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Department of Zoology
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Forschungsmuseum Schloss Rosenstein
Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart
Germany
ph.:++49(0)711 8936 284
ernst@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
ernst.smns@naturkundemuseum-bw.de
 http://www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/stuttgart/
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Curriculum Vitae
- born in 1975 in Bad Hersfeld Germany
- 1992/93 scholarship: German Bundestag / U.S. Congress Partnership Program (PPP) at Onalaska High School, WI, U.S.A. [LINK]
- 97-2002 study of biology Universities of Mainz, Marburg and Würzburg (Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Experimental Ecology and Geobotany, Microbiology, Physical Geography, and Paleontology), MSc thesis: "Anuran assemblages of the leaf litter of primary and secondary forest habitats in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire - Independent populations or distinct species assemblages?" (Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology; head: Prof. Dr. K.E. Linsenmair).
- PhD finished in 2006, field work in Guyana 11/02 - 10/04 funded through a doctoral scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) [LINK] titel: "Amphibian communities on the cutting edge - patterns and processes in altered tropical forests studies from the Guiana Shield and West Africa"
- currently scientific intern at the Zoology Department of the Natural History Museum Stuttgart [LINK]
Teaching:
- assistant lecturer: between 1999-2005 (University of Würzburg) - advanced courses in animal ecology, taxonomy and systematics in biodiversity research with introduction to statistical methods fo biodiversity assessments
- guest lecturer: Nov./Dec. 2005 (Instituto de Estudios Ambientales, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima) Ecology and Biodiversity with practicals in multivariate and biodiversity statistics, funded through German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) lectureship program[LINK]
Current research:
Studies on the impact of anthropogenically induced environmental changes on amphibian community structure and composition and general predictability patterns of complex biological systems. Case studies in West Africa (Côte d'Ivoire, [ LINK] ) and the Guiana Shield ( Iwokrama Forest [ LINK] and Mabura Hill Forest Reserve [ LINK], Central Guyana).
Scientific- / Regional Focus
- Scientific interest: community ecology with an emphasis on ecosystem dynamics and functioning and with special reference to anthropogenic disturbance and its influence on system properties and predictability patterns, conservation biology, tropical ecology, ethology and biology of amphibians and reptiles; systematics and taxonomy of amphibians and reptiles, standardization of bio-monitoring methods for tropical anuran communities [LINK]
- Taxonomic interest: Tropical amphibians and reptiles
- Regional focus: field work in West Africa and the Guiana Shield
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