Academic curriculum vitae

CHRISTIAN STURMBAUER Department of Zoology Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz Universitätsplatz 2 A-8010 Graz, Austria Phone: 0316 380-5595 or -8755 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.uni-graz.at/~sturmbau/sturmb.html

Main areas of research I study evolutionary biology, with a focus on explosive speciation and adaptive radiation, using an integrated approach combining comparative morphological, ecological and genomic data. My main study system is East African fishes, in particular the cichlid fish assemblage.

Education 1997 Habilitation, Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Innsbruck, Austria Thesis: Molecular versus phenotypic evolution: Ecomorphological diversification and speciation 1987—1990 Ph.D., Department of Zoology, University of Innsbruck, Austria. Thesis: Comparative physiology and ethology of herbivorous fishes 1984—1986 M.Sc., Department of Zoology, University of Innsbruck, Austria Thesis: The effects of inhibitor proteins in wheat on the activity of intestinal amylase in carp and trout in in-vitro experiments 1979—1983 B.Sc., Department of Biology, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Academic positions 2004—present Department Head, Department of Zoology, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria 2002—present Professor, Department of Zoology, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria 2002—2004 Head of Biodiversity and Evolution Section, Department of Zoology, Karl-Franzens- Universität Graz, Austria 1998—2001 Associate Professor (Universitätsdozent), Department of Zoology and Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Austria 1995—1998 Assistant Professor (Universitätsassistent), Department of Zoology and Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Austria 1993—1995 Research Assistant Professor (Vertragsassistent), Department of Zoology and Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Austria 1993—1995 Head of Molecular Evolutionary Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology and Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Austria 1992—1993 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York, USA Host: Jeffrey Levinton 1991—1992 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York, USA Host: Axel Meyer

Highest academic recognition Invitations to present at scientific conferences (most important five) Sept. 2015 Organizer of the Meeting of the German Zoological Society, Graz Nov. 2013 NOBIS Conference, Vienna Mar. 2009 Conservation Biology Meetings, Luxembourg Sept. 2009 SIAL Meetings, Ohrid (invited speaker and member of the scientific board) Oct. 2009 DIVERSITAS OSC2 – Biodiversity and Society Meetings, Cape Town

Academic prizes and awards (most important five) 1983 and 1984 Stipends for excellent students (“Leistungsstipendium”) of the University of Innsbruck 1992 Fellowship of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for the Course on molecular Evolution at UCLA organized by Jim Lake Since 2008 Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)

Peer-review activities (most important five) Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research and Hydrobiologia.

Nature, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Systematic Biology, Molecular Ecology

Funded research projects (most important five) Dec. 2004 Grant No. 17680-B06 of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) – “The role of divergent natural selection in the adaptive radiation of Lake Tanganyika and Malawi fishes” as PI. June 2005 Research grant of the State of Styria “TROUTCHECK Styria– Renaturation of brown trout populations in Styria” (Co-PI with Steven Weiss). Oct. 2005 Eurpean Science Fund EuroDiversity project 05_EDIV_FP237- MOLARCH -Molecular archives of climatic history: exploring patterns of genomic differentiation in endemic species radiations of ancient lakes. Oct. 2008 Grant No. 20994-B03 of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) “Natural selection – driving force of adaptive radiation?” as PI Jan. 2011 Grant No. 22737-B09 of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) “Genomic sequencing of two Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish” as PI.

International cooperation partners in the last five years Axel Meyer – University of Constance, Germany Walter Salzburger – University of Basel, Switzerland Erik Verheyen – Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium Norihiro Okada – University of Taiwan Cyprian Katongo – University of , Zambia Helen Gunter – University of Edinburgh, UK

Graduate Student supervision 42 Diploma Students and 15 Ph-D students

Publication list 10 most important publications Kerschbaumer M, Mitteröcker P, Sturmbauer C. 2014. Evolution of body shape in sympatric versus non- sympatric populations of Lake Tanganyika. Heredity 112(2):89-98. DOI 10.1038/Hdy.2013.78 Nikaido M, Ota T, Hirata T, Suzuki H, Satta Y, Aibara M, Mzighani SI, Sturmbauer C, Hagino-Yamagishi K, Okada N. 2014. Multiple episodic evolution events in V1R receptor genes of East-African . Genome Biol Evol 6(5):1135-1144. DOI 10.1093/Gbe/Evu086 Fischer C, Koblmüller S, Gülly C, Schlötterer C, Sturmbauer C, Thallinger GG. 2013. Complete mitochondrial DNA sequences of the threadfin cichlid (Petrochromis trewavasae) and the blunthead cichlid (Tropheus moorii) and patterns of mitochondrial genome evolution in cichlid fishes. PLoS One 8(6):e67048. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0067048 Nevado B, Mautner S, Sturmbauer C, Verheyen E. 2013. Water-level fluctuations and metapopulation dynamics as drivers of genetic diversity in populations of three Tanganyikan cichlid fish species. Mol Ecol 22(15):3933-3948. DOI 10.1111/Mec.12374 Joyce DA, Lunt DH, Bills R, Turner GF, Katongo C, Duftner N, Sturmbauer C, Seehausen O. 2005. An extant cichlid fish radiation emerged in an extinct Pleistocene lake. Nature 435(7038):90-95. DOI 10.1038/Nature03489 Salzburger W, Baric S, Sturmbauer C. 2002a. Speciation via introgressive hybridization in East African cichlids? Mol Ecol 11(3):619-625. DOI 10.1046/j.0962-1083.2001.01438.x Salzburger W, Meyer A, Baric S, Verheyen E, Sturmbauer C. 2002b. Phylogeny of the Lake Tanganyika Cichlid species flock and its relationship to the Central and East African Haplochromine Cichlid fish faunas. Syst Biol 51(1):113-135. DOI 10.1080/106351502753475907 Sturmbauer C, Baric S, Salzburger W, Rüber L, Verheyen E. 2001. Lake level fluctuations synchronize genetic divergences of cichlid fishes in African lakes. Mol Biol Evol 18(2):144-154. PMID: 11158373 Sturmbauer C, Levinton JS, Christy J. 1996. Molecular phylogeny analysis of fiddler crabs: Test of the hypothesis of increasing behavioral complexity in evolution. P Natl Acad Sci USA 93(20):10855-10857. DOI 10.1073/pnas.93.20.10855 Sturmbauer C, Meyer A. 1992. Genetic divergence, speciation and morphological stasis in a lineage of African cichlid fishes. Nature 358(6387):578-581. DOI 10.1038/358578a0

Publications in the last five years (out of >120 in total) Submitted Gunter H, Schneider R, Karner I, Sturmbauer C, Meyer A. 2015. Molecular investigation of genetic assimilation during the rapid adaptive radiations of East African cichlid fishes. In review.

Published Egger B, Klaefiger Y, Indermaur A, Koblmüller S, Theis A, Egger S, Naf T, Van Steenberge M, Sturmbauer C, Katongo C, Salzburger W. 2015. Phylogeographic and phenotypic assessment of a basal haplochromine cichlid fish from Lake Chila, Zambia. Hydrobiologia 748(1):171-184. DOI 10.1007/s10750-014-1919-0 Sefc KM, Hermann CM, Steinwender B, Brindl H, Zimmermann H, Mattersdorfer K, Postl L, Makasa L, Sturmbauer C, Koblmüller S. 2015. Asymmetric dominance and asymmetric mate choice oppose premating isolation after allopatric divergence. Ecol Evol 5(8):1549-1562. DOI 10.1002/Ece3.1372 Wanek KA, Sturmbauer C. 2015. Form, function and phylogeny: comparative morphometrics of Lake Tanganyika's cichlid tribe . Zool Scr 44(4):362-373. DOI 10.1111/Zsc.12110 Kerschbaumer M, Mitteröcker P, Sturmbauer C. 2014. Evolution of body shape in sympatric versus non- sympatric Tropheus populations of Lake Tanganyika. Heredity 112(2):89-98. DOI 10.1038/Hdy.2013.78 Kirchberger PC, Sefc KM, Sturmbauer C, Koblmüller S. 2014. Outgroup effects on root position and tree topology in the AFLP phylogeny of a rapidly radiating lineage of cichlid fish. Mol Phylogenet Evol 70:57-62. DOI 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.005 Koblmüller S, Odhiambo EA, Sinyinza D, Sturmbauer C, Sefc KM. 2014. Big fish, little divergence: phylogeography of Lake Tanganyika's giant cichlid, Boulengerochromis microlepis. Hydrobiologia 748(1):29-38. DOI 10.1007/s10750-014-1863-z Lienhard A, Schäffer S, Krisper G, Sturmbauer C. 2014.Reverse evolution and cryptic diversity in putative sister families of the Oribatida (Acari).J Zool Syst Evol Res 52(1):86-93. DOI 10.1111/Jzs.12037 Nikaido M, Ota T, Hirata T, Suzuki H, Satta Y, Aibara M, Mzighani SI, Sturmbauer C, Hagino-Yamagishi K, Okada N. 2014. Multiple episodic evolution events in V1R receptor genes of East-African cichlids.Genome Biol Evol 6(5):1135-1144. DOI 10.1093/Gbe/Evu086 Fischer C, Koblmüller S, Gülly C, Schlötterer C, Sturmbauer C, Thallinger GG. 2013. Complete mitochondrial DNA sequences of the threadfin cichlid (Petrochromis trewavasae) and the blunthead cichlid (Tropheus moorii) and patterns of mitochondrial genome evolution in cichlid fishes. PLoS One 8(6):e67048. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0067048 Nevado B, Mautner S, Sturmbauer C, Verheyen E. 2013. Water-level fluctuations and metapopulation dynamics as drivers of genetic diversity in populations of three Tanganyikan cichlid fish species.Mol Ecol 22(15):3933-3948. DOI 10.1111/Mec.12374 Barbuti R, Mautner S, Carnevale G, Milazzo P, Rama A, Sturmbauer C. 2012.Population dynamics with a mixed type of sexual and asexual reproduction in a fluctuating environment.BMC Evol Biol 12:49. DOI 10.1186/1471-2148-12-49 Egger B, Sefc KM, Makasa L, Sturmbauer C, Salzburger W. 2012. Introgressive hybridization between color morphs in a population of cichlid fishes twelve years after human-induced secondary admixis. J Hered 103(4):515-522. DOI 10.1093/jhered/ess013 Kidd MR, Duftner N, Koblmüller S, Sturmbauer C, Hofmann HA. 2012. Repeated parallel evolution of parental care strategies within Xenotilapia, a of cichlid fishes from Lake Tanganyika. PLoS One 7(2):e31236. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0031236 Kirchberger PC, Sefc KM, Sturmbauer C, Koblmüller S. 2012.Evolutionary history of Lake Tanganyika's predatory deepwater cichlids. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2012:1-10. DOI 10.1155/2012/716209 Koblmüller S, Katongo C, Phiri H, Sturmbauer C. 2012. Past connection of the upper reaches of a Lake Tanganyika tributary with the upper Congo drainage suggested by genetic data of riverine cichlid fishes. Afr Zool 47(1):182-186. DOI Koch M, Wilson AJ, Kerschbaumer M, Wiedl T, Sturmbauer C. 2012. Additive genetic variance of quantitative traits in natural and pond-bred populations of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid Tropheus moorii. Hydrobiologia 682(1):131-141. DOI 10.1007/s10750-011-0785-2 Odhiambo EA, Mautner SI, Bock O, Sturmbauer C. 2012. Genetic distinction of four haplochromine cichlid fish species in a satellite lake of Lake Victoria, East Africa. J Zool Syst Evol Res 50(1):51-58. DOI 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2011.00641.x Spreitzer ML, Mautner S, Makasa L, Sturmbauer C. 2012. Genetic and morphological population differentiation in the rock-dwelling and specialized shrimp-feeding cichlid fish species Altolamprologus compressiceps from Lake Tanganyika, East Africa. Hydrobiologia 682(1):143-154. DOI 10.1007/s10750-011-0698-0 Sturmbauer C, Albrecht C, Trajanovski S, Wilke T. 2012. Evolution and biodiversity in ancient lakes - Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Speciation in Ancient Lakes, Ohrid, Macedonia, September 7-11, 2009 Preface. Hydrobiologia 682(1):1-2. DOI 10.1007/s10750-012-0997-0 Kerschbaumer M, Postl L, Koch M, Wiedl T, Sturmbauer C. 2011. Morphological distinctness despite large-scale phenotypic plasticity-analysis of wild and pond-bred juveniles of allopatric populations of Tropheus moorii. Naturwissenschaften 98(2):125-134. DOI 10.1007/s00114-010-0751-2 Koblmüller S, Salzburger W, Obermüller B, Eigner E, Sturmbauer C, Sefc KM. 2011. Separated by sand, fused by dropping water: habitat barriers and fluctuating water levels steer the evolution of rock-dwelling cichlid populations in Lake Tanganyika. Mol Ecol 20(11):2272-2290. DOI 10.1111/j.1365- 294X.2011.05088.x Odhiambo EA, Kerschbaumer M, Postl L, Sturmbauer C. 2011. Morphometric differentiation among haplochromine cichlid fish species of a satellite lake of Lake Victoria. J Zool Syst Evol Res 49(3):216- 223. DOI 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2011.00624.x Sturmbauer C, Husemann M, Danley P. 2011. Explosive speciation and adaptive radiation of East African cichlid fishes.In: Zachos FE, Habel JC, editors. Biodiversity Hotspots: Distribution and Protection of Conservation Priority Areas. Germany: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. p 333-362. Herler J, Kerschbaumer M, Mitteröcker P, Postl L, Sturmbauer C. 2010. Sexual dimorphism and population divergence in the Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish genus Tropheus. Front Zool 7:4. DOI 10.1186/1742-9994-7-4 Koblmüller S, Egger B, Sturmbauer C, Sefc KM. 2010. Rapid radiation, ancient incomplete lineage sorting and ancient hybridization in the endemic Lake Tanganyika cichlid tribe Tropheini. Mol Phylogenet Evol 55(1):318-334. DOI 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.032 Schäffer S, Koblmüller S, Pfingstl T, Sturmbauer C, Krisper G. 2010a. Ancestral state reconstruction reveals multiple independent evolution of diagnostic morphological characters in the "Higher Oribatida" (Acari), conflicting with current classification schemes. BMC Evol Biol 10:246. DOI 10.1186/1471- 2148-10-246 Schäffer S, Koblmüller S, Pfingstl T, Sturmbauer C, Krisper G. 2010b. Contrasting mitochondrial DNA diversity estimates in Austrian Scutovertex minutus and S. sculptus (Acari, Oribatida, Brachypylina, Scutoverticidae). Pedobiologia 53(3):203-211. DOI 10.1016/j.pedobi.2009.09.004 Schäffer S, Pfingstl T, Koblmüller S, Winkler KA, Sturmbauer C, Krisper G. 2010c. Phylogenetic analysis of European Scutovertex mites (Acari, Oribatida, Scutoverticidae) reveals paraphyly and cryptic diversity: A molecular genetic and morphological approach. Mol Phylogenet Evol 55(2):677-688. DOI 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.025 Sturmbauer C, Salzburger W, Duftner N, Schelly R, Koblmüller S. 2010. Evolutionary history of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid tribe Lamprologini (Teleostei: Perciformes) derived from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA data. Mol Phylogenet Evol 57(1):266-284. DOI 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.06.018

Release date: August 2015