ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Oct 2020 – present: Research group leader/postdoctoral researcher, Dept. Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Humboldt University; funded by DFG (https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/437846632)
2024 – present: Guest Researcher/Lecturer, Muni University, Arua, Uganda
2016 – present: Honorary Associate, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
2014 – present: Visiting scientist, Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute, Berlin, Germany
2018 – 2020: Research group leader, Department of Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Humboldt University, Germany
2017 – 2018: DFG Research Fellowship (SCHA 2102/1-1), Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
2015 – 2017: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Parasitology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Berlin, Germany
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Nov 2011 – Dec 2014: Doctoral studies (Dr. rer. nat) in Parasitology, Humboldt Universtiy Berlin, conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Berlin & the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Advisors: SL Perkins (AMNH, New York) & K Matuschewski (HU, Berlin).
2010: Diploma in Biology, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. Thesis conducted at AMNH, New York. Advisors: SL Perkins (AMNH, New York) & R Lucius (HU, Berlin).
FELLOW- AND SCHOLARSHIPS
- Nov 2017 – Apr 2018: DFG Research Fellowship (Phylogenetic classification of haemosporidian parasites of Australian flying foxes (Pteropus spp.)) German Research Foundation (DFG; SCHA 2102/1-1)
- 2011 – 2014: Scholarship for Dissertation degree. Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany
- 2009: Fellowship for Diploma degree. Annette Kade Graduate Fellowship, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
GRANTS & AWARDS
- 2023: Berlin Center for Global Engagement (BCGE) (Berlin University Alliance) – Flexible Travel Fund for Noel Thiombiano (Joseph KI-ZERBO University, Burkina Faso)
- 2019: Humboldt-Universität´s Equal Opportunities Fund, Humboldt University
- 2017: Associate Investigator, SeaWorld Australia Grant (Parasite diversity and disease risk in the little penguin, Eudyptula minor)
- 2016: Associate Investigator, Research Development Grant (MQRDG) of Macquarie University, Sydney (Flying foxes on the move: Unravelling the interplay between coinfection, disease dynamics, pathogen diversity and changing host distributions)
- 2014: MfN-Innovationsfond (promotion of young researchers & initial funding), Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany
- 2013: Malaria RCN-Grant in Support of Training in Haemosporidian Research, NYC, USA
- 2013: Bat Conservation International Award at the 16th International Bat Research Conference/ 43rd NASBR, San Jose, Costa Rica
- 2011: Student/Postdoc Travel Award for the International Meeting on Malaria and Related Haemosporidian Parasites of Wildlife (workshop and conference), West Virginia, USA
TEACHING
- Muni University, Arua, Uganda: lectures, workshop, co-supervision of MSc-theses, Nov 2023 – ongoing
- Institute of Biology, Humboldt University: BSc-Module “Arthropods as vectors of pathogens” (lecture, seminar, practical course), summer terms 2017 – 2021
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Repeated research visits: Susan L. Perkins (AMNH, New York); DeeAnn M Reeder (Bucknell University, PA, USA); Michelle Power (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia)
Field work:
- Africa: Uganda, Gabon, Republic of South Sudan, Liberia, Guinea,
- Australia: New South Wales, Adelaide
- USA: Vermont, Arizona
- Costa Rica
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Conference Symposium Organization
Symposium “Disease Ecology and Parasitology” at the 18th International Bat Research Conference (IBRC). Phuket, Thailand, 2019
Organizing Committee:
TDFF – Treffen der Deutschen Fledermausforscher 2018, in Heidesee
Scientific Memberships:
- Deutscher Hochschulverband (since 2025)
- Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (since 2025)
- Wildlife Malaria Network (WIMANET) (since 2024)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Parasitologie, e.V. (since 2016)
- Malaria RCN Research Coordination Network (since 2011)
- American Society of Mammalogists (since 2013)
Journal Referee:
e.g., PLoS Pathogens, Molecular Ecology, Infection Genetics and Evolution, Ecology and Evolution, Malaria Journal, EcoHealth, Parasites & Vectors
Juliane Schaer 