Biography:Armin Moczek

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Short description: German evolutionary biologist (born 1969)
Armin Moczek
Born (1969-07-08) 8 July 1969 (age 54)
Munich, Germany
Known forMechanisms that facilitate the evolutionary origin of novel, complex traits
Scientific career
FieldsEvolutionary biology
InstitutionsIndiana University Bloomington
Websiteecoevodevo.comagencyinlivingsystems.com

Armin Moczek (born 8 July 1969 in Munich) is a German evolutionary biologist and full professor at Indiana University Bloomington.

Biography

Moczek studied biology at the University of Würzburg, where he graduated in 1996 with a master's degree in zoology. Joining Fred Nijhout’s lab at Duke University he developed a deep interest in Evolutionary developmental biology, receiving his PhD in 2002. From 2002 to 2004 he joined the University of Arizona as a postdoctoral fellow in the Postdoctoral Excellence in Research and Teaching (PERT) program.[1] In 2004, he assumed the position of assistant professor at the Department of Biology at Indiana University, where he was promoted to associate professor in 2009 and full professor in 2014.[2] His research focuses on the genetic, developmental, and ecological mechanisms, and the interactions among them, that facilitate innovation in living systems.[3]

Awards

  • Guggenheim Fellow (2017) Indiana University Bloomington, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology
  • Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Science, Technology, and Innovation Award (2017), Fulbright Award, Location: Australia, Indiana University Bloomington
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (2015), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Indiana University Bloomington, College of Arts and Sciences
  • American Society of Naturalists (ASN) Young Investigator Prize (2004)[4]

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