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Dr. Pirmin Nietlisbach

Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Biology
School of Biological Sciences
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SLB Science Laboratory Building 339
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  • About
  • Education

Biography

Pirmin studied and worked at the University of Zurich, Switzerland and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He conducted research on orang-utans, Galápagos mockingbirds, and song sparrows.

Current Courses

396.001Avian Biology

396.002Avian Biology

396.003Avian Biology

499.009Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

499.109Independent Research For The Master's Thesis Last Term

290.059Research In Biological Sciences

599.009Research In The Biological Sciences

305.001Biological Evolution

204.004Biological Investigations

499.009Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

499.109Independent Research For The Master's Thesis Last Term

290.059Research In Biological Sciences

599.009Research In The Biological Sciences

Teaching Interests & Areas

Evolution, Avian Biology, Population and Conservation Genetics, Biostatistics

Research Interests & Areas

Pirmin's research is in evolutionary and conservation genetics and genomics. Current projects focus on the genetic and fitness consequences of inbreeding in small wild song sparrow and deermouse populations and other evolutionary questions in a wild house wren population.

PhD Evolutionary Biology

University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

MS Anthropology

University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

BS Biology

University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland