Professional Experience

since September 2006 Professor (W3) Aquatic Ecology, University of Duisburg-Essen
April 2004 – August 2006: Associate Professor (C2) Zoology I, Ecology, University of Karlsruhe (TH)
April 1999 – March 2004: Assistant Professor (C1) Zoology I, Ecology, University of Karlsruhe (TH)
July 1993 – March 1999: Scientific assistant, Zoology I, Ecology, University of Karlsruhe (TH)

Education And Academic Career

June 2002: Habilitation in zoology at Zoology I, Ecology, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Title of the thesis: “Characterisation of aquatic host-parasite-assemblages from an ecological and (eco-)toxicological point of view”
June 1996: PhD examination at Zoology I, Ecology, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Title of the thesis: “Studies on heavy metal accumulation in helminths as compared with their aquatic hosts”
April 1988 - June 1993: Education in chemistry and biology for teachers (“Staatsexamen”), Ruhr-University of Bochum; Title of the thesis: “Detection of lead in indigenous fish species and their parasites by atomic absorption spectrometry”

Awards

Extraordinary Professor, Research Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa (since 2022)
Founding Director of the Research Center „One health Ruhr” of the Research Alliance Ruhr (since 2021)
Speaker of the CRC 1439 Multilevel response to stressor increase and release in stream ecosystems, RESIST (since 2021)
Visiting Professor at the Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (since 2015)
Scientific Board Member of the Excellence Centre of Ichthyoparasitology, Czech Republic (2012-2018)
Visiting Professor at the University of Brno, Czech Republic (04/2006, 12/2013)
Karl-Asmund-Rudolphi award from the German Society of Parasitology for outstanding research in Environmental Parasitology (03/2004)
Environmental Protection award from the University of Karlsruhe (12/1994).

Publications

250 papers in international peer-review journals
34 book articles and reports
31 conference proceedings 1 book revision
7332 Zitationen, h-index = 48, (Web of Science, 07/2023)
8180 Zitationen, h-index = 51, (Scopus, 07/2023)
11452 Zitationen, h-index = 62, (Google Scholar, 07/2023)
>80 invited talks ISI Researcher

ID B-6652-2013

ORCID 0000-0001-6865-6186  

External funding

~8.5 Mio €

Supervision Of Theses And Early Career Researcher Support

10 Postdoctoral researchers
30 PhD candidates (finished and ongoing)
120 diploma-, bachelor and master theses

Academic administration

University

Chairman of the Graduate Center Plus at the University of Duisburg-Essen (since 10/2022)
Member of the University Council (since 06/2022)
Co-speaker of the strategic research area „Water reseach“ at the University of Duisburg-Essen (since 01/2020)
Member of the MERCUR Science Policy Network (2019)
Chairman of the rectorate’s “Research Advisory Board” (since 03/2018)
Member of the Directorate of Graduate Centre Plus at the University of Duisburg-Essen (since 12/2017)
Member of the Board of Research Academy Ruhr (since 07/2017)
Member of the rectorate’s “Research Advisory Board” (since 06/2016)
Rectorate coordinator of the young scientists initiative (since 11/2015)
Chairman of the Senate‘s commission for Research, Young Scientists and Knowledge transfer (2012-2018)
Vice chairman of the Centre for Water and Environmental Research (11/2009-09/2010; since 10/2012)

Faculty

Dean of the Faculty of Biology at the University of Duisburg-Essen (10/2010-09-2012)
Vice dean of the Faculty of Biology and Geography at the University of Duisburg-Essen (10/2009-09/2010)

Journals

Editorial Board member of Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases (since 01/2021)
Jeffrey Shields, Bernd Sures: Editors of the special issue “Amphipod disease: model systems, invasions and systematics” in Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (2019)
Guest Editor of Environmental Sciences Europe (since 10/2013)
Subject Editor at Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (since 10/2008)
Editorial Board member of Parasites and Vectors (since 01/2008)
Editorial Board member of Journal of Helminthology (since 03/2004)