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Dirk S. Schmeller

Ingenieur de Recherche / Researcher Station d'Ecologie Experimentale du CNRS 09200 Moulis France   Tel: +33 5 61 04 03 73 Fax: +33 5 61 96 08 51 email: firstname.lastname@EcoEx-Moulis.cnrs.fr More details on my webpage: http://dirk.die-schmellers.de

CV

Since August 2007
Researcher (IR) of the CNRS at the Station d'Ecologie Experimentale du CNRS, Moulis, France (J. Clobert).

August 2005 - April 2008
Coordinator of the EuMon-Project at the Environmental Research Center (UFZ) Halle - Leipzig, Department Conservation Biology (Prof. K. Henle)

July 2005 - August 2006
EGIDE-Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Angers, Department of Zoology, Division of Animal Ecology (Profs. T. Lodé, A. Pagano)

November 2004 - June 2005
Cooperation with the University of Lyon I, UMR 5023, Department of Zoology, Division of Animal Ecology (Prof. P. Joly)

September 2004 - August 2005
KONE-scholarship holder at the University of Helsinki, Department of Ecology and Systematics, Division of Population biology (EGRU, Prof. J. Merilä)

September 2002 - August 2004
Alexander-v.-Humbolt/Academy of Finland scholarship holder at the University of Helsinki, Department of Ecology and Systematics, Division of Population biology (Prof. J. Merilä)

June - July 2002
Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Helsinki, Department of Ecology and Systematics, Division of Population biology (Prof. J. Merilä)

March - May 2002
Marie Curie-scholarship at the University of Jyväskylä, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Evolutionary Ecology (Profs. V. Kaitala, R. Alatalo)

May 2000 - February 2002
Assistant professor at the Fac. of Biology, Department of Nature Conservation (Prof. Dr. H. Plachter)

February 1996 - April 2000
Scientific assistant at the chair of ecology, Department of Zoology V (Prof. Dr. A. Seitz)

 

Research Interests

All my research contributes to the better understanding of biological processes in diverse environments, including biological responses to climate change, pollution and fragmentation. I also aim to include findings in these fields in conservation policy making, to allow science a direct input and effect on conservation in Europe.

 

Projects

EuMon (EU) - European wide system of surveillance of species and habitats of community interest - project page

EBONE (EU) - European Biodiversity Observation Network - project page

SCALES (EU) - Securing the Conservation of biodiversity across Administrative Levels and spatial, temporal, and Ecological Scales - project page

RACE (BiodivERsA) - Risk Assessment of Chytridiomycosis to European amphibian biodiversity - related site

 

Most relevant publications

Walker S., Bosch J., Gomez V., Garner TJW, Cunningham A., Schmeller D.S. , Ninyerola M., Henk D., Ginestet C., Arthur C-P., Fisher M. (2009): Factors driving pathogenicity versus prevalence of amphibian panzootic chytridiomycosis in Iberia. Ecology Letters 13 (3):  372-382. (DOI-link)

Schmeller D.S. , Henry P.-Y., Julliard R., Clobert J., Gruber B., Dziock F., Lengyel S., Nowicki P., Déri E., Budrys E., Kull T., Tali K., Bauch B., Settele J., van Swaay C., Kobler A., Babij V., Papastergiadou E., Henle K. (2009) Advantages of volunteer-based biodiversity monitoring in Europe. Conservation Biology 23 ( 2): 307 - 316.

Schmeller D.S. , Bauch B., Gruber B., Juškaitis R., Budrys E., Babij V., Lanno K., Sammul M., Varga Z., Henle K. (2008): Determination of conservation priorities in regions with multiple political jurisdictions, Biodiversity and Conservation 17 (4): 3623 - 3630. (DOI-link).

Schmeller D.S. , Gruber B., Bauch B., Lanno K., Budrys E., Babij V., Juškaitis R., Sammul M., Varga Z., Henle K. (2008): Determination of national conservation responsibilities for species conservation in regions with multiple political jurisdictions, Biodiversity and Conservation 17 (4): 3607 - 3622. (DOI-link)

Lesbarreres D., Schmeller D.S. , Primmer C., Merilä J. (2007): Genetic benefits in offspring of an amphibian, Heredity 99: 41-46. (DOI-link)

Schmeller D.S. , Seitz A., Crivelli A., Veith M. (2005): Crossing species' range borders: interspecies gene exchange mediated by hybridogenesis, Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 272 (1572): 1625 - 1631 . (DOI-link)

Palo, J.U., Schmeller, D.S. , Laurila, A., Primmer, C.P., Kuzmin, S.L., and Merilä, J. (2004): High degree of population subdivision in a widespread amphibian. Molecular Ecology 13(9): 2631-2644.

Palo, J.U., Lesbarreres, D., Schmeller, D.S. , Primmer, C.R., And Merilä, J. (2004): Microsatellite marker data suggests sex biased dispersal in the common frog Rana temporaria, Molecular Ecology 13(9): 2865-2869.