Jaap van Schaik

Curriculum Vitae

Sep 2009 MSc Topmasterprogram in Evolutionary Ecology, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands

Jul 2007 BSc in Molecular Biology, University College Utrecht, The Netherlands

PhD Advisory Committee

Gerald Kerth, Ernst Moritz Arndt Universität Greifswald; link

Bart Kempenaers, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology; link

Karen McCoy, GEMI, CNRS, Montpellier; link

Philippe Christe, University of Lausanne; link

Research Interests & Goals

To study host-parasite (local) coadaptation through population genetics

Publications

Kerth G, van Schaik J. in press. Causes and consequences of living in closed societies: lessons from a long-term socio-genetic study on Bechstein's bats. Molecular Ecology. abstract

Awards & Scholarships

2011 Elected member of the IMPRS board

2010 Student award for the best oral presentation at the 15^th International Bat Research Conference, Prague

2010/11 IMPRS for Organismal Biology Scholarship

MSc completed with Cum laude distinction

Hometown

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Address

Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Behavioral Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics

Fon: +49 8157 932-372

E-mail: jvschaik(at)orn.mpg.de