JProf. Dr. Hans Recknagel
Research positions
Since 2025 Junior Professor (W1)
Faculty VI, Spatial and Environmental Sciences, University of Trier
2023 – 2025 Assistant Professor
Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2020 – 2025 Affiliate Researcher
SBOHVM, University of Glasgow, UK
2020 – 2023 Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow
Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Genomics of cave evolution in the European olm GENEVOLCAV (897695)
2018 – 2020 NERC postdoctoral researcher on grant “Reproductive mode evolution and reversal demonstrate
the genetic toolkits of egg-laying and live-bearing” University of Glasgow, UK
2019 Visiting researcher, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Japan
University education
2018 PhD in Evolutionary Biology
School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine (SBOHVM)
University of Glasgow, UK
2012 Master of Science in Evolution and Ecology
Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany
2009 Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences
Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany
Awards
2020 – 2023 Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions Global fellowship
2018 Award for top 5% of PhD Theses examined in 2017/18 at University of Glasgow
2018 Finalist for W. D. Hamilton Award; symposium presentation at joint SSE and ESEB meeting
2014 – 2018 Lord Kelvin Adam Smith (LKAS) PhD scholarship. Awarded highly competitive PhD scholarship
funded by the University of Glasgow, UK for inter-disciplinary teams that open new research areas
