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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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Email
pnietli@ilstu.eduemail
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  • About
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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

305.001Biological Evolution

204.001Biological Investigations

499.009Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

290.059Research In Biological Sciences

599.009Research In The Biological Sciences

499.009Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

499.209Independent Research For The Master's Thesis Last Term

290.059Research In Biological Sciences

599.009Research In The Biological Sciences

599.109Research In The Biological Sciences Final Term

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

Journal Article

Bonnet, T., Morrissey, M., de Villemereuil, P., Alberts, S., Arcese, P., Bailey, L., Boutin, S., Brekke, P., Brent, L., Camenisch, G., Charmantier, A., Clutton-Brock, T., Cockburn, A., Coltman, D., Courtiol, A., Davidian, E., Evans, S. R., Ewen, J., Festa-Bianchet, M., de Franceschi, C., Gustafsson, L., Höner, O., Houslay, T., Keller, L. F., Manser, M., McAdam, A., McLean, E., Nietlisbach, P., Osmond, H. L., Pemberton, J., Postma, E., Reid, J. M., Rutschmann, A., Santure, A., Sheldon, B., Slate, J., Teplitsky, C., Visser, M., Wachter, B., Kruuk, L. (2022): Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid on-going adaptive evolution in wild animals. Science 376: 1012-1016.

Grummer, J. A.*, Booker, T.*, Matthey-Doret, R.*, Nietlisbach, P.*, Thomaz, A. T.*, Whitlock, M. C. (2022): The immediate costs and long-term benefits of assisted gene flow. Conservation Biology e13911. [* These authors contributed equally.]

Grummer, J. A.*, Booker, T.*, Matthey-Doret, R.*, Nietlisbach, P.*, Thomaz, A. T.*, Whitlock, M. C. (2022): The immediate costs and long-term benefits of assisted gene flow. Conservation Biology e13911. [* These authors contributed equally.]

Dickel, L., Arcese, P., Nietlisbach, P., Keller, L. F., Jensen, H., Reid, J. M. (2021): Are immigrants outbred and unrelated? Testing standard assumptions in a wild metapopulation. Molecular Ecology 30: 5674-5686.

Reid, J. M., Arcese, P., Nietlisbach, P., Wolak, M. E., Muff, S., Dickel, L., Keller, L. F. (2021): Immigration counter-acts local micro-evolution of a major fitness component: migration-selection balance in free-living song sparrows. Evolution Letters 5: 48-60.