Robin Schmidt

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Robin Schmidt
Wiss. Mitarbeiter

TU Braunschweig
Zoological Institute
Evolutionsbiologie
Mendelsohnstraße 4
38106 Braunschweig
Germany

Tel: +49 531 391 3238

Email: robin.schmidt[at]tu-braunschweig.de

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robin-Schmidt-3

 

 

Vita:

2013-2019: Bachelor of Science in Biology, TU Braunschweig, Germany

2019-2021: Master of Science in Biology, TU Braunschweig, Germany

Thesis: Next Generation DNA Barcoding – Establishing a multiplex PCR protocol for multi-locus systematics in amphibians.

May 2021-ongoing: Research Assistant, Division of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, TU Braunschweig

Project: Concepts, tools, and support for managing, archiving, mobilizing and integrative taxonomic data in the framework of the Taxon-Omics priority program 1991.

September 2021-ongoing: PhD student, Division of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, TU Braunschweig

 

Research Interests:

  • Evolutionary biogeography and comparative phylogenetics in reptiles, amphibians, and insects
  • Hybrid zone analysis as an approach for species delimitation
  • Speciation and taxonomy
  • Molecular phylogenetics

 

Publications:

Miralles, A., Bruy, T., Crottini, A., Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F. M., Scherz, M. D., Schmidt, R., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. (2021). Completing a taxonomic puzzle: integrative review of geckos of the Paroedura bastardi species complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 71, 27.

Kang, W., Anslan, S., Börner, N., Schwarz, A., Schmidt, R., Künzel, S., ... & Schwalb, A. (2021). Diatom metabarcoding and microscopic analyses from sediment samples at Lake Nam Co, Tibet: The effect of sample-size and bioinformatics on the identified communities. Ecological Indicators, 121, 107070.