Armin Moczek | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 July 1969 Munich, Germany |
| Known for | Mechanisms that facilitate the evolutionary origin of novel, complex traits |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Evolutionary biology |
| Institutions | Indiana University Bloomington |
| Website | ecoevodevo |
Armin P. Moczek (born 8 July 1969 in Munich) is a German evolutionary biologist and full professor at Indiana University Bloomington.
Moczek studied biology at the University of Würzburg, where he graduated in 1996 with a master's degree in zoology. Joining Fred Nijhout’s lab at Duke University he developed a deep interest in Evolutionary developmental biology, receiving his PhD in 2002. From 2002 to 2004 he joined the University of Arizona as a postdoctoral fellow in the Postdoctoral Excellence in Research and Teaching (PERT) program. [1] In 2004, he assumed the position of assistant professor at the Department of Biology at Indiana University, where he was promoted to associate professor in 2009 and full professor in 2014. [2] His research focuses on the genetic, developmental, and ecological mechanisms, and the interactions among them, that facilitate innovation in living systems. [3]
With Sonia E. Sultan and Denis M. Walsh, Moczek co-authored the paper 'Bridging the explanatory gaps: What can we learn from a biological agency perspective?' which was published in BioEssays in 2022.
| Authority control databases: Academics |
|---|
