Prof. Dr. Robert DeSalle

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsAnimal Systematics and Morphology,Cell Biology,Bioinformatics and Theoretical Biology
KeywordsPhylogenomics, Evolution, Taxonomy, DNA barcoding, Molecular Systematics

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityNew York
InstitutionAmerican Museum of Natural History
InstituteSackler Institute of Comparative Genomics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Bernd SchierwaterInstitut für Tierökologie und Zellbiologie, Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Hannover
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2017

Program(s)

2016Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor DeSalle is a leading authority in evolutionary biology. His outstanding contributions to molecular systematics, genomics, informatics and conservation genetics have set milestones in several areas of evolutionary research. In Germany, Professor DeSalle will implement the transfer of valuable software developed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and will test the latest bioinformatics tools on different unique datasets created in Germany.