Ecologist and Evolutionary Biologist
Yufe4Postdoc Scholar @ Uni Rijeka/Antwerp
“I have had the privilege of working on a valuable and beautiful group of fishes. However, their value is not economic but biological and their beauty lies in their marvellous adaption to their habitat.”
John C. Briggs – A monograph of the clingfishes
About me
My name is Maximilian Wagner and I recently finished my joint PhD degree at the University of Graz and Antwerp. I am currently working as a PostDoc at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Rijeka. I am conducting my research in the framework of a YUFE scholarship together with the University of Antwerp. Ever since I was a child, I was intrigued with nature and the diversity that inhabits our planet. Inspired by stories of naturalists and early pioneers of scuba-diving I took up nature photography and began my studies in Biology at the Karl-Franzens University of Graz…
Research
Exploring the intertidal…
My research mainly focuses on the evolution and ecology of intertidal organisms, especially in Mediterranean gravel beach environments. In my PhD project, I aimed to illuminate the underlying genomic and ecological drivers that shaped the diversification of the cryptobenthic clingfish genus Gouania. Apart from that, I have been involved in several projects, which include studies about the biogeography, systematics and evolution of other small benthic fishes and intertidal oribatid mites.
News
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2021/09
Diversity and biogeography of Mediterranean freshwater blennies (Blenniidae, Salaria)
2021/09
Potassium carboPotassium carbonate (K2CO3) – A cheap, non-toxic and high-density floating solution for microplastic isolation from beach sediments
Nature and Art Gallery
2021/05
Geological and paleoclimatic events reflected in phylogeographic patterns of intertidal arthropods (Acari, Oribatida, Selenoribatidae) from southern Japanese islands
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