Josefin Stiller
Assistant Professor
ORCID 0000-0003-3140-9864
CONTACT josefin.stiller@bio.ku.dk
EDUCATION
PhD Marine Biology. University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA. 2012-2017
MSc Organismic Biology and Evolution. Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany. 2009-2012
BSc Biology. Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. 2006-2009
RESEARCH FIELDS
Evolution, phylogenomics, conservation genomics, comparative genomics, marine biology
POSITIONS
Assistant Professor. BIO, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark. 2021-
Postdoctoral Researcher. BIO, UCPH, Denmark. 2017-2021
FUNDING
Conservation genomics grant Morris Animal Foundation, $125,000. 2023-2025
Starting grant Villum Young Investigator, DKK 6,000,000 (ca. €800,000). 2022-2027
Collaboration with Illumina Inc. to supply reagents for genome sequencing, equivalent to $95,000. 2022
Conference grant Carlsberg Foundation for a phylogenomics symposium and workshop, DKK 60,000 (ca. €8,000). 2019
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
25 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 10 as first/corresponding author
>800 citations, h index 14 (Google Scholar)
10 invited departmental seminars and keynote talks
16 contributed talks at conferences and departmental seminars
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Council member for Denmark in the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA). 2021-2023
Associate Editor for BMC Biology. Handling 1-3 manuscripts per month. 2022-
Guest Editor for BMC Biology, collection Evolutionary Genomics. 2022
Grant reviewer for a prospective Marie Curie applicant as part of MSCA-PF Training Program of ForBio Research School in Biosystematics, University of Oslo, Norway. 2022
Opponent for 2 PhD theses: Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Norway; Faculty of Health, UCPH. 2022
Work group member for sustainability at the Department of Biology, UCPH. 2021
Reviewer for both specialist and broad audience journals, e.g. Science, Cell Genomics, Molecular Biology & Evolution, Molecular Ecology, Zootaxa, Journal of Fish Biology, Invertebrate Systematics.
Education
PhD
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Evolutionary History, Genomic Adaptation to Toxic Diet, and Extinction of the Carolina Parakeet
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Comparative Phylogenomics, a Stepping Stone for Bird Biodiversity Studies
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Do ampharetids take sedimented steps between vents and seeps? Phylogeny and habitat-use of Ampharetidae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) in chemosynthesis-based ecosystems
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