Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rudolf Gadau

Current affiliations

Professorship for Molecular Evolutionary Biology (Prof. Gadau)
Münster Graduate School of Evolution (MGSE)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Sociobiology
Sociogenetic/genomic
Behavioral Ecology
Entomology
Quantitative Genetics

Academic Education
1999 - 2003	Habilitation in Zoology Uni Würzburg
1993 - 1997	Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) Biology Uni Würzburg
1988 - 1993	Diplom in Biology Uni Würzburg
Work Experience
since 2020	Adjunct Professor (Arizona State University)
since 2016	Professor for Molecular Evolution and Sociobiology
2016 - 2020	Research Professor (Arizona State University)
2012 - 2016	Full Professor (Arizona State University)
2008 - 2015	Associate Director for Graduate Studies (School of Life Sciences, ASU)
2007 - 2012	Associate Professor (tenured, Arizona State University)
2005 - 2007	Assistant Professor (tenure track, Arizona State University)
2003 - 2005	Assistant Professor (non-tenure) Uni Würzburg
1999 - 2003	Assistant Professor (non-tenure) Uni Würzburg

Publications

Castes and developmental stages of the harvester ant P. californicus differ in genome-wide and gene specific DNA methylation Tania Chavarria-Pizarro, Mohammed Errbii, Janina Rinke, Lukas Schrader, Jürgen Gadau (2025) In: bioRxiv Research article in digital collection \| Preprint \| accepted / in press (not yet published)
An interdisciplinary linked-lives approach to individual differences in social behaviour Kuper, Niclas; Breitmoser, Yves; Caspers, Barbara; Dammhahn, Melanie; Gadau, Jürgen; Kaiser, Marie I; Kandler, Christian; Kroh, Martin; Krüger, Oliver; Kurtz, Joachim; Lemola, Sakari; Rauthmann, John; Richter, Helene; Voelcker-Rehage, Claudia; Back, Mitja (2025) In: Nature Human Behaviour, 9(10). doi:10.1038/s41562-025-02301-7 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Exploring the interplay of epigenetics and individualization Meuthen, Denis; Hoffman, Joseph I; Kurtz, Joachim; Berthelsen, Ane Liv; Chakarov, Nayden; Chen, Rebecca Shuhua; Coculla, Angelica; Gadau, Jürgen; Gossmann, Toni I; Mühlenhaupt, Max; Chavarria-Pizarro, Tania; Rapp, Tim M.; Sepers, Bernice; Vellnow, Nikolas; Xu, Shuqing; Vendrami, David (2025) In: EcoEvoRxiv Research article in digital collection \| Preprint \| Published
Evolutionary genomics of socially polymorphic populations of <i>Pogonomyrmex californicus</i>. Errbii M, Ernst U, Lajmi A, Gadau J, Schrader L (2024) In: BMC Biology, 22. doi:10.1186/s12915-024-01907-z Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Individualized social niches in animals: Theoretical clarifications and processes of niche change Kaiser M, Gadau J, Kaiser S, Müller C, Richter SH (2024) In: BioScience, 74, 146-158. doi:10.1093/biosci/biad122 Review article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published

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Projects

Animal Personality Meets Personality Psychology Duration: 26/05/2025 - 25/05/2027 Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programmes Type of project: Internally at the University of Münster funded project
Entwicklung einer Methode zur Gewinnung von Pflanzenextrakten aus GVO für die Testung von Nicht-Zielorganismen Duration: 01/10/2022 - 30/09/2024 Funded by: Federal Agency for Nature Conservation Type of project: Participation in federally funded joint project
Proximate and ultimate mechanisms of social niche construction during colony founding in the ant Pogonomyrmex californicus (SFB-TRR 212) Duration: 02/05/2022 - 31/12/2025 \| 2nd Funding period Type of project: Project carried out outside the University of Münster
Individualisierung in sich ändernden Umwelten (InChangE) Duration: 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2024 Funded by: MKW - Förderlinie "Profilbildung" Type of project: Participation in other joint projects
Münster Arizona Virtual Collaboration (IVAC - International Virtual Academic Collaboration 2021-2022) (MAVAC) Duration: 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2022 Funded by: DAAD - International Virtual Academic Collaboration Type of project: Individual project

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Prizes

Feordor Lynen
Awarded by: Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung
Award given to: Gadau J
Announced at: 11/05/1997
Type of distinction: Scholarship

Doctorates

The role of evolutionary capacitance for adaptability in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum Candidate: R, Reshma \| Supervisors: Kurtz, Joachim; Müller, Caroline; Gadau, Jürgen \| Reviewers: Kurtz, Joachim; Müller, Caroline; Gadau, Jürgen Period of time: 19/07/2018 - today Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
A Bulk Segregation Analysis for an HSP90-released reduced eye phenotype in Tribolium castaneum Candidate: Şahin, Özge \| Supervisors: Kurtz, Joachim; Gadau, Jürgen; Flatt, Thomas \| Reviewers: Kurtz, Joachim; Gadau, Jürgen; Flatt, Thomas Period of time: 01/04/2018 - today Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Reconstructing de novo gene emergence Candidate: Heames, Brennen \| Supervisors: Bornberg-Bauer, Erich; Soumillion, Patrice; Gadau, Jürgen Period of time: 01/03/2017 - 29/02/2020 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Benefits and hazards of novel protein coding genes Candidate: Dowling, Daniel \| Supervisors: Bornberg-Bauer, Erich, Stoll Monika, Gadau, Jürgen Rudolf; Kemena, Carsten \| Reviewers: Bornberg-Bauer, Erich; Stoll, Monika; Gadau, Jürgen; Kemena, Carsten Period of time: 03/04/2017 - 20/05/2019 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster