Dr. Jaime Mauricio Anaya-Rojas

Current affiliations

Research Group Animal Evolutionary Ecology (Prof. Kurtz)

0000-0002-0688-3401

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Eco-evolutionary dynamics
species interactions
Host-parasite interactions
Species coexistence
Aquatic ecology

Academic Education
11/2012 - 03/2017	PhD Ecology and Evolution (University of Bern and Eawag, CH)
10/2010 - 10/2012	MSc. Organismic Biology Evolutionary Biology and Paleobiology (University of Bonn, DE)
03/2003 - 12/2008	Bsc Biology (Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia)
Work Experience
03/2017 - 02/2020	Post-doc The Paradox of Coexistence (Florida State University, USA)
Functions and Memberships
since 05/2017	American Society for the Advancement of Science
since 03/2013	European Society for Evolutionary Biology

Publications

Individualised niches: an integrative conceptual framework across behaviour, ecology, and evolution. Krüger O; Anaya-Rojas J; Back M; Caspers B; Chakarov N; Dammhahn M; Elliott-Graves A; Fricke C; Gadau J; Hoffman JI; Kaiser MI; Kaiser S; Korsten P; Krohs U; Kurtz J; Langrock R; Müller C; Peuß R; Reinhold K; Richter H; Sachser N; Schielzeth H; Schmoll T; Stanewsky R; Szekely T; Weissing FJ; Wittmann M; Xu S (2026) In: Biological reviews. Research article (journal)
Manipulative parasites as niche constructors and their impact on aquatic trophic cascades Drakula, Maja; Gerigk, Lena; Rothe, Ella S.; Brüning, Jacob J.; Reckert, Mats; Brinker, Alexander; Elias Ranelli, Beatriz; Kurtz, Joachim; Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M. (2025) In: Aurothea Research article in digital collection
Experimental evolution of a pathogen confronted with innate immune memory increases variation in virulence Korša, Ana; Baur, Moritz; Schulz, Nora KE; Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M; Mellmann, Alexander; Kurtz, Joachim (2025) In: PLoS Pathogens, 21(6). Research article (journal)
Tapeworm infection affects sleep-like behaviour in three-spined sticklebacks Bauhus, Marc B.; Mews, Sina; Kurtz, Joachim; Brinker, Alexander; Peuß, Robert; Anaya-Rojas, Jaime M. (2024) In: Scientific Reports, 14, 23395. Research article (journal)
Does the evolution of ontogenetic niche shifts favour species coexistence? An empirical test in Trinidadian streams Anaya‐Rojas M. Jaime , Bassar D. Ronald , Matthews Blake , Goldberg F. Joshua , King Leighton , Reznick David , Travis Joseph (2023) In: Journal of Animal Ecology, 92. Research article (journal)

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Projects

CRC TRR 212 - C05: Niche construction consequences of parasite virulence in eco-evolutionary dynamics

Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period

Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre

Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside University of Münster