Sebastian Steinfartz

Sebastian Steinfartz (born January 26, 1971 in Wolfsburg ) is a German biologist .

Steinfartz studied biology at the Technical University of Braunschweig and the University of Munich from 1993 to 1997 . In 2003 he received his doctorate in biology from the University of Cologne . In the following years he held positions in the fields of zoology, evolution and ecology at various universities. From 2003 to 2004 he was an assistant at the Department of Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Cologne, from 2004 to 2005 postdoc at Yale University, and from 2005 to 2009 at Bielefeld University. From April 2009 to September 2010 he was a professor for molecular zoology at the University of Siegen . He currently heads the research group Molecular Ecology and Behavior at Bielefeld University . His main research interests are aspects of speciation, nature conservation genetics, evolution of behavior, as well as the tribal history and systematics of the salamanders, which are relevant in terms of species formation and behavior . He is one of the first to describe the genus Lyciasalamandra and the species of southern Spanish fire salamander ( Salamandra longirostris ). His research amounts to micro-biology

Web links

• Curriculum Vitae of Sebastian Steinfartz at Bielefeld University ( Memento from October 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
• List of publications by Sebastian Steinfartz at Bielefeld University ( Memento from October 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )