CURRICULUM VITAE



- 2020–: Senior Lecturer at LJMU, see also new website: https://suszaj.github.io/ZajitschekLab/
- 2018–2019: Postdoc at UNSW, i-deel lab, ongoing collaboration with Monash
- 2015-2017: Talentia Fellow (Marie-Curie Actions),
Estación Biológica de Doñana CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
- 2013- 2015: Postdoctoral Researcher, GWU, Washington DC, USA
- 2011-2013: Postdoctoral Researcher, EBC , Uppsala, Sweden
2010: birth of daughter Lilly - 2008-2010: Postdoctoral Researcher, Station d’Ecologie Expérimentale du CNRS, Moulis, France
- 2007: Birth of son Julius
- 2004-2008: Ph.D. in the Lab of Prof Rob Brooks, University of New South Wales, Australia
- 2003: Dipl. Biol., equivalent to MSc. (LMU; thesis title ‘ Adaptation to different temperature regimes in the toads Bombina variegata and B. bombina‘ in the lab of Beate Nürnberger).
- 1999-2000: University of Tasmania
- 1996-2003: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Environmental epigenetics & transgenerational effects
- Transgenerational effects of sex and mating interactions
- Sexual selection & sexual conflict
- Epigenetic effects: social influences from sperm to offspring
- Female mate choice
- Sperm selection & competition
- Evolution of sperm traits in zebrafish
- Evolution of sperm diversity in Drosophila
- Inheritance of colouration in wall lizards
- Dispersal in metapoulations
- Inbreeding avoidance
CONTACT DETAILS
Dr. Susanne Zajitschek
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Email: susanne.zajitschek[at]cosmoid.de