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Prof. Dr. Oliver Niehuis

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Prof. Dr.
Oliver Niehuis

Institute of Biology I

Group: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Biodiversity
www.bio1.uni-freiburg.de

Phone: +49 (0)761 203-2506

oliver.niehuis@biologie.uni-freiburg.de

 

Focus of research

  • Phylogenetics and comparative genomics of insects
  • Evolution, genetics, and biosynthesis of semiochemicals
  • Host-parasite interactions, in particular those within the insect order Hymenoptera

CV

  • Since 2017 Full Professor (W3) of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity at the Faculty of Biology, Albert Ludwig University, Freiburg
  • 2014 Habilitation in Zoology at the University of Bonn
  • 2010-2016 Head of the section Evolutionary Genomics at the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn
  • 2009 Postdoc at the University of Osnabrück
  • 2005-2009 Postdoc at Arizona State University in Phoenix (AZ), USA
  • 2001-2005 Doctoral candidate at the University of Bonn
  • 1993-2000 Study of Biology at the Technical University of Darmstadt and at the Philipps University of Marburg

Selected publications

  • Oeyen JP, Baa-Puyoulet P, Benoit JB, Beukeboom LW, Bornberg-Bauer E, Buttstedt A, Calevro F, Cash EI, Chao H, Charles H, Chen M-JM, Childers C, Cridge AG, Dearden P, Dinh H, Doddapaneni HV, Dolan A, Donath A, Dowling D, Dugan S, Duncan E, Elpidina EN, Friedrich M, Geuverink E, Gibson JD, Grath S, Grimmelikhuijzen CJP, Große-Wilde E, Gudobba C, Han Y, Hansson BS, Hauser F, Hughes DST, Ioannidis P, Jacquin-Joly E, Jennings EC, Jones JW, Klasberg S, Lee SL, Lesný P, Lovegrove M, Martin S, Martynov AG, Mayer C, Montagné N, Moris VC, Munoz-Torres M, Murali SC, Muzny DM, Oppert B, Parisot N, Pauli T, Peters RS, Petersen M, Pick C, Persyn E, Podsiadlowski L, Poelchau MF, Provataris P, Qu J, Reijnders MJMF, von Reumont BM, Rosendale AJ, Simao FA, Skelly J, Sotiropoulos AG, Stahl AL, Sumitani M, Szuter EM, Tidswell O, Tsitlakidis E, Vedder L, Waterhouse RM, Werren JH, Wilbrandt J, Worley KC, Yamamoto DS, van de Zande L, Zdobnov EM, Ziesmann T, Gibbs RA, Richards S, Hatakeyama M, Misof B, Niehuis O (2020): Sawfly genomes reveal evolutionary acquisitions that fostered the mega-radiation of parasitoid and eusocial Hymenoptera. – Genome Biology and Evolution 12: 1099–1188.
  • Peters RS, Krogmann L, Mayer C, Donath A, Gunkel S, Meusemann K, Kozlov A, Podsiadlowski L, Petersen M, Lanfear R, Diez PA, Heraty J, Kjer KM, Klopfstein S, Meier R, Polidori C, Schmitt T, Liu S, Zhou X, Wappler T, Rust J, Misof B, Niehuis O (2017): Evolutionary history of the Hymenoptera. – Current Biology 27: 1–6.
  • Mayer C, Sann M, Donath A, Meixner M, Podsiadlowski L, Peters RS, Petersen M, Meusemann K, Liere K, Wägele JW, Misof B, Bleidorn C, Ohl M, Niehuis O (2016): BaitFisher: a software package for multispecies target DNA enrichment probe design. – Molecular Biology and Evolution 33: 1875–1886.
  • Niehuis O, Büllesbach J, Gibson JD, Pothmann D, Hanner C, Mutti NS, Judson AK, Gadau J, Ruther J, Schmitt T (2013): Behavioural and genetic analyses on Nasonia shed light on the evolution of sex pheromones. – Nature 494: 345–348.
  • Niehuis O, Hartig G, Grath S, Pohl H, Lehmann J, Tafer H, Donath A, Krauss V, Eisenhardt C, Hertel J, Petersen M, Mayer C, Meusemann K, Peters RS, Stadler PF, Beutel RG, Bornberg-Bauer E, McKenna DD, Misof B (2012): Genomic and morphological evidence converge to resolve the enigma of Strepsiptera. – Current Biology 22: 1309–1313.
     

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