Oliver Hawlitschek
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Research interests
Species concepts and species delimitation; herpetology; entomology; taxonomy; phylogenetics and phylogenomics; conservation biology and management
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Education and professional positions
| 2023 - present | Lecturer for Biodiversity of Invertebrates at the University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2019 - 2023 | Head of the Molecular genetic lab at the Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak), Universität Hamburg, Germany, since 2021 Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB) |
| 2017 - 2019 | Postdoctoral researcher at the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (ZSM), Munich, Germany, DFG framework TaxonOMICS (previously Department of Coleoptera) |
| 2015 - 2017 | Postdoctoral researcher at the Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC - UPF), Barcelona, Spain |
| 2014 - 2015 | Scientific coordinator of the project DNA Barcoding Fauna Bavarica II at the ZSM |
| 2013 - 2014 | Conservation consultant at the Planungsbüro Beutler, Munich, Germany |
| 2011 - present | Freelance biologist |
| 2011 - present | Member of IUCN SSC and snake and lizard specialist group |
| 2011 - 2013 | Graduate fellow at the ZSM, Department of Herpetology |
| 2009 - 2011 | Graduate fellow at the ZSM, Department of Coleoptera |
| 2004 - 2013 | Assistant conservation consultant at the Planungsbüro Beutler |
Selected publications
- Theissinger K., Fernandes C., Formenti G., Bista I., Bombarely A., Bleidorn C., Crottini A., Godoy J.A., Malukiewicz J., Mouton A., Oomen RA., Paez S., Palsbøll PJ., Pampoulie C., Jentoft S., Berg PR., Ruiz-Lopez MJ., Svardal H., Theofanopoulou C., de Vries J., Waldvogel AM., Zhang G., Jarvis ED., Bálint M., Ciofi C., Waterhouse R., Mazzoni CJ., Höglund J., The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) Consortium, et al., Hawlitschek O. (2023). How genomics can help biodiversity conservation. Trends in Genetics 39, 545-559. DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2023.01.005
- Hawlitschek O.*, Sadílek D.*, Dey LS., Buchholz K., Noori S., Baez IL., Wehrt T., Brozio J., Trávníček P., Seidel M., Husemann M. (2023). New estimates of genome size in Orthoptera and their evolutionary implications. PLoS ONE 18, e0275551. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275551
- Escoda L.*, Hawlitschek O.*, González-Esteban J., Castresana J. (2022): Methodological challenges in the genomic analysis of an endangered mammal population with low genetic diversity. Scientific Reports 12, 21390. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-25619-y
- Hawlitschek O., Ortiz EM., Noori S., Webster KC., Husemann M., Pereira R. (2022). Transcriptomic data reveals nuclear-mitochondrial discordance in Gomphocerinae grasshoppers (Insecta: Orthoptera: Acrididae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 170, 107439. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107439
- Dey LS., Simões MVP., Hawlitschek O., Sergeev M., Xu SQ., Lkhagvasuren D., Husemann M. (2021). Analysis of genetic diversity and geographic centrality in the declining grasshopper species Bryodemella tuberculata (Fabricius, 1775) (Orthoptera: Oedipodinae). Biodiversity and Conservation 30, 2773-2796. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-021-02221-8
- Hagberg L., Celemin E., Irisarri I., Hawlitschek O., Bella JL., Mott T., Pereira R. (2021). Extensive introgression at late stages of species formation: Insights from grasshopper hybrid zones. Molecular Ecology 31, 2384-2399. DOI: 10.1111/mec.1640
- Hawlitschek O., Scherz MD., Webster KC., Ineich I., Glaw F. (2021). Morphological, osteological, and genetic data support a new species of Madatyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) endemic to Mayotte Island, Comoros Archipelago. The Anatomical Record 304, 2249-2263. DOI: 10.1002/ar.24589
- Noori S., Hawlitschek O., Oldeland J., Rajaei H., Husemann M., Simões MVP. (2021). Biodiversity modelling reveals a significant gap between diversity hotspots and protected areas for Iranian reptiles. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59, 1642-1655. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12528
- Miralles A., Bruy T., Wolcott K., Scherz MD., Begerow D., Beszteri B., Bonkowski M., Felden J., Gemeinholzer B., Glaw F., Glöckner FO., Hawlitschek O., Kostadinov I., Nattkemper TW., Printzen C., Renz J., Rybalka N., Stadler M., Weibulat T., Wilke T., Renner SS., Vences M. (2020). Repositories for taxonomic data: Where we are and what is missing. Systematic Biology 69, 1231-1253. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syaa026
- Augros S., Scherz MD., Wang-Claypool CW., Montfort L., Glaw F., Hawlitschek O. (2018). Comparative perch heights and habitat plant usage of day geckos (Phelsuma) in the Comoros archipelago (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Salamandra 54, 71-74. DOI: 10.
