DR. JAN DIERKING - Geomar
DR. JAN DIERKING - Geomar
DR. JAN DIERKING - Geomar
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CV Dr. Jan Dierking<br />
<strong>DR</strong>. <strong>JAN</strong> <strong>DIERKING</strong><br />
Evolutionary Ecology of Marine Fishes Group<br />
Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)<br />
Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany<br />
E-mail: jdierking@geomar.de<br />
Personal information: *8.1.1975, Münster, Germany; German nationality; Married, one child.<br />
RESEARCH INTERESTS<br />
I am a marine ecologist working on the ecology and evolution of fishes and on marine<br />
ecosystem functioning, with a particular interest in integrated approaches. This includes<br />
combining ecological and molecular data to assess the connection of genotype and phenotype,<br />
and ecological, molecular, fisheries and oceanographic data to shed light on processes driving<br />
evolutionary change in marine fishes. My research topics include fisheries induced<br />
evolution, conservation genetics, foodweb studies, and fish feeding ecology and migrations,<br />
both in temperate (Mediterranean, North Sea, Baltic Sea) and tropical (Pacific Ocean)<br />
systems. Throughout my career, I have gathered extensive experience in fisheries<br />
management and conservation work, and I maintain an interest in research with applied<br />
implications in these fields.<br />
My toolkit includes molecular analyses (neutral markers: microsatellites, mitochondrial<br />
DNA; adaptive marker: MHC immune genes), stable isotope analysis, and fish(ery) biology<br />
measures (e.g., otolith analysis, morphometry, maturity and condition indices).<br />
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS<br />
05/2007 PhD degree, University of Hawaii (UH), USA. Dissertation: “Effects<br />
of the introduced predatory fish Cephalopholis argus on native reef<br />
fish populations in Hawaii.” Advisor: Dr. Charles Birkeland.<br />
08/2005 MSc degree, UH Specialization in Ecology, Evolution and<br />
Conservation Biology. Thesis: “The economic value and the social<br />
structure of the aquarium fish industry in West Hawaii.”<br />
08/2001 – 05/2007 Graduate student in the Department of Zoology, UH.<br />
10/1997 - 07/2001 Study of Marine Science (major), Zoology, Business administration<br />
(minors) at the Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet (CAU) Kiel.<br />
1987-1995 German High school diploma, HBG Celle; Class valedictorian.<br />
1992-1993 Exchange student, Ohio, USA, with the American Field Service.<br />
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MILITARY SERVICE<br />
07/1995 – 06/1997 Member of the permanent crew of the German navy sail training ship<br />
“Gorch Fock” during 20 country voyage around the world.<br />
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE<br />
09/2009 – present Postdoctoral researcher, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel<br />
(GEOMAR), Evolutionary Ecology of Marine Fishes group (EV).<br />
Principal projects: Local and global patterns in fisheries induced<br />
evolution (Start date: 02/2012); Ecology and conservation genetics<br />
of endangered anadromous whitefishes (Start date: 09/2009, in<br />
collaboration with Dr. Chris Eizaguirre (EV)); MHC-mediated<br />
speciation in Arctic whitefishes (Start date 09/2009, in collaboration<br />
with Dr. C. Eizaguirre (EV) and Dr. K. Praebel (Tromsoe<br />
University, Norway).<br />
07/2007 – 09/2009 Postdoctoral researcher with Dr. Mireille Harmelin-Vivien, Centre<br />
d’Océanologie de Marseille; Projects: Coupling of terrestrial and<br />
coastal ecosystems in the NW Mediterranean assessed by stable<br />
isotope analysis (SIA); Marine flatfish migrations assessed by SIA.<br />
01/2004 – 05/2007 Graduate research assistant with Dr. C. Birkeland, UH<br />
10/2002 – 12/2003 Scientific research consultant for the NGO The Nature Conservancy,<br />
the consulting firm Cesar Environmental Economics Consulting, and<br />
the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources; Projects: Sustainability of<br />
the aquarium fish industry (AFI) in Hawaii; The economic value of<br />
reefs in Hawaii; Reef user fees for conservation in Hawaii; Hawaii<br />
marine aquarium fish industry database construction.<br />
01/2001 – 08/2001 Research assistant, Kiel University; Global carbon cycle project.<br />
04/2000 – 05/2000 Scientific diver, nature documentary project, Aldabra, Seychelles.<br />
09/1998 – 10/1998 Research assistant, Biological Station Sylt; Seagrass ecology study.<br />
ADVISED STUDENTS<br />
Since 2009, (co-)supervision of 2 Ph.D., 4 Master, and 1 Bachelor projects, 1 intern during<br />
her German voluntary year in science and technology, and 1 technician.<br />
Projects: Temporal genetic differentiation of Bornholm Basin (Baltic Sea) cod stocks; Feeding<br />
ecology, migration behavior, and evidence for natural reproduction of endangered North Sea<br />
houting (Coregonus oxyrinchus) in Northern Germany; Patterns of parallel evolution in the<br />
houting complex; Gill raker differentiation between German whitefish populations; Feeding<br />
ecology of the invasive combjelly Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Baltic Sea; Niche segregation<br />
between three species of pipefishes in eelgrass beds in the Baltic Sea assessed by stable<br />
isotope analysis; Eelgrass Zostera marina population structure, and use of Z. marina isotopic<br />
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signatures as indicator of eutrophication in the Baltic Sea. Twaite shad (Alosa fallax)<br />
migrations in the Elbe estuary assessed by otolith microchemistry.<br />
TEACHING<br />
Winter 2011/2012 Seminar on Current topics in fish ecology and evolution (co-taught<br />
with O. Roth, C. Eizaguirre, T. Reusch)<br />
Spring 2010 3-week block course Molecular Ecology (co-taught with C.<br />
Eizaguirre, O. Roth, T. Reusch)<br />
01/2005 – 07/2005 Teaching assistant for Limnology, UH<br />
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS<br />
09/2012 Project funding for improved fisheries management of sea trout<br />
(Salmo trutta) in Schleswig Holstein, Germany; proposal coauthored<br />
with Dr. C. Petereit and Prof. T. Reusch submitted to the<br />
Fischereiabgabeausschuß (€40,990).<br />
02/2012 – present German Science Foundation (DFG) funding (via the Cluster of<br />
Excellence “The Future Ocean”) for own position and project money<br />
obtained via own proposal “Local and global patterns in fisheriesinduced<br />
evolution” (€180,000).<br />
10/2009 – present Project funding for conservation genetic and ecological work on the<br />
endangered fish species Coregonus oxyrinchus obtained via own<br />
proposals submitted jointly with Dr. C. Eizaguirre to the German<br />
State Agency LLUR (Landesamt für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und<br />
Ländliche Raeume) (€160,000).<br />
08/2007 – 09/2009 Research stipend by German NGO “Okeanos” obtained via own<br />
proposal (€40,000).<br />
10/2003 – 12/2006 Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative grant in support of dissertation project<br />
on Cephalopholis argus obtained via own proposal ($68,200).<br />
02/2003 EECB graduate student research award.<br />
09/2002 International Student Services Scholarship for outstanding<br />
contribution in promoting intercultural understanding.<br />
08/2002 Dai Ho Chun Scholarship for Outstanding International Students.<br />
08/2001 – 12/2004 Fulbright Scholarship for graduate study in the USA.<br />
PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS (SELECTED, 5 OF 38)<br />
Dierking, J., Praebel, K., Borcherding, J., Brunke, M., Eizaguirre, C. The return of the<br />
houtings: genetics and ecology of anadromous whitefishes in Germany. 11 th International<br />
Symposium on the Biology and Management of Coregonid Fishes. Mondsee, Austria,<br />
September 2011.<br />
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Dierking, J. Conservation genetics of the North Sea houting (Coregonus oxyrinchus). Invited<br />
talk at the Technical University of Denmark National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU<br />
Aqua), Population genetics group, Silkeborg, Denmark, June 2010.<br />
Dierking, J., Wafo, E., Lagadec, V., Schembri, T., Nicolas, C., Letourneur, Y., Harmelin-<br />
Vivien, M. When contaminants reveal ecology: Persistent contaminants in the common<br />
sole in the NW Mediterranean as biomarkers of migrations.44 th European Marine Biology<br />
Symposium, Liverpool, UK, September 2009.<br />
Dierking, J., Banaru, D., Hermand, R., Fontaine, M.F., Degiovanni, C., Letourneur, Y.,<br />
Nicolas, C., Salen-Picard, C., Harmelin-Vivien, M. Land and Sea connected: stable<br />
isotopes reveal a role of terrestrial organic matter in nearshore ecosystem functioning in the<br />
Gulf of Lions, Mediterranean sea. 6 th International Conference on Applications of Stable<br />
isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies. Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2008.<br />
Dierking, J., Birkeland, C., Williams, I., Walsh, W., and Stamoulis, K. Effects of the<br />
introduced predatory fish Cephalopholis argus on native reef fish populations in Hawaii.<br />
42 nd European Marine Biology Symposium, Kiel, Germany, August 2007.<br />
REVIEWING<br />
Reviewer for the journals Fishery Bulletin, Journal of Fish Biology, Marine Biology, Marine<br />
Ecology Progress Series, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Archives of Environmental<br />
Contamination and Toxicology.<br />
ORGANIZED CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS<br />
Managing Genetic Diversity of Fishes? Integrative workshop with economists, fisheries<br />
biologists and evolutionary ecologists on understanding and management of fisheries<br />
induced changes in fish populations. Wadden Sea Station Sylt, Germany, August 26-29<br />
2012. (Co-organized with Prof. T. Requate, Prof. M. Quaas, Prof. T. Reusch, and Dr. J.<br />
Schmidt).<br />
3 rd Young Scientist Conference: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Chance. Kiel,<br />
October 1-2 2012 (co-organized with postdocs of the Future Ocean Cluster of Excellence,<br />
Kiel).<br />
FURTHER QUALIFICATIONS<br />
Scientific Diver American Academy of Underwater Sciences license (~400 working dives)<br />
Boating<br />
Computer<br />
Languages<br />
EU coastal and US Geological Survey motorboat operator certifications<br />
Access, Minitab, Statistica, PRIMER, Sigmaplot, Photoshop, Illustrator,<br />
MorphoJ, molecular data analysis programs (e.g., Genemapper, CodonCode<br />
Aligner, Arlequin, Structure, etc.)<br />
German (native), English (fluent), French (fluent)<br />
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