Professor Dr. Ralph Tiedemann, Ph.D.

Address Universität Potsdam
Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
Arbeitsgruppe Evolutionsbiologie / Spezielle Zoologie
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25
14476 Potsdam

Projects

As Applicant
- Current projects
  - Metabarcoding of ancient eukaryotic DNA from Chew Bahir, Ethiopia: Reconstruction of past biodiversity responses to drastic environmental change (Infrastructure Priority Programmes)
- Completed projects
  - Auswirkungen weiblicher Philopatrie auf die genetische Struktur von Sozialverbänden am Beispiel von Brutkolonien der Eiderente (Somateria mollissima) (Research Grants)
  - Doppelt-uniparentale Vererbung (DUI) mitochondrialer DNA bei Muscheln: Biologische Funktion und die Bedeutung von Zellkern/Mitochondrien-Interaktionen für die DUI-Regulierung (Genus Mytilus, Mytilidae, Bivalvia) (Research Grants)
  - Understanding character polarity in Deep Metazoan phylogeny - Phylogenomics of Myzostomids (Priority Programmes)
  - Adaptive radiation, speciation, and reproductive isolation in African weakly electric fishes (genus Campylomormyrus, Mormyridae, Teleostei) (Priority Programmes)
  - Genome structure characters as new markers for deep metazoan phylogeny, as exemplified for annelids. (Priority Programmes)
  - Alien gene introgression promotes rapid adaptation: an unconscious experiment on Fire-bellied toad (Bombina bombina) at the northern edge of its distribution range (Priority Programmes)
  - DNA-Metabarcoding of phyto- and zooplankton in East African lake sediments as proxies for past environmental perturbation (Infrastructure Priority Programmes)
  - The role of physiological variation in delimiting geographical ranges of parapatric cryptic species (Research Grants)
As Participating Researcher
- Current projects
  - GRK 2118: Integrating Biodiversity Research with Movement Ecology in Dynamic Agricultural Landscapes (BioMove) (Research Training Groups)
- Completed projects
  - GRK 1364: Shaping the Earth's Surface in a Variable Environment: Interactions between Tectonics, Climate and Biosphere in the African-Asian Monsoonal Region (Research Training Groups)
As Project Head
- Current projects
  - Plasticity in thermal acclimation in selfing vs. outcrossing Capsella species (Collaborative Research Centres)
As Cooperation Partner
- Completed projects
  - The molecular basis of phenotypic plasticity and genetic assimilation in rapidly evolving lineages of East African cichlid fishes (Priority Programmes)