Curriculum Vitae of Thomas Wesener, PhD
Zoosphaerium solitarium Wesener, 2009
Curator, Head of Section Myriapoda
Research Museum Alexander Koenig
Adenauerallee 160
53113 Bonn, Germany
EMail: twesener [at] uni-bonn.de
Phone: +(49) 0228 9122 425
Date and Place of Birth
24 May 1980, Hattingen, Germany
Education
Postdoctoral Researcher, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, U.S.A., 2008–2010, Molecular Phylogeny of the millipede suborder Trigoniulidea.
Ph.D in Natural Sciences, Friedrich-Wilhelm University Bonn, Bonn, Germany; 2005–2008. Thesis 'ausgezeichnet' (0.0), Defense Magna cum Laude (1.0).
'Diplom' (M.A.) in Biology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; 1999–2003. With Honors Thesis,
High School Diploma, Gesamtschule Marxstraße, Hattingen, Germany, 1990–1999.
International Collaborators (ongoing projects only)
Prof. Dr. Henrik Enghoff, University and Museum of Zoology, Copenhagen, Denmark, Phylogeny of the Spirobolida suborder Trigoniulidea.
Dr. Markus Koch, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhem University, Bonn, Germany, Discovery of a condylus in millipedes, - a new character complex for arthropod systematics (Diplopoda, Pentazonia)
Dr. Frank Glaw, Bavarian State Collections, Munich, Germany, A Firemillipede - Snake mimicry ring on Madagascar.
Dr. Michael J. Raupach, Senckenberg at the Sea, German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, DNA barcodes and description of new species of the Malagasy Giant Pill-Millipede genus Sphaeromimus (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Arthrosphaeridae).
Dr. Petra Sierwald, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., Sphaerotheriida and Glomerida species and genus catalogue.
Dr. Petra Sierwald, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., Sphaerotheriida and Glomerida species and genus catalogue.
Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, University of Lavras, Invertebrados Cavernícolas, Lavras, Brazil, Description of Cave Millipedes.
Nattarin Wongthamwanich, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, Giant Pill-Millipedes of the family Zephroniidae in Thailand.
Public Outreach & Service to the Scientific Community
- Reviewer for: Zootaxa, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, International Journal of Myriapodology, Frontiers in Zoology, Terrestrial Arthropod Review, Zookeys, Invertebrate Systematics.
- Editor: Managing Editor Supplement Series, Bonn zoological Bulletin (former Bonn zoological Monographs). Zootaxa Subject Editor Myriapoda. Editor Pentazonia on Millibase.
- Encyclopaedia of Life (EOL) Curator for Millipedes (Diplopoda).
- Interviews about 'How to uncoil your partner-“mating songs” in giant pill-millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida). Naturwissenschaften 98 (11): 967–975': www.springerlink.com/content/u3h307757876t723/fulltext.pdf
Wired.com: www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/10/millipede-stridulation/
SpiegelOnline: www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/0,1518,793597,00.html
- Interviewed for the findings of the 2007 Madagascar Expedition, articles in popular German Newspapers:
Printed versions: Die Welt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), tageszeitung (taz), FOCUS, Bonner Generalanzeiger, more than 40 local newspapers.
Online: SpiegelOnline, Weltonline, Wissenschaftonline, numerous other websites, reaching as far as France, Turkey and Madagascar.
Radio interviews: Radio Bonn/Rhein-Sieg, WDR.
- Interviewed for the findings of the 2003 Madagascar Expedition with articles in popular German Newspapers
Printed versions: National Geographic Germany, Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ), Berliner Zeitung, plus a high number of local papers.
