Academic Education
2001-2007: Free University, Berlin, Germany: Biology (Zoology, Genetics, Botany, Paleontology). Diploma Thesis: ʻMorphology, taxonomy and reproductional biology of Myolaimus (Nematoda)’. Supervisor: Prof. Walter Sudhaus, FU Berlin
2008-2013: University of Cambridge, UK: PhD Zoology. Thesis: ʻTowards a Comprehensive
Phylogeny of Bovidae (Ruminantia, Artiodactyla, Mammalia)’. Supervisor: Dr. Robert Asher, Museum of Zoology, Cambridge
Professional Career
2003-2007: Student Assistant at the Zoology Institute, Free University Berlin (tutor for practical courses ʻzoology’, ʻanimal identification’, ʻzoological systematics’, and ʻanatomie and evolution of vertebrates’
2007-2008: Student Assistant in the laboratory of Applied Genetics, Free University Berlin (Yeast-two-hybrid, cloning, detecton of Arabidopsis mutants)
2009-2012: Supervisor at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge (for 'animal biology', 'vertebrate biology', and 'mammalian evolution and faunal history')
2013: Project on the identification of gazelles in the mammal collection of the Museum of
Natural History, Berlin
2013-2014: Teacher for biology and mathmatics at the Free School Anne-Sophie, Berlin
2014-2015: Postdoc, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany. Skulll anatomy of ruminants, µ-CT scanning of stained specimens for analysis of facial tissues, preliminary study.
since 2016: Curator of Mammals, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn
Professional roles and services to the scientific
community
2018 main organizer of the 92th annual meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology
since 2016 secretary of the German Society for Mammalian Biology
2013 co-organizer of the 1st International Conference on Ruminant Phylogenetics in Munich
Reviewer for:
-BMC Evolutionary Biology
-Journal of Morphology
-Journal of Zoology
-Mammalian Biology
-Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
-Papers in Palaeontology
-PeerJ
-Systematics and Biodiversity
-Vertebrate Zoology
-ZooKeys
-Zoology in the Middle East
Grants
DGS project funding 2018 for a study of gazelle diversity in Iran
Rufford Small Grant for D. Fadakar to work on conservation genetics of Iranian chinkara (Gazella bennettii) at ZFMK in Bonn
Postdocproject at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich funded via Bavarian Gender Equality Sponsorship 2014
Collection-based work at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin funded via von Pawel-Rammingen Stiftung
Scientific guest at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid funded via Synthesys (04/2011)
Doctoral studies at the Department of Zoology, Cambridge (UK) funded via the Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge European Trust and Balfour Fund (Department of Zoology Cambridge), and Derek-Brewer-Studentship of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
