Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof

Current position

Director of Research Museum Koenig and
Full Professor of Systematic Zoology at University of Bonn

Academic Degree

2002  Habilitation and venia legendi at the University of Bonn 

1995 Doktor rer. nat.at the University of Vienna, Austria, in Evolutionary Biology, November 1995  

1991 Magister rer. nat.at the University of Vienna, Austria

1986 Vordiplom in General Biology, 1984-1986

Career

since 2020 Professsor (W3), Chair of Systematic Zoology, University of Bonn, and director of Zool. Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn  

2010-2020 Professsor (W3), Head of the Center of Molecular Biodiversity Research, University of Bonn and vice director of Zool. Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn  

2009-2010 speaker of the Zoologisches Museum, University of Hamburg  

2008-2010 Professsor (W3), Head of the Entomological Department, Biozentrum Grindel &Zoologisches Museum, University of Hamburg  

2006 Assistent Professor, University of Copenhagen &Zoological Museum, declined   

2001-2008 Curator of Lower Arthropods and Head of the Molecular Lab at the Zool. Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn  

1999-2000 Assistant professor at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Bonn  

1998-1999 Schroedinger Post Doctoral fellow, University of Bonn  

1995-1997 v.Humboldt Post Doctoral fellow, University of Bonn  

1992-1995 Visiting Assistant in Research at the Center of Computational Ecology, Yale  

1991-1992 Fullbright-comissioned fellow financed by the ministry of education, Austria, at Yale University

Reviewing, administrative responsibilities and consulting activities 

since 2010 vice director of Zool. Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn  

2001-2004 Editorial board of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution present Editorial board of Entomologischen Abhandlungen  

2004-2008 Coordinator for the restructuring of the Department of Biology in Kabul, Afghanistan 

2005-2011 Member of the steering group of the SPP 1174 "Deep Metazoan Phylogeny" 

Referee scientific journals, DFG, v. Humboldt Foundation, FWF, (inter)national promotions at the academic level

Supervision of PhD students 

Currently Supervising 9 PhD and Diploma students in molecular phylogenetics and bioinformatics 

Previously Supervised >10 PhD students at the Universities of Bonn and Hamburg 

External Second examiner at the Universities of Lepizig, Vienna and Paris

Funding 

1999-present Ten DFG grants, including "SPP1174 Deep Metazoan Phylogeny"  

1998-1999 Recipient of a Schroedinger Post Doctoral Fellowship   

1995-1997 Recipient of a v.Humboldt Post Doc Fellowship  

1991-1992 Recipient of a Fullbright comissioned Fellowship to promote dissertational research

Further Grants from DAAD and the Leibniz society (WGL)