Dipl.-Biol. Nicolas Straube



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Curriculum vitae

Education

Since 12.2006 PhD-Student at the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Thesis: Phylogeny and adaptive radiation of Lantern Sharks
01.2006 MSc/Diploma in Biology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
Thesis: Statistical and shape analyses of dental characters of the Giant Lantern Shark Etmopterus baxteri (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes) with comments on its taxonomic implications
10.2002-01.2006 MSc student at Department of Biology of the Ludwig Maximilians Universität of Munich
09.2002 BSc in Biology at the Ludwig Maximilians Universität of Munich
10.2000-09.2002 BSc student at Department of Biology of the Ludwig Maximilians Universität of Munich
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Professional Background

Since 12.2006 Scientific fellow in the research project at the MfN Berlin: Evolution and adaptive radiation of dog-fish sharks (Chondrichthyes, Squaliformes) (DFG, J. Kriwet, U. Schliewen)
09.2006 Scientific assistant the Department of Geo- and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (DFG, J. Kriwet)
04.-05.2006 Scientific assistant, practical course "Baupläne und Morphologie der Tiere", Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
10.2003-02.2006 Scientific assistant at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Germany (project: "cnidaria")
04.-09.2003 Scientific assistant, practical course "Artenvielfalt der Tiere", Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
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Membership in professional organizations

German Elasmobranch Society
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Research Statement

The focus of my research project is on the evolution of diversity within the speciose squaliform family of Etmopteridae or Lantern Sharks. Using a combinded approach of both molecular and morphological data, I hope to (1) establish a first comprehensive phylogeny of the family, (2) to test hypotheses about the chronology and nature of the presumably rapid radiation of the family using fossil data as calibration points for a molecular clock approach, and (3) to provide species (re-)descriptions and biogeographic data for some species. During the first year of my dissertation, I travelled to Japan, Chile and New Zealand for attaining the necessary samples for my labroratory work, the second year is devoted predominantly to lab work and phylogenetic analysis.

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Academic Grants and Awards

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Conferences and Symposia

  • 6th Conference of the German Society of Ichthyology (GFI), Munich, Germany (2008)
    • Poster Confusion in the deep: Morphology and taxonomy of lantern sharks (Squaliformes, Etmopteridae). (Co-authored by J. Kriwet & U. Schliewen)
  • 11th Annual Science Conference European Elasmobranch Society, Brest, France (2007)
    • Poster Males are different: Sexual dimorphism of upper teeth in two species of Lantern Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Etmopteridae). (Co-authored by J. Kriwet, U. Schliewen & S. Tanaka)
  • ECI XII European Congress of Ichthyology Cavtat (Dubrovnik), Croatia (2007)
    • Poster Dental Structure of the Giant Lantern Shark Etmopterus baxteri (Chondrichthyes: Etmopteridae) and its taxonomic implications. (Co-authored by J. Kriwet & U. Schliewen)
  • 76th Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft, Kiel, Germany (2006)
    • Talk Morphologische und statistische Analysen der Zähne der Tiefseehaiart Etmopterus baxteri (Chondrichthyes: Etmopteridae). (Co-authored by U. Schliewen & J. Kriwet)
  • GBFI-Deutschland Statusseminar, Bonn, Germany (2004)
    • Poster Digital documentation of type material of Octocorallia, and selected Hydrozoa and Scleractinia in German museum collections. (Co-authored by G.B. Reinicke, L. Jürgens, B. Ruthensteiner & H. Schuhmacher)
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    Publications

    Peer-reviewed papers
    • Ruthensteiner, B., Reinicke G.B., & Straube N. 2008. The Type Material of Hydrozoa described by Eberhard Stechow in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München. Spixiana 31: 3-27.
    • Straube, N., Schliewen, U. & Kriwet, J. 2008. Dental structure of the Giant lantern shark Etmopterus baxteri (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes) and its taxonomic implications. Environmental Biology of Fishes 82: 133-141.
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    Non peer-reviewed papers
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    Published conference presentations
    • Straube, N., Kriwet, J. & Schliewen, U. 2008. Confusion in the deep: Morphology and taxonomy of lantern sharks (Squaliformes, Etmopteridae). Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie - 6th Conference of the German Society of Ichthyology (GFI): 58.
    • Straube N., Schliewen U. & Kriwet J. 2007. Dental structure of the Giant lantern shark Etmopterus baxteri (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes) and its taxonomic implications. ECI XII European Congress of Ichthyology, Cavtat (Dubrovnik), Croatia 12: 83.
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    Unpublished conference presentations
    • Straube N., Schliewen U. & Kriwet J. 2007. Males are different: sexual dimorphism of upper teeth in two species of Lantern Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Etmopteridae).Annual Meeting of the European Elasmobranch Association 2007.
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    Miscellaneous
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    Contact
    Humboldt-University of Berlin
    Museum für Naturkunde
    Department of Research
    Invalidenstr. 43
    D-10115 Berlin
    Germany    		 phone: +49 (0)30 2093 8764 (MfN)
    fax: +49 (0)30 2093 8565

    mail: Nicolas.Straube@museum.hu-berlin.de

    web: www.museum.hu-berlin.de/Nicolas.Straube