M.Sc. Birk Rillich
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Universität Rostock
Institut für Biowissenschaften
Allgemeine & Spezielle Zoologie
Universitätsplatz 2, 18055 Rostock
Tel.: 0381 / 498-6263
Email: birk.rillich (at) uni-rostock.de
since February 2025: Preparation of a doctoral thesis on on the topic: "Evolutionary morphology of the gonopods of Diplopoda”
10/2021 - 10/2024: Universität Rostock: Master's studies in „Integrative Zoologie“, degree: Master of Science; title der master's thesis: „How do Myriapod legs extend? A morphofunctional study“
10/2018 - 08/2021: Universität Rostock: Bachelor's studies in „Biowissenschaften“, degree: Bachelor of Science; title of the bachelor' thesis: „A comparative analysis of the retinaculum in Collembola“
10/2023-11/2023 & 10/2024-11/2024: Student assistant, Universität Rostock: Assistance in the practical course „evolutionäre Morphologie“ of the master's course „Integrative Zoologie“
09/2022-07/2024: Student assistant, Universität Rostock: Editing and creating figures for Stefan Richter for the chapter „Crustacea“ in the new edition of „Spezielle Zoologie, Teil 1: Einzeller und Wirbeltiere“, Eds.: Wilfried Westheide & Gunde Rieger.
04/2019-07/2024: Student assistant, Universität Rostock: Conducting faunistic field excursions for the module „Zoology“
03/2023-08/2023: Research assistant: 3D-Reconstruction of scorpion stingers of various scorpion species using the software Amira, as part of a research project of Christian Wirkner
03/2020-06/2023: Research assistant: 3D-Reconstruction of hermit crab chelae (Pagurus bernhardus und Diogenes pugilator) using the software Amira, as part of the doctoral project of Yannic Ege
02/2023-03/2023: Student assistant, Universität Rostock: 6-weeks field work for collecting Anaspidacea in Tasmania and New South Wales (Australia), as part of the doctoral project of Christoph Höpel
05/2022: Student assistant, Universität Rostock: Conducting the lecture „Protisten“ for the module „Zoology“
10/2019-07/2020: Student assistant, Universität Rostock: Conducting the weekly tutorium for the module „Zoology“
Rillich, B., & Oliveira, F. G. (2023). On latches in biological systems: a comparative morphological and functional study of the retinaculum and the dens lock in Collembola. Frontiers in Zoology, 20(1), 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-023-00491-2
Rillich, J., Rillich, B., & Stevenson, P. A. (2019). Differential modulation of courtship behavior and subsequent aggression by octopamine, dopamine and serotonin in male crickets. Hormones and behavior, 114, 104542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.06.006
Rillich, B., Weihmann, T., & Wirkner, C. S. (2025). How do myriapod legs extend? A morphofunctional study. 6th Morphology Meeting, Kiel, 20. - 22. February 2025. (Presentation)
Award of the German Zoological Society (DZG) for an excellent master's thesis with zoological focus