Oliver Gast M.Sc.

Oliver Gast M.Sc.

Position: PhD student
Research topics: speciation, population genomics
Department: External research facility Studenec
Phone: +420 560 590 613
E-mail: olivergastweb.de

Education and employment

• 2002-2005: Zoo Dortmund - Zookeeper,
• 2005-2007: Zoo Duisburg - Zookeeper.
• 2007-2011: University of Applied Sciences Bremen – B.Sc. in Environmental and Industrial Biology. Thesis: Allelopathy and mixotrophy in Prymnesium parvum (Haptophyta). Grade: 1.0.
• 2009-2010: Linneaus University Kalmar – Studies of Marine Microbiology.
• 2011-2013: Leipzig University – M.Sc. in Biodiversity and Evolution of Animals. Thesis: Sympatry and Hybridization in House Sparrow and Spanish Sparrow. Grade: 1.0.
• 2013-2015: Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden – Research assistant (part-time).
• 2015-present: Institute of Vertebrate Biology Brno & Masaryk University Brno – PhD candidate in Evolutionary Biology (supervisors M.Macholán, S.Baird, J.Piálek).