Maria Kamilari, MSc, PhD
Marie Curie Fellow
ORCID: 0000-0002-7960-7598
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My research interests lay within the area of evolutionary animal ecology and adaptation processes. I have been
studying patterns of spatial differentiation and temporal diversification mechanisms, speciation and adaptation
processes with the combined use of molecular phylogeny, ecology and geometric morphometrics. Throughout my studies I have been fascinated by different fields of Biology, like ecology, phylogenetics and evolution and I have therefore been involved in different projects, which greatly enhanced the interdisciplinarity of my training. Being very eager to disseminate my results, I have attended a large number of national and international congresses that have led to visits abroad (Terceira, Azores, visiting researcher 2009) and currently established collaborations with research groups in the University of Patras, but also foreign colleagues in Toulouse, Prague and Florence (ongoing collaborative projects). Regarding my intersectoral mobility, I consider important, my 3-year (2013-2016) employment as scientific officer at Chelmos-Vouraikos National Park and UNESCO Global Geopark, Greece. I undertook a number of responsibilities and initiatives regarding actions for the management of the biodiversity and the sustainable development of the protected area and I also led several of the environmental education actions of the Park. Currently, I am a postdoctoral Marie Curie fellow at the Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark working on functional differentiation and its evolutionary consequences using tardigrades as a model organism, in order to address scientific questions related to the metazoan adaptations to extreme conditions. I am utilizing transcriptome analyses and differential gene expression in order to identify the molecular mechanisms underlying adaptations to extremes.
Marie Curie Fellow
ORCID: 0000-0002-7960-7598
Profile (click for CV)
My research interests lay within the area of evolutionary animal ecology and adaptation processes. I have been
studying patterns of spatial differentiation and temporal diversification mechanisms, speciation and adaptation
processes with the combined use of molecular phylogeny, ecology and geometric morphometrics. Throughout my studies I have been fascinated by different fields of Biology, like ecology, phylogenetics and evolution and I have therefore been involved in different projects, which greatly enhanced the interdisciplinarity of my training. Being very eager to disseminate my results, I have attended a large number of national and international congresses that have led to visits abroad (Terceira, Azores, visiting researcher 2009) and currently established collaborations with research groups in the University of Patras, but also foreign colleagues in Toulouse, Prague and Florence (ongoing collaborative projects). Regarding my intersectoral mobility, I consider important, my 3-year (2013-2016) employment as scientific officer at Chelmos-Vouraikos National Park and UNESCO Global Geopark, Greece. I undertook a number of responsibilities and initiatives regarding actions for the management of the biodiversity and the sustainable development of the protected area and I also led several of the environmental education actions of the Park. Currently, I am a postdoctoral Marie Curie fellow at the Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark working on functional differentiation and its evolutionary consequences using tardigrades as a model organism, in order to address scientific questions related to the metazoan adaptations to extreme conditions. I am utilizing transcriptome analyses and differential gene expression in order to identify the molecular mechanisms underlying adaptations to extremes.
Professor Guojie Zhang
Supervisor (Dec 1st 2018 - Jan 31st 2020)
ORCID: 0000-0001-6860-1521
Webpages: http://zhanggjlab.cn
https://www1.bio.ku.dk/english/research/oe/staff/?pure=en%2Fpersons%2Fguojie-zhang(f5381bdc-b377-47a3-bdc0-4deccfda761c)%2Fcv.html
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Guojie Zhang completed his Bachelor's degree at Xiamen University and received his PhD degree at Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2010. He received Marie-Curie International Fellowship from 2012-2014, and started his tenure-track Assistant Professor position at Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen in 2015. He was promoted as Associate Professor and further as Full Professor in 2017. The major research interests in his group are on biodiversity genomics and genome evolution. Evolutionary biologists are often fascinated by the rich diversity of creatures on earth for their extraordinary variations on morphology, physiology, and behavior. Prof. Zhang tackles the biodiversity and evolutionary questions with large-scale comparative genomics and has revealed the molecular mechanisms underlying speciation and adaptation for a broad spectrum of animal taxa. His group is also trying to establish ants as model systems for eco-evo-devo study of social behavior. He has been (co-)leading several international consortiums on genomics including the Bird 10K (b10k.genomics.cn), Genome 10K (https://genome10k.soe.ucsc.edu/), Global Ant Genomics Alliance (antgenomics.dk), and Earth Biogenomic Program. His researches frequently appeared in high profile journals like Science, Nature, Nature series, and PNAS.
Supervisor (Dec 1st 2018 - Jan 31st 2020)
ORCID: 0000-0001-6860-1521
Webpages: http://zhanggjlab.cn
https://www1.bio.ku.dk/english/research/oe/staff/?pure=en%2Fpersons%2Fguojie-zhang(f5381bdc-b377-47a3-bdc0-4deccfda761c)%2Fcv.html
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Guojie Zhang completed his Bachelor's degree at Xiamen University and received his PhD degree at Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2010. He received Marie-Curie International Fellowship from 2012-2014, and started his tenure-track Assistant Professor position at Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen in 2015. He was promoted as Associate Professor and further as Full Professor in 2017. The major research interests in his group are on biodiversity genomics and genome evolution. Evolutionary biologists are often fascinated by the rich diversity of creatures on earth for their extraordinary variations on morphology, physiology, and behavior. Prof. Zhang tackles the biodiversity and evolutionary questions with large-scale comparative genomics and has revealed the molecular mechanisms underlying speciation and adaptation for a broad spectrum of animal taxa. His group is also trying to establish ants as model systems for eco-evo-devo study of social behavior. He has been (co-)leading several international consortiums on genomics including the Bird 10K (b10k.genomics.cn), Genome 10K (https://genome10k.soe.ucsc.edu/), Global Ant Genomics Alliance (antgenomics.dk), and Earth Biogenomic Program. His researches frequently appeared in high profile journals like Science, Nature, Nature series, and PNAS.
Associate Professor Nadja Møbjerg
Supervisor (Feb 1st 2018 - Nov 30th 2018)
ORCID: 0000-0002-5845-9047
Personal webpage: https://research.ku.dk/search/?pure=en%2Fpersons%2Fnadja-moebjerg(32a4e594-67c8-4a15-888f-5355323c7b36).html
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My primary research activities are within comparative and integrative zoology with main focus on ion and water metabolism, complimented by detailed anatomical investigations and studies on the evolution of taxa, organs and molecules. My current focus is on tardigrades (water bears) and cryptobiosis, a state of suspended animation, where metabolism has come to a reversible standstill, i.e. the organism is in a state between life and death. Tardigrades are masters of cryptobiotic survival and e.g. endure desiccation, freezing, severe osmotic stress, extreme levels of radiation and journeys outside Earth's protecting atmosphere. The research conducted by my Lab merges classical anatomical and physiological investigations of tardigrades with state-of-the-art equipment and contemporary molecular methods.
Supervisor (Feb 1st 2018 - Nov 30th 2018)
ORCID: 0000-0002-5845-9047
Personal webpage: https://research.ku.dk/search/?pure=en%2Fpersons%2Fnadja-moebjerg(32a4e594-67c8-4a15-888f-5355323c7b36).html
Profile
My primary research activities are within comparative and integrative zoology with main focus on ion and water metabolism, complimented by detailed anatomical investigations and studies on the evolution of taxa, organs and molecules. My current focus is on tardigrades (water bears) and cryptobiosis, a state of suspended animation, where metabolism has come to a reversible standstill, i.e. the organism is in a state between life and death. Tardigrades are masters of cryptobiotic survival and e.g. endure desiccation, freezing, severe osmotic stress, extreme levels of radiation and journeys outside Earth's protecting atmosphere. The research conducted by my Lab merges classical anatomical and physiological investigations of tardigrades with state-of-the-art equipment and contemporary molecular methods.