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

CountryGermany
CityKiel
InstitutionGEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
InstituteForschungsbereich 3: Marine Ökologie

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