer, Dr. Tania Chavarria Pizarro, Dr. Jan Büllesbach, Dr. Julia Tiede, Dr. Peter Czuppon, Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz)
      [ - | | Blockveranstaltung (Mo-Fr) | Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gadau]
    • Praktikum: *+) Ecological Immunology and Host-Parasite Coevolution [138184]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Nora Schulz, Dr. Robert Peuß)
      [n. V. | Dr. Robert Peuß]