Prof. Dr. Maren Wellenreuther

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsEvolution, Anthropology,General Genetics, Functional Genome Research
KeywordsEpigenetics, Adaptation, Genomics, Marine Spcies, Evolution
Honours and awards

2026: Petersen Excellenz Professur, Geomar, Germany

2020: Thermo Fisher Scientific Award for Excellence in Molecular Biology, New Zealand

2018: Royal Society Te Apārangi Early Career Research Excellence Award for Sciences (formerly known as the Hamilton Award), New Zealand

2017: Science New Zealand National ‘Early Career Researcher Award’, New Zealand

2013: KVA King Carl XVI Gustaf's 50-years scholarship for the promotion and contribution to the knowledge and preservation of biological diversity, Sweden

Current contact address

CountryNew Zealand
CityNelson
InstitutionUniversity of Auckland
InstituteSchool of Biological Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Thorsten ReuschForschungsbereich 3: Marine Ökologie, GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Kiel
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2024

Programme(s)

2023Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2025Maren Maren Wellenreuther, Rebekah A. Oomen, Kwi Young Han, Rebecca Krohman, Thorsten B.H. Reusch: Beyond supergenes: the diverse roles of inversions in trait evolution. In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 40, 2025, 1054-1065