Joachim Kurtz - F1000 Faculty Member (since 26 January 2006)
Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
BIOGRAPHY
ACADEMIC POSITION:Full Professor (W3), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Zoology: Animal Evolutionary Ecology (since 2006)
EDUCATION AND BACKGROUND:
• 1996 Diploma Thesis, University of Cologne
• 1996-1999 PhD thesis (Dr rer nat), University of Bonn
• 1999-2005 Research associate, MPI of Limnology, Plön
• 2005-2006 Assistant professor, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
• 2006-2007 Fellow/Convenor, Institute of Advanced Study (Wissenschaftskolleg), Berlin
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• Evolution of immune systems
• Host-parasite coevolution
• Evolutionary ecology of parasites
Selected projects:
• Adaptation of parasites to different host immune systems
• DFG Priority Programme 1399 'Host-Parasite Coevolution' link
• The evolutionary ecology of specificity and phenotypic plasticity in innate immunity
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