Gerd B. Müller

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Gerd B. Müller

Gerd B. Müller (* 1953 in Salzburg ) is Professor of Zoology at the University of Vienna and Head of the Department of Theoretical Biology. He is President of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognitive Research (KLI) and works on questions of the theoretical biology of EvoDevo .

Life

Gerd Müller studied medicine and zoology in Vienna and obtained his doctorate in both subjects. med. and Dr. phil. In 1979 he became assistant professor for anatomy at the University of Vienna . After a sabbatical at Dalhousie University and a year as a visiting scholar at Harvard University , he received his habilitation in anatomy and embryology in 1990 and in 2003 accepted a professorship for zoology at the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Vienna. In 2005 he founded the Department of Theoretical Biology there , which is dedicated to the quantitative analysis, modeling and theoretical integration of development processes.

Gerd Müller is a member of numerous scientific associations, editorial boards and interdisciplinary institutions. In 2012 he was elected President of the European Society for Evolutionary Development Biology to succeed Frietson Galis .

Scientific activities

Gerd Müller has published on key EvoDevo issues since 1989. His research interests focus on the origin of evolutionary innovation , the theoretical integration of EvoDevo, and advanced synthesis in evolutionary theory . His working group at the Department of Theoretical Biology at the University of Vienna deals, among other things, with the development of quantitative methods in developmental biology with the help of high-resolution micro-CT imaging.

Publications

List of publications

Gerd B. Müller published more than 100 scientific articles in international specialist magazines ( ResearchGate publication list ).

Selected publications

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personal data
SURNAME Müller, Gerd B.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian evolutionary biologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzburg