Christoph is a researcher at the Biological Station of Doñana - CSIC, in Seville. He is interested in the evolution of amphibian life history and development, specifically the origin and propagation of phenotypes and phylogenetic lineages. His research addresses evolutionary questions at different scales: looking both at interspecific phylogenetic patterns as well as the intraspecific molecular mechanisms that underlie and regulate phenotypes. As such his work spans different disciplines, including comparative phylogenetics, experimental ecology and genomics. Most recently, he is interested in how genomes are transcribed as functions of the environment to generate plastic phenotypes. As remnants of his PhD, he has maintained a keen interest in the systematics and biogeography of African amphibians as well.
Education
PhD Zoology | University of Basel, Switzerland