Roman Alther
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Research interests
Biodiversity, Community Ecology, Spatial Ecology, Freshwater Ecology, Groundwater Fauna, Subterranean Biology, River Networks, Amphipods, Makrozoobenthos.
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Education and professional positions
| 2023–present | Senior researcher in Florian Altermatt's group at University of Zurich and Eawag, Dübendorf |
| 2022 - 2023 | Oberassistent in Florian Altermatt's group at University of Zurich and Eawag, Dübendorf |
| 2018 - 2022 | Senior research assistant in Florian Altermatt's group at Eawag, Dübendorf and University of Zurich |
| 2014 - 2018 | PhD in Ecology in Florian Altermatt's group at Eawag, Dübendorf and University of Zurich, working on diversity and distribution of amphipods in Switzerland and spatial analysis of biodiversity |
| 2012 - 2013 | Master thesis in Chris Robinson's group at Eawag, Dübendorf "Biodiversity of macroinvertebrates in tributaries of glacial catchments." |
| 2012 | Semester work in Florian Altermatt's group at Eawag, Dübendorf "Invasive amphipods in Lake Constance and its tributaries." |
| 2011 - 2013 | Master of Science in Biology at ETH Zurich; (Master in Ecology and Evolution) |
| 2008 - 2011 | Bachelor of Science in Biology at University of Zurich; (Minor in Environmental Sciences |
Selected publications
- Alther R, Cerroti F, Cereghetti E, Krähenbühl A, Altermatt F (2024) Generalization of a Density-Dependent Ecosystem Function in Dominant Aquatic Macroinvertebrates. Oikos: e10774. DOI: 10.1111/oik.10774
- Knüsel M, Alther R, Locher N, Ozgul A, Fišer C, Altermatt F (2024) Systematic and Highly Resolved Modelling of Biodiversity in Inherently Rare Groundwater Amphipods. Journal of Biogeography 51(11), 2094–2108. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14975
- Alther R, Bongni N, Borko Š, Fišer C, Altermatt F (2021) Citizen science approach reveals groundwater fauna in Switzerland and a new species of Niphargus (Amphipoda, Niphargidae). Subterranean Biology 39, 1–31 DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.39.66755
- Alther R, Fronhofer EA, Altermatt F (2021) Dispersal behaviour and riverine network connectivity shape the genetic diversity of freshwater amphipod metapopulations. Molecular Ecology 30 (24), 6551–6565. DOI: 10.1111/mec.16201
- Altermatt F, Alther R, Fišer C, Švara V (2019) Amphipoda (Flohkrebse) der Schweiz. Fauna Helvetica 32, info fauna CSCF & SEG, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Pennekamp F, Pontarp M, Tabi A, Altermatt F, Alther R, Choffat Y, Fronhofer EA, Ganesanandamoorthy P, Garnier A, Griffiths JI, Greene S, Horgan K, Massie TM, Mächler E, Palamara GM, Seymour M, Petchey OL (2018) Biodiversity increases and decreases ecosystem stability. Nature 563, 109–112. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0627-8
- Alther R, Altermatt F (2018) Fluvial network topology shapes communities of native and non-native amphipods. Ecosphere 9 (2): e02102 . DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2102
