Heike Feldhaar: Curriculum Vitae
| 1989 – 1996: | Study of biology at the Johann-Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany (major interests: Evolution, Ecology, Geobotany; break in studies in 1992 for 8 months for bicycling trip across Canada) |
| 1995: | Final exams (diploma) Subjects: Botany, Zoology, Physical Geography (grade: very good) |
| 1996: | Diploma thesis “Untersuchungen zur Ameisenbesiedlung der paläotropischen Rutacee Zanthoxylum myriacanthum“ (supervisor: Prof. U. Maschwitz) (grade: very good) |
| 1998 – 2002: | Doctoral thesis at the Department of Zoology, University of Frankfurt, Germany (supervisor: Prof. U. Maschwitz) title: “Structuring mechanisms of the Crematogaster-Macaranga ant-plant association: a combined ecological and phylogenetic approach” (grade: very good) |
| 2002 – 2005: | Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Zoology II, University of Würzburg, Germany in the group of Dr. Jürgen Gadau |
| 2005 - 2008: | Independent Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Zoology II, University of Würzburg, Germany |
| August 2008: | Research associate (wissenschaftliche Assistentin) at the Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Osnabrück, Germany |
| 05/2011: | Habilitation at the University of Würzburg; Facultas docendi for “Zoology” |
Academic positions:
| since August 2011: | Full professor (W2) for Animal Population Ecology at the University of Bayreuth. |
| 2008 to 2011: | Research associate (Akademische Rätin auf Zeit) at the Department of Behavoural Biology, University of Osnabrück, Germany. |
Grants:
| 5/ 1998 to 4/ 1999: |
DAAD - doctoral fellowship for field work in Malaysia |
| 5/ 2002 to 4/ 2004: |
DFG doctoral fellowship |
| 5/ 2004 to 4/ 2006: |
DFG postdoctoral fellowship within Priority programme SPP 1127 “Radiationen – Genese biologischer Vielfalt” |
| 5/ 2007 to 4/ 2008: |
DFG postdoctoral fellowship within Priority programme SPP 1127 |
| 7/ 2006 to 6/ 2010: |
Member of the DFG Priority programme SFB 554 “Arthropod behaviour” project E2: Evolution of tolerance in ants |
| 1/ 2007 to 12/ 2010: |
Member of the DFG Priority programme SFB 467 for the study of the endosymbiont-ant symbiosis Blochmannia-Camponotus in cooperation with Prof. R. Gross |
| 2009/2010: | Kick-off-grant from Humboldt-Museum Berlin (3000 Euro for consumables) for project on phenotypic plasticity in the common frog. Cooperation with PD Dr. M. Rödel |
Soft skills / Teaching qualification:
Certificate for teaching at Universities (Zertifikat für Hochschullehre) obtained from the “Fortbildungszentrum für Hochschullehre” at the University of Würzburg (8 seminars (2 days each) on planning and giving lectures, conflict management, project management and related topics).
Administrative activities:
| Women´s representative for the Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geosciences at the University of Bayreuth (since 2011) |
| Member of the Management Committee of the European network COST Action FA0701 “Arthropod symbiosis: From fundamental studies to pest and disease management” |
| Secretary and Treasurer of the Central European Section of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI) (since Jan. 2010) |
| Editor for following journals: Editor (Subject Animal Sciences) for Central European Journal of Biology (since 2012) Subject editor for Myrmecological News (since 2012) |
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Reviewer for following funding agencies: |
| Reviewer for following journals: (~ 20 per year) Acta Zoologica, Asian Myrmecology, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Biotropica, BMC Evolutionary Biology, BMC Genomics, Canadian Journal of Microbiology, Conservation Genetics, Drug News and Perspectives, Ecological Entomology, Ecology, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Entomologia Generalis, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Reports, European Journal of Entomology, Evolutionary Applications, Evolutionary Ecology, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Functional Ecology, Insectes Sociaux, International Microbiology, Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Applied Entomology, Journal of Chemical Ecology, Journal of Insect Science, Journal of Heredity, Journal of Natural History, Journal of Vector Ecology, Microbial Ecology, Molecular Ecology, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Myrmecological News, Naturwissenschaften, Oecologia, Oikos, PLoSOne, PNAS, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, The American Naturalist, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |
Organization of Workshops / Conferences / Symposia:
Organization of symposium “Population Ecology” at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfOE) in Lüneburg, Germany (10th to 14th of September 2012), together Prof. Markus Fischer, University of Basel, Switzerland.
Attendance of workshops:
Methods of phylogenetic reconstruction using molecular data. Workshop of the DFG Priority programme SPP 1127 Adaptive Radiation, Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Germany (2003, June 25-27).
COST 850 Biocontrol Symbiosis Workshop: Genomics and symbiotic interactions between microorganisms and their helminthic or invertebrate hosts. Orthodox Academy of Crete, Kolymbari, Crete, Greece (2005, July 15-17).
Workshop on modern population genetic methods. Evangelische Akademie, Tutzing, Germany (November 2006, sponsored by the VW-Foundation).
COST FA0701 Arthropod Symbioses Workshop: Immunity and symbiosis. Centre Paul Langevin, Aussois, France (2009, May 27-30).
COST FA0701 Arthropod Symbioses Workshop: Genomics and Metagenomics. University of Funchal, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (2010, January 20-23)
COST FA0701 Arthropod Symbioses Workshop: Diversity and Evolution of Endosymbionts of Arthropods. Gustav-Stresemann Institut, Bad Bevensen, Germany (2010, June 30th to July 3rd)
Teaching at workshops (invited):
Mutualisms of social insects. Nordforsk workshop, Matsalu, Estonia (2009, April 20-23). Invited to give two talks on “Ant-plant mutualisms” and “Ant-bacteria mutualisms”.
Organisation of Workshops / Conferences:
Methods of phylogenetic reconstruction using molecular data. Workshop of the DFG Priority programme SPP 1127 Adaptive Radiation, Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Germany (2003, June 25-27).
International workshop within the framework of the EU COST Action FA0701 “Arthropod symbioses” on “Diversity and Evolution of Endosymbionts of Arthropods”, Gustav-Stresemann Institut, Bad Bevensen, Germany (2010, June 30th to July 3rd)
Co-organisation:
2nd Central European Meeting of the IUSSI (International Union for the Study of Social Insects) at the HOEB in Papenburg, Germany (2011, March 25th to 28th).
Organization of Symposium “Advances in Insect Symbiosis” at the 24th International Congress of Entomology (ICE) in Daegu, South Korea (19th to 24th of August, 2012) together with Prof. Boaz Yuval, Hebrew University, Israel.
Membership in scientific societies:
Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG)
International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI)
Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS)
Gesellschaft für Ökologie (GfOe)
Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB)
Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE)
Deutscher Hochschulverband (DHV)
European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB)
Outreach:
Interview on endosymbionts in insects broadcasted on the radio station “Deutschlandfunk”
Work on Blochmannia, the endosymbiont of Camponotus carpenter ants has been featured in several online journals