I am working in different fields of evolutionary biology, conservation biology and ecology on invertebrates (as butterflies, carabids, scorpions) and vertebrates (mainly bird species). In my research studies I am focusing on:

• The biological value of extant populations (relict species)
• North Africa as speciation centre and refugium of thermophilic species
• Biodiversity hotspots under global change
• Evolution processes in East African mountain forests including the impact of recent habitat destruction of these ecosystems

My main-interest is bringing together several research-aspects (interdisciplinary approaches from different scientific fields), analysed with a wide range of methods as:

• Molecular genetics (alloenzymes electrophoresis, microsatellites, AFLPs, DNA sequencing, single nucleotide polymorphisms)
• Ecological analyses (Nestedness analyses, Mark-Release-Recapture experiments)
• Geometric morphometricsBioacoustics analyses
• TelemetryEcological modelling

The central question is how intraspecific characters (as morphology, molecules and behaviour) are affected by past and recent environmental conditions.