Miguel Vences
Miguel Vences (born April 24, 1969 in Cologne ) is a German herpetologist , evolutionary biologist and university professor . His research focus is mainly on the herpetofauna of Madagascar .
Life
Vences attended the Schiller-Gymnasium Cologne from 1979 and graduated in 1988 with the Abitur . The following year he began studying biology at the University of Cologne . There he got to know Frank Glaw , with whom he already went on excursions to Madagascar as an undergraduate . After completing his intermediate diploma , he moved to the University of Bonn and the Museum Koenig in 1993 , where he graduated with a diploma in 1996 . Vences stayed for the next three years as a doctoral student at the University of Bonn and finally did his doctorate under Wolfgang Böhme in 2000 on the history of the development of the Ranoidea ( real frogs and related families) in Madagascar. He then worked for a year at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris before returning to Germany in 2001 to work at the University of Konstanz . In 2002 he went back to Amsterdam to work at the University of Amsterdam and the Zoological Museum there as an assistant professor or head of the vertebrate department. In 2005 he gave up this position in favor of a professorship at the Technical University of Braunschweig , which he still holds today. In 2013 he was elected to the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and in 2018 to a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina .
Scientific work
Vences' main focus is on researching the amphibian and reptile world of Madagascar, often working with Frank Glaw. Together they described over 150 species of frogs, plus numerous species of snakes , chameleons and geckos . In response to a lack of literature on this research area, they first published the Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar in 1992 , the second edition of which appeared in 1994 and a revised third edition in 2007. In addition to recording the Malagasy reptile fauna, Vences is primarily dedicated to researching its systematics and evolutionary past.
literature
- Frank Glaw , Miguel Vences: A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-929449-03-7 .
Web links
- Member Post by Miguel Vences in the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Miguel Vences: Miguel Vences home.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Glaw & Vences 2007 , p. 496.
- ↑ a b Vences 2012 . Retrieved April 5, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vences, Miguel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German herpetologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |