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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

BSC 396.001 Avian Biology

BSC 396.002 Avian Biology

BSC 396.003 Avian Biology

BSC 496.001 Avian Biology

BSC 496.002 Avian Biology

BSC 496.003 Avian Biology

BSC 299.059 Independent Honor Study

BSC 499.009 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

BSC 290.059 Research In Biological Sciences

BSC 599.009 Research In The Biological Sciences

BSC 305.001 Biological Evolution

BSC 204.001 Biological Investigations

BSC 299.003 Independent Honor Study

BSC 499.009 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

BSC 290.059 Research In Biological Sciences

BSC 599.009 Research In The Biological Sciences

BSC 599.209 Research 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 extra-pair reporduction, mate choice, 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