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Dr. Christian S. Wirkner
Contact
Universität Rostock
Institut für Biowissenschaften
Allgemeine und Spezielle Zoologie
Universitätsplatz 2, 18055 Rostock
Tel.: 0381 / 498-6273
Fax: 0381 / 498-6262
Email: christian.wirkner (at) web.de
Research interests
- Evolutionary morphology of the circulatory organs in Arthropoda using histology (semi-thin-section-series), corrosion casting, micro computer tomographie and 3D-reconstruction
Professional background
| Apr.2007 – | Research fellow at the department "Allgemeine und Spezielle Zoologie", Universität Rostock, Germany |
| Jan.2005 – Mär.2007 | Research fellow at the "Institut für Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie", Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany |
| Jun.1999 – Jul.2001 | Technical assistant at the department "Evolutionsbiologie", Universität Wien, Austria. Responsibilities:histological sectioning, electron microscopy, grafic design |
| 1999 – 2001 | Volunteered at the myriapod collection of the "Naturhistorischen Museum", Vienna, Austria; Compilation of a type catalogue of the Chordeumatida |
| 1993 | Volunteered in a research project at the "Institut für Zoologie II", Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany |
Academic background and qualifications
| Jul.2001 – Oct.2005 | Doctoral thesis at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany; grade „Summa cum laude“ |
| Mai 2000 | "Magister der Naturwissenschaften" at the University of Vienna, Austria |
| 1994 – 2000 | Advanced study period at the University of Vienna, Austria (Zoology; Ecology) |
| 1992 – 1994 | Undergraduate studies in biology at the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany |
Fieldwork
| Sept.2008 | Collection trip to New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA |
| Jul.2008 | Collection trip to Yucatan, Mexico |
| Feb.2006 | Collection trip to Tasmania and Australia |
| Nov.2003 | Research and collection trip to the marine biological station of the university of Bergen, Norway |
| Feb.2003 | Collection trip to Bermuda |
| Jul.2002 | Collection trip to South Afrika |
| Feb. 1997 | Tropical biological excursion to Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, under the supervision of Prof. W. Hödl and Prof. G. Pass (Vienna) |
Awards and fellowships
| Apr.2008 | Bernhard-Rensch award of the "Gesellschaft für biologische Systematik (GfbS)" for the PhD-thesis at the "Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin" |
| Dez.2006 | Follow-up award of the Tibutrius award of the Universities of Berlin for the PhD-thesis at the "Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin" |
| Jul.2005 | Best Student Award for a talk at the 6th International Crustacean Congress in Glasgow, Scottland |
| Jul.2004 – Aug.2004 | Annette Kade Fellowship at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA |
| Nov.2003 | Fellowship of the European Union “Improving Human Potential” |
| Feb.2003 | Best Student Award for a talk at the 11. Crustaceologentag in Ulm, Germany |
| Aug.2002 – Sept.2004 | PhD scholarship of the "Evangelischen Studienwerks Villigst e.V." |
| Mar.2002 – Jul.2002 | PhD scholarship of the city of Berlin (NaFöG) |
Publikations
| Huckstorf, K.; Kosok, G.; Seyfarth, E.-A.; Wirkner, C.S. (in press) The hemolymph vascular system in Cupiennius salei (Araneae: Ctenidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger. |
| Klußmann-Fricke, B.-J.; Prendini, L.; Wirkner, C.S. (in press) Evolutionary Morphology of the hemolymph vascular system in scorpions: a character analysis. Arthropod Structure & Development. |
| Szucsich, N.U.; Wirkner, C.S.; Pass, G. (2012) Deconstructing morphology: reply to Scholtz (2010). Acta Zoologica (in press) |
| Szucsich, N.U.; Pennerstorfer, M.; Wirkner, C.S. (2011) The mouthparts of Scutigerella immaculata (Symphyla): Correspondences and variation among serially homologous head appendages. Arthropod Structure & Development 40: 105-121. |
| Huckstorf, K.; Wirkner, C.S. (2011): Comparative morphology of the hemolymph vascular system in Krill (Euphausiacea; Crustacea). Arthropod Structure & Development 40: 39-53. |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2010): Evolutionary morphology of the circulatory system in Peracarida (Malacostraca; Crustacea). Cladistics 26: 143-167. |
| Richter, S.; Møller, O.S.; Wirkner, C.S. (2009): Advances in crustacean phylogenetics. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 67: 275-286. |
| Wirkner, C.S. (2009): The circulatory system in Malacostraca – evaluating character evolution on the basis of differing phylogenetic hypotheses. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 67: 57-70. |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2009): The hemolymph vascular system in Tethysbaena argentarii (Thermosbaenacea, Monodellidae) as revealed by 3D reconstruction of semi-thin sections. Journal of Crustacean Biology 29(1): 13-17. |
| Müller, H.; Wilkinson, M.; Loader, S.P.; Wirkner, C.S.; Gower, D.J. (2009): Morphology and function of the head in foetal and juvenile Scolecomorphus kirkii (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Scolecomorphidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 96: 491-504. |
| Vogt, G.; Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2009): Symmetry variation in the heart-descending artery system of the parthenogenetic Marbled Crayfish. Journal of Morphology 207: 221-226. |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2008): Morphology of the hemolymph vascular system in Tanaidacea and Cumacea - implications for the relationships of 'core group' Peracarida (Malacostraca; Crustacea). Arthropod Structure & Development 37: 141-154. |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Prendini, L. (2007): Comparative morphology of the hemolymph vascular system of scorpions - a survey using corrosion casting, MicroCT and 3D-reconstruction. Journal of Morphology 268: 401-413. |
| Szucsich, N.U.; Wirkner, C.S. (2007): Homology - a synthetic concept of evolutionary robustness of patterns. Zoologica Scripta 36: 281-289. |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2007): Comparative analysis of the circulatory system in Amphipoda (Malacostraca, Crustacea). Acta Zoologica 88: 159-171. |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2007): The circulatory system and its spatial relations to other major organ systems in Spelaeogriphacea and Mictacea (Malacostraca, Crustacea) – a three-dimensional analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149: 629-642. |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2007): The circulatory system of Mysidacea revisited – implications for the phylogenetic position of Mysida and Lophogastrida (Malacostraca, Crustacea). Journal of Morphology 268: 311-328. |
| Hilken, G.; Wirkner, C.S.; Rosenberg, J. (2006): On the structure and function of the aortic diverticles in Scutigera coleoptrata (Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha). The Norwegian Journal of Entomology 53: 107-112. |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2004): Improvement of Microanatomical Research by Combining Corrosion Casts With MicroCT and 3D Reconstruction, Exemplified in the Circulatory Organs of the Woodlouse. Microscopy Research and Technique 64: 250-254. |
| Richter, S.; Wirkner, C.S. (2004): Kontroversen in der phylogenetischen Systematik der Euarthropoda. In: Richter, S.; Sudhaus, W. (eds.): Kontroversen in der phylogenetischen Systematik der Metazoa. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 43: 73-102. |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2003): The circulatory system in Phreatoicidea: implications for the isopod ground pattern and peracarid phylogeny. Arthropod Structure & Development 32: 337-347. |
| Hertel, W.; Wirkner, C.S.; Pass, G. (2002): Studies on the cardiac physiology of Onychophora and Chilopoda. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 133: 605–609. |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Pass, G. (2002): The circulatory system in Chilopoda: functional morphology and phylogenetic aspects. Acta Zoologica 83: 193-202. |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Stagl, V.; Turk, N. (2002): Type specimens of the Chordeumatida in the Natural History Museum Vienna (Diplopoda). Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Band 16: Myriapoda, Heft 1. |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Pass, G. (2000): Comparative morphology and evolution of the circulatory system in Chilopoda. Fragmenta faunistica Supplement 43: 83-86. |
Book chapters
| Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2011): Respiratory structures and circulatory system design. In: Thiel, M. & Watling, L. (eds.) Functional morphology and diversity (Volume 1 in the Series The Natural History of the Crustacea). Oxford University Press (in press). |
| Hilken, G.; Minelli, A.; Müller, C.H.G.; Rosenberg, J.; Sombke, A.; Wirkner, C.S. (2011): The Chilopoda – History of research. Chapter 2. In: Minelli, A. (ed.), Treatise on Zoology. Myriapoda, volume 1. Brill. pp. 22-42. |
| Hilken, G.; Rosenberg, J.; Sombke, A.; Wirkner, C.S.; Müller, C.H.G. (2011): The Chilopoda – The tracheal system. Chapter 7. In: Minelli, A. (ed.), Treatise on Zoology. Myriapoda, volume 1. Brill. pp. 137-155. |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Hilken, G.; Rosenberg, J. (2011): The Chilopoda – The circulatory system. Chapter 8 In: Minelli, A. (ed.), Treatise on Zoology. Myriapoda, volume 1. Brill. pp. 157-176. |
Published abstracts
| Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2008): Evolutionary Morphology of the Circulatory System in Malacostraca. Journal of Morphology 269: 1472. |
| Szucsich, N.U.; Pennerstorfer, M.; Wirkner, C.S. (2008): The Myriapod Challenge: Evolutionary Morphology of the Symphylan Head. Journal of Morphology 269: 1476. |
| Stegner, M.E.J.; Richter, S.; Wirkner, C.S. (2008): Evolutionary Morphology of the Brain in Peracarida. Journal of Morphology 269: 1483. |
| Huckstorf, K.; Wirkner, C.S. (2008): Comparative Morphology of the Circulatory System in Krill (Euphausiacea; Crustacea). Journal of Morphology 269: 1490. |
| Pass, G.; Gereben-Krenn, B.A.; Wirkner, C.S. (1999): Circulatory organs and the new hypothesis on relationships in the arthropod clade. Zoology 102 Supplement II (DZG 92.1): 44. |
Invited talks
| Wirkner, C.S. (2011): Von Herzen....Kultur- und Medizingeschichte eines Symbols und Organs. Treffpunkt Zoologisches Museum. 17.Februar.2011, Universität Hamburg. |
| Wirkner, C.S. (2010): Does methodology make morphology modern? Kolloquium des Dipartimento Biologia Evolutiva; 08.April.2010, Universita degli studi Siena, Italy. |
| Wirkner, C.S. (2009): Evolutionary morphology of the circulatory system in Euarthropoda. Seminar des Naturhistorischen Museums Bern; 4.Mai.2009. |
| Wirkner, C.S. (2009): Evolutionary morphology of the circulatory system in Euarthropoda. Kolloquium des Dipartimento Biologia Evolutiva; 10.März.2009, Universita degli studi Siena, Italy. |
| Wirkner, C.S. (2009): Von Herzen....Evolutionäre Morphologie der Kreislauforgane der Crustacea. Dresdener Zoologisches Kolloquium; 14.Januar.2009, Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlung Dresden. |
| Wirkner, C.S. (2008): Evolutionary morphology of the circulatory system in Malacostraca. Symposium "Advances in Crustacean Phylogenetics". 7.-11.Oktober.2008, Universität Rostock. |
| Wirkner, C.S. (2008): Neue Einsichten in das Kreislaufsystem der Arthropoden: Korrosionsmodelle, MikroCT und 3-D Rekonstruktion. Zoolgisches Kolloquium; 19.Mai.2008, Universität Wien. |
| Wirkner, C.S. (2006): Krebse – Kreisläufe – Konzeptualisierungen: Zur Merkmalserfassung beim Blutgefäßsystem der Malacostraca. Festkolloquium zum 70. Geburtstag von Prof. em. Dr. Wolfgang Dohle, 2.Dez.2006, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. |
| Wirkner, C.S. (2006): Corrosion casting, micro-CT and 3-D-reconstruction – new insights into the circulatory system of malacostracan crustaceans; Hauptvortrag der Studiengruppe Morphologie; DZG-Tagung Münster 16. – 20.Sept.2006. |
| Wirkner, C.S. (2003): Herzen und Arterien – Evolution und Phylogenetik bei Mandibulata. Zoolgisches Kolloquium; 16.Jan.2003, Universität Hamburg. |
Conference contributions
| Klußmann, B.-J.; Prendini, L.; Wirkner, C.S. (2010): Comparative morphology of the circulatory system in scorpions: an evolutionary character analysis. 103. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, 9.–22. September 2010, Hamburg. (talk) |
| Huckstorf, K.; Wirkner, C.S. (2010): 3D-Data on the circulatory system in Cupiennius salei Keyserling (Araneae: Ctenidae). 103. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, 9.–22. September 2010, Hamburg. (poster) |
| Scholz, S.; Richter, S.; Wirkner, C.S. (2010): Constant and variable patterns in the hemolymph vascular system of the Marbled Crayfish. 103. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, 9.–22. September 2010, Hamburg. (poster) |
| Klußmann, B.-J.; Prendini, L.; Wirkner, C.S. (2010): Comparative morphology of the circulatory system in scorpions: an evolutionary character analysis. 18th International Congress of Arachnology, 11.-17. Juli 2010, Siedlce, Polen. (talk) |
| Huckstorf, K.; Wirkner, C.S. (2010): 3D-Data on the circulatory system in Cupiennius salei Keyserling (Araneae: Ctenidae). 18th International Congress of Arachnology, 11.-17. Juli 2010, Siedlce, Polen. (poster) |
| Keiler, J.; Richter, S.; Wirkner, C.S. (2010): Evolutionary morphology of carcinization in Anomala: the hemolymph vascular system in hermit crabs (Paguroidea) and king crabs (Lithodoidea). 7. International Crustacean Congress, 20.–25. Juni 2010, Qingdao, China. (talk) |
| Wirkner, C.S. (2010): The circulatory organs in Crustacea: MicroCT, corrosion casting and 3D-reconstructions. 7. International Crustacean Congress, 20.–25. Juni 2010, Qingdao, China. (talk) |
| Keiler, J.; Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2010): Comparative morphology of the hemolymph vascular system in Brachyura and Anomala (Crustacea: Decapoda). Symposium der Wissenskulturen, 30. April - 1. Mai 2010, Rostock. (poster) |
| Stegner, M.E.J.; Richter, S.; Wirkner, C.S. (2010): Evolutionäre Morphologie des Gehirns der Peracarida. Symposium der Wissenskulturen, 30. April - 1. Mai 2010, Rostock. (poster) |
| Keiler, J.; Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2009): Comparative morphology of the hemolymph vascular system in Brachyura and Anomala (Crustacea: Decapoda). 102. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, 25.–28. September 2009, Regensburg. (poster) |
| Scholz, S.; Richter, S.; Wirkner, C.S. (2009): Phänotypische Plastizität und Konstanz des Hämolymph-Gefäß-Systems beim Marmorkrebs (Decapoda, Astacida). 14. Crustaceologentagung, 2.–5. April 2009, Rostock. (talk) |
| Stegner, M.E.J.; Richter, S.; Wirkner, C.S. (2009): Evolutionäre Morphologie des Gehirns der Peracarida. 14. Crustaceologentagung, 2.–5. April 2009, Rostock. (talk) |
| Wirkner, C.S. (2008): Evolutionary morphology of the circulatory system in Malacostraca. Advances in Crustacean Phylogenetics, 7.–11. Oktober 2008, Rostock. (talk) |
| Scholz, S.; Richter, S.; Wirkner, C.S. (2008): Morphological aspects of the circulatory system in the marbled crayfish (Decapoda, Astacida). Advances in Crustacean Phylogenetics, 7.–11. Oktober 2008, Rostock. (poster) |
| Stegner, M.E.J.; Richter, S.; Wirkner, C.S. (2008): Evolutionary morphology of the brain in Peracarida. Advances in Crustacean Phylogenetics, 7.–11. Oktober 2008, Rostock. (poster) |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Prendini, L. (2008): Comparative morphology of the hemolymph vascular system in scorpions – a survey using corrosion casting, microCT and 3D-reconstruction. 101. Jahrestreffen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, 9.-22. September 2008, Jena. (talk) |
| Stegner, M.E.J.; Richter, S.; Wirkner, C.S. (2008): Evolutionary morphology of the brain in Peracarida. 101. Jahrestreffen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, 9.-22. September 2008, Jena. poster award of the "FG Morphologie" (poster) |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2008): Evolutionary morphology of the circulatory organs in Malacostraca. 1st International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 17.-21.August.2008. (talk) |
| Huckstorf, K.; Wirkner, C.S. (2008): Comparative morphology of the circulatory organs in Euphausiacea. 1st International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 17.-21.August.2008. (poster) |
| Stegner, M.E.J.; Richter, S.; Wirkner, C.S. (2008): Evolutionary morphology of the brain in Peracarida. 1st International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 17.-21.August.2008. (poster) |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2007): Evolutionary morphology of the circulatory organs in Peracarida. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für biologische Systematik, Wien, Österreich, 18.-22.July.2005. (talk) |
| Wirkner, C.S. (2006): Corrosion casting, micro-CT and 3-D-reconstruction – new insights into the circulatory system of malacostracan crustaceans; Studiengruppe Morphologie; DZG-Tagung Münster 16.-20.Sept.2006. (talk) |
| Hilken, G.; Wirkner, C.S.; Rosenberg, J. (2005): On the aortic diverticles of Scutigera coleoptrata (Chilopoda, Notostigmophora): structure and function. 13th International Congress of Myriapodology Bergen, Norwegen, 24.-30.July.2005. (poster) |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2005): Morphology and Evolution of the Circulatory Organs in Peracarida. 6th International Crustacean Congress, Glasgow, Schotland, 18.-22.July.2005. (talk) |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2005): Zur Anatomie seltener Peracarida: die Organe der Blutbewegung bei Spelaeogriphacea und Mictacea. 12. Crustaceologen-Tagung„Deutschen Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung“ DZMB in Wilhelmshaven. (talk) |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2003): Die Kreislauforgane der Phreatoicidea: phylogenetische Analyse und Implikationen für das Grundmuster der Isopoden. 11. Crustaceologen-Tagung, University Ulm, 20.-23.February.2003. (talk). |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2002): Comparative analysis of the circulatory system in mandibulate arthropods: phylogenetic and evolutionary implications. 12th International Congress of Myriapodology, Mtunzini, South Africa, 28.July - 2.August.2002. (talk) |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Richter, S. (2002): The circulatory system in phreatoicidean isopods and its bearing upon phylogeny. 4th European Crusteacan Conference, Lodz, Poland, 22.-26.July.2002. (talk) |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Pass, G. (2001): The circulatory system in Myriapoda: evolutionary morphology and physiology. Comparative Arthropod Circulation Session of the Comparative Physiology Conference in Chobe, Botswana, 18.-24.August.2001. (poster) |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Pass, G. (1999): Morphology and evolution of the circulatory system in Chilopoda. 11th Internatioal Congress of Myriapodology, Bialowieza, Poland, p. 65 (talk) |
| Wirkner, C.S.; Pass, G. (1998): Morphology and evolution of the circulatory system in Chilopoda. 6th European Congress Entomology, Ceske Budejovice, p. 68 (poster) |
Affiliations
Crustacean Society
Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft
Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik
Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin
International Society for Invertebrate Morphology
Verein der Freunde und Förderer der Zoologischen Sammlung Rostock e.V.
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