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Dr. Shawn Dove

Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics
Justus Liebig University
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 IFZ
D-35392 Giessen
Phone: +49 (0) 641 99-35726
Fax: +49 (0) 641 99-35709
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Fields of interest/focus of work

  • Biodiversity indicators, methodology
  • Analysis of biodiversity trends
  • Biodiversity conservation, global
  • Development of software tools and workflows
  • Ecology and biogeography of mesopelagic fish larvae


Scientific carreer

  • 2023-now: Post-Doctoral Researcher at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany. Project "B-cubed". Focus: Development of software, workflows and methodology of biodiversity indicators using GBIF occurrence data (Dr. Hanno Seebens)
  • 2018-2022: PhD in Conservation Biology, University College London, UK. Thesis: “Improving the robustness and reliability of population-based global biodiversity indicators.” (Prof. David Murrell, Dr. Robin Freeman, Dr. Monika Böhm)
  • 2014-2017: MSc in Biological Oceanography, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the Thuenen Institute for Sea Fisheries in Hamburg, Germany. Thesis: “Larval fish assemblages in the Eastern Central Atlantic, from the Equator to the Bay of Biscay.” (Dr. Heino Fock, Dr. Maik Tiedemann, Dr. Uwe Piatkowski)

  • 2010-2014: BSc in Biology at Simon Fraser University, Canada


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