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Dr. Thomas Wilke

Education

  • 1994: Ph.D. in Department of Zoology, University of Potsdam.
  • 1989 B.Sc. in Biology, Potsdam College/Humboldt University Berlin.

University Unit

  • Justus Liebig University.
  • Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics. 
  • Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 IFZ
  • D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
  • Phone: +49 (0) 641 99-35720

Research Group

Research Group in Systematics & Biodiversity Group

Technical/Quantitative skills: 

  • International relationship with agencies and centers of science and research.

Contact Information

Professional Experience

  • 2004-date Full professor, Justus Liebig Universität Giessen 
  • 2001-2003 Assistant research professor, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington D.C.
  • 1996-2001 Postdoctoral associate, The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 
  • 1995-1996 Humboldt fellow, Institute of Zoology, University of Giessen.
  • 1995 Scientific assistant, Institute of Ecology and Conservation, University of Potsdam.
  • 1993-1994 Scientific Assistant, Research station for waterfowl and wetland ecology, Potsdam. 
  • 1998-2001: Postdoctoral Associate at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (Davis Lab).
  • 1996-1997: Research Fellow of the German Academic Exchange Service at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (Davis Lab).
  • 1995-1996: Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen.

Research Interests

Topics: Patterns and process of speciation and radiation in ancient lakes. Population genetics, infectivity, and coevolution of schistosomiasis in China. Evolutionary genomics of the holobiont. Modeling of biodiversity distribution in time and space. Aquatic invasion biology.

Selected Publications

Albrecht, C., Wilke, T., 2008. Ancient Lake Ohrid: biodiversity and evolution. Hydrobiologia 615 (1), 103.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-008-9558-y
 

Wilke, T., Davis, G.M., Falniowski, A., Giusti, F., Bodon, M., Szarowska, M. 2001. Molecular systematics of Hydrobiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Rissooidea): testing monophyly and phylogenetic relationships. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 151(1):1-21. https://doi.org/10.1635/0097-3157

Geyer, J., Wilke, T., Petzinger, E. 2006. The solute carrier family SLC10: more than a family of bile acid transporters regarding function and phylogenetic relationships. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg’s archives of pharmacology 372 (6), 413-431. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00210-006-0043-8

Number Of Publications: 

Cvlac: 134

TAGS: Animal zoology and evolutionary biology.