Dr. Jaime Mauricio Anaya-Rojas
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 Foci
- Eco-evolutionary dynamics
- species interactions
- Host-parasite interactions
- Species coexistence
- Aquatic ecology
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Academic 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)
WorkExperience
- Post-doc The Paradox of Coexistence (Florida State University, USA)
Teaching
- Praktikum: *+) Ecological Immunology and Host-Parasite Coevolution [130241]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Nora Schulz)
[n. V. | Dr. Jaime Anaya-Rojas] - Praktikum/Seminar: *) Meditterranean fauna [130239]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz)
[ - | | Blockveranstaltung + Sa und So | Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz] - Projektveranstaltung: *+) Animal Evolutionary Ecology [130238]
(in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz, Dr. Nora Schulz)
- Praktikum: *+) Ecological Immunology and Host-Parasite Coevolution [130241]
Current Project
- CRC TRR 212 C05 - Niche construction consequences of parasite virulence in eco-evolutionary dynamics ( – )
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside the University of Münster: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre | Project Number: TRR 212/2
- CRC TRR 212 C05 - Niche construction consequences of parasite virulence in eco-evolutionary dynamics ( – )
Research Article (Journal)
- Bauhus, Marc B., Mews, Sina, Kurtz, Joachim, Brinker, Alexander, Peuß, Robert, and Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M. . “Tapeworm infection affects sleep-like behaviour in three-spined sticklebacks.” Scientific Reports, № 14 23395. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-73992-7.