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Hildegard Uecker - Curriculum Vitae

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Research

01/2009 - present PhD student at the University of Vienna (Advisor: Joachim Hermisson)
04/2011 - 07/2011 Short-term visitor at the University of British Columbia, Canada (Advisor: Sarah P. Otto)
Research interests: Mathematical population genetics, population genetics in complex ecological scenarios, stochastic modeling
Title of the PhD thesis: On fixation processes of beneficial mutations

Education

06/2008 - 07/2008 Internship at the German Embassy in Paris, France
04/2008 Diploma degree in Physics (Master's equivalent)
Title of the diploma thesis: Zur Temperatur und Geschwindigkeitsverteilung in granularen Gasen (On the temperature and the distribution of velocities in granular gases)
10/2002 - 04/2008 Studies of Physics, Mathematics, and Philosophy at the Universities of Göttingen, Germany, and Caen Basse-Normandie, France

Teaching experience

09/2011 Teaching of a one-week course in Quantum Mechanics (lecture + exercises) at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Göttingen
04/2007 - 09/2007 Teaching assistant in Quantum Mechanics at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Göttingen

Scientific presentations

07/2011 On the establishment of beneficial mutations and evolutionary rescue (Poster)
Mathematical Biology Workshop and IGTC Summit, Victoria, Canada
05/2011 On failure and success in a changing world (Poster)
CSEE meeting, Banff, Canada
01/2011 On the fixation process of a beneficial mutation in a variable environment (Talk)
"Population Genetics Group", Hull, UK
09/2010 On the fixation probability and time to a beneficial mutation in a population (Talk)
Symposium and Workshop "Challenges in Network Dynamics", Sestri Levante, Italy
03/2010 Soft sweeps in structured populations (Talk)
Workshop "Next-generation Sequencing: New Chances and Challenges for Evolutionary Genetics", Munich, Germany