Axel Meyer

Birthdate 4 August 1960, Molln, Germany

Bibliometrics (October ’08): ISI-indexed 234, Sum Cited 11,296Average # citations 48.25, h-index 57.
(since 2007 ISI Highly Cited - the world's 250 most cited researchers in Plant & Animal Sciences)

Positions held to date

1997-	Professor, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz
1993-1997	Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York at Stony Brook
1993-1997	Member of the program in Genetics, State University of New York, Stony Brook.
1990-1993	Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
1988-1990	Alfred P. Sloan Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Evolution, Department of Biochemistry, University of California at Berkeley (with Prof. Allan C. Wilson).

Education

1984 - 1988	University of California, Berkeley, Department of Zoology and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Ph.D program.
1986 - 1987	Harvard University, Graduate Program in the Department of Organismal and Evolutionary Biology and the Museum of Comparative Zoology.
1983 - 1984	University of California, Berkeley, Department of Zoology, Master's program.
1982	University of Miami, Florida.
1982	Universitat Kiel.
1979 - 1982	Universitat Marburg, Vordiplom, B.A.
1970 - 1979	Katharineum zu Lubeck.

Guestprofessorships

2006	Distinguished Visiting Professor, Dept. of Biology, University of Ottawa, Canada
2000-2002	Visiting Scholar, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley
2000-2001	Visiting Scientist, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, USA.
1997-2000	Visiting Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University.
1996-1997	Miller Visiting Research Professor, Departments of Integrative Biology band Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley.

Academic Awards:

2009	Member of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften [ link ]
2009	Member of European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) [ link ]
2009	Carus Medal of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
2009	Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
2009	Berhard Rensch Lecture, University of Münster, Germany
2009	Chair 100th International Titisee Conference, Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
2008-2009	Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study (Wissenschaftskolleg) zu Berlin.
2008	European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) award for Communication in the Life Sciences
2007	Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
2007	CICERO Magazine List of 500 most important intellectuals in Germany.
2007	ISI HighlyCited -the world’s 250 most cited researchers in Plant & Animal Sciences.
2006	Ernst Mayr Lecture - Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Berlin, Germany.
2006	University of Ottawa Distinguished Visiting Professorship.
2000	Akademiepreis der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
1996	John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship.
1996	Miller Visiting Research Professorship, Departments of Integrative Biology and Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley.
1990	Young Investigator Prize, American Society of Naturalists.
1988 -1990	Alfred P. Sloan Postdoctoral Fellowship in Molecular Evolution.
1988	Kofoid Award in Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
1987	Ernst Mayr Award, Harvard University.
1987	Raney Award, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
1987	University of California, Chancellor's Patent Fund Award.
1986-1987	University of California Fellowship.
1986	Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid.
1986	G.C. Jordan Award (American Cichlid Association).
1985	Excellence in Teaching Award, University of California, Berkeley.
1985	Margarete T. Kirby Award in Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
1985	Noyes Award (Organization for Tropical Studies).
1984	Center for Latin American Studies Award, University of California, Berkeley.
1983-1984	Fulbright Fellowship (German and American Governments).
1982-1983	Fulbright Fellowship (German and American Governments).

Teaching:

at UC-Berkeley, Harvard University, SUNY-Stony Brook, Konstanz
Animal Behavior, Animal Evolution, Behavioral Ecology, Comparative Vertebrate Morphology,
Genetics, Ichthyology, Introductory Biology, Introductory Zoology, Molecular Evolution,
Principles of Evolution.

Editorial Service

2009 -	Editorial Board: PLoS One
2008 -	Editorial Board: Fish and Fisheries
2008 -	Associate Editor: BMC Evolutionary Biology
2008 -	Editorial Board: International Journal of Zoology
2008 -	Editorial Board: Zoosystematics and Evolution.
2007 -	Editorial Board: Theory in Biosciences.
2007 -	Editorial Board: The Open Evolution Journal.
2006 -	Editorial Board: Aqua: Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology
2005 -	Editorial Board: BMC Evolutionary Biology.
2004 -	Editorial Advisory Board: Genome Dynamics.
2003 - 2006	Associate Editor: American Naturalist.
2003 -	Editorial Advisory Board: Neotropical Ichthyology.
2001 -	Editorial Board: Guelph Ichthyology Reviews.
2001 - 2005	Editorial Board: Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
1998 -	Editorial Board: Journal of Experimental Zoology - Molecular Developmental Evolution.
1998 -	Associate Editor: Journal of Molecular Evolution.
1998 - 2000	Editorial Board: Zoology.
1997 - 2004	Associate Editor: Molecular Biology and Evolution.
1997 -	Advisory Board of Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin, Zoologie.
1995 - 2002	Editorial Board: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology.
1991 - 1997	Book Review Consultant: Quarterly Review of Biology.

Professional Memberships

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Society of American Naturalists
Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft
Deutscher Hochschullehrer Verband
European Society for Evolutionary Biology
Fellow of the Linnean Society
Fisheries Society of the British Isles
Genetics Society of America
Gesellschaft fur Biologische Systematik
Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Arzte
International Society of Molecular Evolution (Charter member)
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biologists
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
Society of Systematic Biologists
Society for the Study of Evolution
Verband Deutscher Biologien

Postdoctoral Fellows and positions they now hold:

Dr. Tomaso Patarnello	(1990-1992): now Full Professor at the University of Padova, Italy.
Dr. Tom Titus	(1991): now University of Oregon, USA.
Dr. Christian Sturmbauer	(1991-1993): now Full Professor at the University of Graz, Austria.
Dr. Thomas Stadler	(1994): now Assistant Prof. University of Munich, Germany.
Dr. Paul Spruell	(1994): now Washington State University, USA.
Dr. Rafael Zardoya	(1995 - 1997): now Professor at the Naural History Museum, Madrid.
Dr. Gabriele Gerlach	(1997 - 2001): now Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., USA.
Dr. Thomas Breithaupt	(1997 - 2002): now Lecturer, University of Hull, UK.
Dr. David Hosken	(1999 - 2000): now Lecturer at the University of Bath, UK.
Dr. Yves Van de Peer	(1999 - 2001): now Full Professor at the Dept. of Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Belgium.
Dr. Edward Malaga	(1998 - 2001): now Assistant Professor at the University of Konstanz, Germany.
Dr. Henner Brinkmann	(1998 - 2002): now University of Montreal, Canada.
Dr. Tomas Hrbek	(1999 - 2002): now Assistant Professor, University of Puerto Rico, USA.
Dr. Izeni Farias	(2001 - 2002): now Professor, University of the Amazona, Manaus, Brazil.
Dr. John Taylor	(2000 - 2002): now Assistant Professor at the University of Victoria, Canada.
Dr. Miguel Vences	(2001 - 2002): now Professor, University of Braunschweig, Germany.
Dr. Christian Klingenberg	(2000 - 2002): now Senior Lecturer in Genetics at the University of Manchester, UK.
Dr. Jaime Garcia-Moreno	(2000 - 2003): now Assistant Prof. University of Costa Rica.
Dr. Joe Jones	(2001 - 2002): now Monterey Bay Research Institute, Monterey, USA.
Dr. Wei-Jen Chen	(2002 - 2003): now CNRS Bordeaux, France.
Dr. Simona Santini	(2001 - 2003): now Postdoc, Stazione Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy.
Dr. Julia Day	(2002 - 2003): now at The Natural History Museum, London, UK.
Dr. Mai-Britt Becker	(2003 - 2004): now German Science Foundation.
Dr. Jing Luo	(2002 - 2005): now Chinese Academy of Science, Wuhan, China.
Dr. Walter Salzburger	(2001 - 2006): now group leader, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Dr. Marta Barluenga	(2001 - 2006): now postdoc, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Dr. Paul Bunje	(2004 - 2006):now U.S. State Department, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Dr. Thierry Wirth	(2004 - 2006): now Professor, University of Paris, France

Former Ph.D. and lab-members, who now hold Professorships:

Dr. Guillermo Orti	(1990 - 1995): now Associate Professor, University of Nebrasca, USA.
Dr. Ehab Abouheif	(1993 - 1997): now Assistant Professor, McGill University, Canada.
Dr. Daniel Funk	(1992 - 1996): now Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University, USA.
Dr. Ines Horovitz	(1992 - 1996): now Assistant Professor, UCLA, USA.
Dr. Maria Kretzmann	(1993 - 1996): now Assistant Professor, Long Island University, USA.
Dr. Peter Ritchie	(1991 - 1993): now Senior Lecturer, University of Victoria, New Zealand.
Dr. Luca Bargelloni	(1993 - 1994): now Assistant Professor, University of Padova, Italy.
Dr. Michel Milinkovitch	(1994 - 1995): now Full Professor, Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
Dr. Lukas Ruber	(1994 - 1995): now Curator, The Natural History Museum, London, UK.
Dr. Lacy Knowles	(1992 - 1996): now Associate Professor, University of Michigan, USA.
Dr. Anthony Wilson	(1998 - 2002): now Assistant Professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Dr. Romulus Abila	(2003 - 2004): now Lecturer, Kisumu University, Kenya.

Service in Scientific Societies:

* Raney-Award Committee, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (1993).
* Student Awards Committee, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (1994).
* John Maynard Smith Prize Committee, ESEB (2000).
* Councilor for the European Society of Evolutionary Biology (2001 - ).
* Scientific Board of the European Society of Evolutionary Developmental Biology (2005 - ).
* Member International Affairs Committee of the Society for the Study of Evolution (2007 - ).

Service as Reviewer - Scientific Journals (partial list):

BioEssays, Biol. J. Linnean Soc., BMC Evolutionary Biology, BMC Genomic, BMC Biology, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Conservation Biology, Copeia, Current Biology, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Development, Development Genes and Evolution, EMBO-Reports, EMBO-Journal, Environmental Biology of Fishes, Ethology, Ethology Ecology & Evolution, Evolution, Evolution & Development, Evolutionary Anthropology, Functional Ecology, Genetics, Gene, Genomics, Genome Research, Heredity, J. Heredity, Hereditas, J. of Evolutionary Biology, J. Experimental Biology, J. of Fish Biology, J. of Molecular Evolution, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology, Molecular Development and Evolution, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Nature, Nature Genetics, Nature Reviews Genetics, PLOS Biology, PloS One, Proc. Natl. Academy of Sciences USA, Proceedings of the Royal Society (Biology), Quarterly Review of Biology, Science, Systematic Biology, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Trends in Genetics, J. Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, Zoology, Zoological J. Linn. Soc.

Service as Reviewer - Granting Agencies (partial list):

Belgian Science Foundation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK), Canadian Research Council, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, European Science Foundation, Fond zur Wissenschaftlichen Forderung (Austria), Guggenheim Foundation, International Science Foundation, Israel Science Foundation, Leakey Foundation, McArthur Foundation USA, NOAA U.S., National Environmental Research Council of the UK, NSERC UK, National Geographic Society USA, National Science Foundation U.S., Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Roche Foundation, Royal Society of New Zealand, Swiss National Science Foundation, Volkswagen Stiftung, Welcome Trust, UK.

Service as Consultant and Advisor:

* Faculty in Woods Hole (USA) Summer Course on Molecular Evolution (since 1999).
* Scientific Advisor for the Cologne Science Center, Cologne, Germany (since 2001 - 2005).
* Scientific Advisory Board for the Cologne Science Center, Cologne, Germany (since 2005).
* Member of the Scientific Advisory Board: Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Evolution, New Zealand (since 2003).
* Advisory Committee: Dept. Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology, Columbia University, USA (since 2003).
* College of Reviewers for the Canada Research Chair Program, NSERC, Canada (since 2003).
* Member of the RefPool of the European Science Foundation (since 2002).
* Redaktionskritik “Wisscnschaft” of “Der Spiegel” (2002).
* Member of AmphibiaTREE (since 2004).
* Weekly Science Columnist “Quantensprung” for the newspaper “Handelsblatt” (since 2005).
* Vertrauensdozent der Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (since 2006).
* Panel Member (Evolutionary, population and environmental biology) of the European Research Council (since 2007).
* Advisor to National Public Radio (USA) on documentary “DNA Files” (2007).
* Member of the Kuratorium der Stiftung Deutsches Hygiene-Museum (since 2007).
* Redaktionskritik “ZEIT Campus” (2007).
* External member of the Life Sciences Program at the ENS Lyon, France (since 2007).
* Scientific Advisory Board of the Giordano Bruno Foundation (since 2007).