Group leader
Interim Prof. Dr. Laura Hagemann
Email: lhageman@uni-mainz.de
Tel: +49 6131 39 30426
Interested in evolutionary processes shaping the species diversity we see today, I am combining field work, laboratory techniques and computational approaches. During my PhD at the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, I focused on group dynamics in western lowland gorillas. For studying their population stability, I collected non-invasive genetic samples in Loango National Park in Gabon. Spending time in their natural habitat has increased my fascination with wild populations and my awareness of the need for effective conservation measures. In addition to my focus on non-human primates, I am also interested in studying other taxa in view of speciation processes, population genetics, phylogeography and conservation genetics. Currently, I am involved in projects on the phylogeography of Sulawesi tarsiers (small nocturnal primates), on genomic structural changes in the evolution of parasitic helminths and on the genetic basis of desert adaptation in tenebrionid beetles.
Group Leader Anthropology & Evolutionary Biology
Email: herlyn@uni-mainz.de
Telefon +49 6131 39 23179
Room: 01 212
Administrative Management
Monika Sandführ
Email: sandfueh@uni-mainz.de
Tel: +49 6131 39 26365
Room: 01 236
Postdoc
Dr. Camille-Sophie Cozzarolo
E-mail: ccozzaro@uni-mainz.de
Tel: +49 6131 39 24180
Room: 01 237
I am an evolutionary ecologist fascinated by host-parasite interactions. During my PhD thesis at the University of Lausanne, I combined field approaches, including the monitoring of wild great tit populations, and lab experiments with canaries to assess the effects of avian malaria parasites on bird fitness, as well as their interactions with mosquitoes, their vectors. As a horror movie enthusiast, I was naturally hooked by the research field focused on host manipulation by parasites. My first postdoc at the University of Burgundy aimed at investigating whether behavioral manipulation by a thorny-headed worm involves alterations of the amphipod host’s cognitive abilities.
My current project at JGU is about developmental stage- and sex-dependent differential gene expression in another thorny-headed worm.
Technical assistants
Claudia Lennartz
Telefon +49 6131 39 24115
Email: lennartz@uni-mainz.de
Room: 01 248
Katja Stetzer
Email: stetzer@uni-mainz.de
Telefon +49 6131 39 21934
Room: 01 237
Master students
Timo van der Valk
E-mail: tvanderv@students.uni-mainz.de
Telefon +49 6131 39 21934
Room: 01 237
For my Master thesis, I compare the proteomes and transcriptomes of cement gland tissue from acanthocephalan species. The title of my thesis is „Proteom- und Transkriptom-basierte Analysen des postkopulatorisch sezernierten Zements männlicher Kratzwürmer“. I also work as a student assistant at the institute and assist with the laboratory courses.
Laboratory assistants
Kristina Krippes
Email: kkrippes@students.uni-mainz.de
Telefon +49 6131 39 21934
Room: 01 237
