Dr. Dirk Zeuss

Curriculum vitae

Since	12/2018	Postdoctoral researcher, Technische Universität München, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem management, Germany.
03/2018-	08/2018	Visiting postdoctoral researcher, University of Stockholm, Department of Zoology, Sweden.
Since	02/2018	International collaborator, University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, USA.
02/2017-	01/2018	Postdoctoral researcher, University of Marburg, Department of Ecology, Germany.
04/2012-	06/2017	PhD in Ecology, University of Marburg, Germany.
04/2005-	12/2011	Studies of Geography, University of Marburg, Germany.
10/2007-	01/2011	Studies of Biology, University of Marburg, Germany.

Research interest

I am a biologist and geographer whose research interests are primarily the quantification of biogeographical patterns of species traits with special emphasis on the understanding of the underlying mechanisms causing these patterns. My research focus at the moment is the colour and size of insects.

Scientific Talks (Selection)

Environmental drivers of colour and size in insects: a macroecological perspective. Invited scientific talk. University of Stockholm, Department of Zoology. Stockholm, Sweden. 10/2018.

Environmental drivers of colour and size in insects: a macroecological perspective. Invited award lecture. 48th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Vienna, Austria. 09/2018.

Großräumige Umwelteinflüsse auf Färbung und Größe von Insekten. Invited award lecture. Public dissertation award ceremony. Marburg, Germany. 06/2018.

Reflectivity of insects: a key trait for the distribution of species and their response to climate warming? Invited scientific talk. Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt. Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 01/2018.

Environmental drivers of colour and size in insects: a macroecological perspective. Invited keynote speaker. Insect Evolutionary Ecology Seminar. Vana-Veski, Estonia. 05/2017.

Global warming favours light-coloured insects in Europe. Scientific talk. 100th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Baltimore, USA. 08/2015.

Global warming favours light-coloured insects in Europe. Scientific talk. 7th Biennial Meeting of the International Biogeography Society. Bayreuth, Germany. 01/2015.

Biogeographic patterns of thermal melanism in European dragonflies. Invited award lecture. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Lüneburg, Germany. 09/2012.

Biogeographic patterns of thermal melanism in European dragonflies. Scientific talk. 6th Annual Meeting of the Specialist Group on Macroecology of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 02/2012.