1. PERSONAL

Details of applicant:

First name, surname:Jan, Komdeur

Sex: male

Date and place of birth: 13 April 1959 , Onstwedde, The Netherlands

Nationality: Dutch

Marital status: married

Home address: Azaleaweg 15, 9765 HT Paterswolde, The Netherlands; telephone/fax: 050 309 6095

Work address: Animal Ecology Group, University of Groningen ,

PO Box 14

, 9750 AA, Haren, The Netherlands;

Telephone work:+(31) 50 363 2056;

Fax work: +(31) 50 363 5205

e-mail: j.komdeur@rug.nl ;

w ebsite: www.rug.nl/biologie/animalecol

 

Degrees:

- Master of Science Biology, University: Agricultural University of Wageningen, The Netherlands ( 4 March 1983 ) Main subject: Animal Ecology, Ethology and Conservation Biology

- Doctorate, University: Cambridge University , England , ( 21 March 1992 ). Supervisors: Prof N.B. Davies, Prof T.H. Clutton-Brock; ‘Promotors’: Prof N.B. Davies, Prof. C. Perrins, Prof T.H. Clutton-Brock. Title of thesis: Co-operative breeding in the Seychelles warbler

Academic employment since graduating:

1 March 1983 – 31 December 1985 :

Research scientist/statistician, Dept. Animal Ecology. Agricultural University (LuW), Wageningen, The Netherlands; 1.0 fte; fixed-term.

1 January 1986 – 31 August 1988 :

Scientific officer, Cousin Island, Seychelles; BirdLife International, Cambridge, England; 1.0 fte; fixed-term; supervision of 5 support staff.

1 September 1988 – 31 August 1991 :

PhD student, Cousin Island, Seychelles; Dept. Zoology, Cambridge University and BirdLife International, Cambridge, England; 1.0 fte; fixed-term.

1 September 1991 – 31 August 1994 :

Senior research scientist; Ministry of Environment, National Environmental Research Institute (NERI), Kalø, Denmark; 1.0 fte; tenured position; supervision of 2 support staff and 4 academic staff.

1 September1994– 31 December 1996 :

Post-doctoral research ; Dept. Animal Behaviour, State University Groningen (RuG), The Netherlands; 0.8 fte; fixed-term position (Supervisors: Prof. S. Daan, Dr. J.M. Tinbergen).

Senior research scientist; Ministry of Environment, NERI, Kalø, Denmark; 0.2 fte; tenured position; supervision of 3 support staff and 3 academic staff.

1 January 1997 – 31 January 1998 :

Senior lecturer; Dept. Zoology, Melbourne University, Australia; 1.0 fte; tenured position; supervision of 4 support staff, 2 academic staff.

1 February 1998 – June 2003:

‘Universitair Docent’ (Assistant Professor), Dept. Animal Ecology, RuG, The Netherlands; 1.0 fte; tenured position; supervision of 2 post-doctoral fellows, 5 PhD students.

Honorary Research Associate, Department of Zoology, Melbourne University (1998 – 2005).

July 2003 -:

Professor, Chair in Avian Evolutionary Ecology, Animal Ecology Group, RuG, The Netherlands .

 

Awards and Distinctions:

* First prize best student talk, received at Edward Gray Institute Student Conference, Oxford University , Oxford , UK ( 5 January 1990 ).

* Frank A. Pitelka Award’ for Excellence in Research, received at Asilomar (USA) from the International Society for Behavioral Ecology ( 7 July 1998 ).

* Zoölogieprijs 2000’, received in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) from the Koninklijke Nederlandse Dierkundige Vereniging” ( 24 March 2000 ).

* WOTRO 40 year Award, received in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) from the Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research of NWO (10 November 2004).

 

Editorial board:

* Editorial Board of BMC Ecology (2005-2008) 

Membership professional societies:

* Dutch Ornithological Society (NOU).

* Society for the Protection of Birds (Vogelbescherming).

* Society International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE).

* Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB).

 

PhD Supervisor  

Completed (year of completion indicated; two of my PhD students have got post-doctoral positions):

-* T. Bregnballe ( Aarhus University , Denmark ). Density-dependent breeding success in cormorants. (1996; co-supervisor: Dr. H. Nohr).

* J. Drachmann ( Aarhus University , Denmark ): Sexual selection and reproductive success in the linnet (1997; co-supervisor: Prof. K. Boomsma, Copenhagen University , Denmark ).

* K. Kraaijeveld ( Melbourne University , Australia ). Avian marriage; social monogamy and the evolution of mutual ornamentation in the black swan (2001; co-supervisor: Dr. R. Mulder, Melbourne University , Australia ).

* M.L. Berg ( Groningen University ). Mutual sexual selection in the European wrens (2004; co-supervisor: Dr. J.M. Tinbergen).

* K.M. Bouwman ( Groningen University ). Partner choice and sex ratio adjustment as exponents of sexual selection in the reed bunting (2004).

* P. Korsten (RuG, The Netherlands ). Sex-biased investment in blue tits: primary sex ratio and paternal quality (2006).

* R. van Dijk (University of Bath, UK): Sexual conflict in the Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus). (2008; supervisor: Dr. Tamás Székely, University of Bath, UK)

 

Grants (since 1998)

1998:

· Large Australian Research Council (LARC), Australia : Causes, consequences and mechanisms of sex allocation in species with complex mating systems and sexually size dimorphic bird species (€400,000 for post-doctoral position, and research; 1998 – 2001)

· LARC, Australia : Benefits of mate choice in birds with complex mating systems – An experimental approach (€240,000 for research).

· University of Melbourne , Australia : Habitat dependent egg sex ratios in the black swan (PhD scholarship; 1998 – 2001).

· University of Melbourne , Australia : Mating system and sex allocation in the co-operatively breeding apostlebird (PhD scholarship; 1998 – 2002).

· ARC, Australia : Sexual selection and sex ratio adjustment in the black swan (€26,500).

· ARC, Australia : The influence of ecto-parasitites on reproductive success in the Seychelles warbler (€5,000).

· Australian Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund: Breeding Biology, extra-pair fertilisation and sex ratio adjustment in the apostlebird (€10,500).

· Internationalisation Programme Ubbo Emmius: Mutual sexual selection as a life history strategy in the European wren (PhD scholarship; co-applicant: Dr. J.M. Tinbergen; 1998 – 2002).

1999:

· Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Earth and Life Sciences (NWO-ALW): Partner choice and sex ratio adjustment as exponents of sexual selection in the reed bunting (PhD scholarship; 1999 – 2004).

· NWO-ALW: Sex-biased investment in blue tits ( Parus caeruleus ): Primary sex ratio and paternal quality (PhD scholarship; principal investigator: J. Komdeur; 2000 – 2004). This project forms part of the ALW Programme Proposal ‘Avian Sex Allocation’, coordinated by Prof dr S. Daan. Three other participating projects within this programme: ‘Sex-biased investment in blue tits: parental care, cooperation and conflict’ (PhD, supervisor: Dr CM Lessells); ‘Endocrine involvement in avian sex ratio control’ (PhD, supervisor: Dr C Dijkstra); ‘Reproductive effort and sex allocation in species with biparental care’ (Post-doc, supervisor: Prof Dr FJ Weissing).

2000:

· European Commission: MHC-based mate choice in the Seychelles warbler (2-year post-doctoral scholarship; co-applicant with: Prof. T.A. Burke ( Sheffield University , England ), Prof. T. von Schantz ( Lund University , Sweden ; 2001 – 2003).

2001:

· Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research (NWO-WOTRO): Population regulation and persistence of small isolated populations (PhD scholarship; co-applicants: Drs. J.M. Tinbergen and C. Both; 2002 - 2006).

2002:

· European Commission: Runaways and baby snatchers – who benefits from adoption in greylag geese? (2-year post-doctoral scholarship; 2003 – 2004).

· Netherlands Lucie Burgers Foundation for Comparative Behaviour Research (The Netherlands): Energy expenditure of raising sons and daughters in the extremely sexual size dimorphic Australian brown songlark (3-month post-doctoral scholarship; 2002).

· Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries (LNV): Gambling on checkerboards: Montagu’s Harriers and prey species populations in farmland mosaics (co-applicants: Prof dr P. Opdam and Dr C. Dijkstra; 1-year 0.6fte research position; 2002 - 2003).

· Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research; Innovational Research (NWO-VICI scheme): Sex-specific reproductive tactics: fitness consequences of avian sex allocation and dispersal strategies (€1.250.000). Three PhD projects (2003 – 2008): Project 1: Long-term inclusive fitness consequences of sex allocation: an experimental study in the Seychelles warbler; Project 2: Breeding density, operational sex ratios and sex allocation: an experimental study in the Seychelles warbler; Project 3: Offspring fitness and sex-specific dispersal: an experimental study in the great tit. 1 post-doctoral project: Development of sex allocation models (2003 – 2008), 1 technician for molecular analyses in my molecular laboratory (2004 – 2008).

2003:

· NWO visitor’s grant, applicant: Dr J Komdeur, Reproductive skew and sex allocation in a bird with extreme sexual size dimorphism (post-doctoral fellow: Dr M Magrath; 2003 - 2004).

· NERC grant, applicants: Dr DS Richardson ( Cardiff University, UK ) and Dr J Komdeur. Gastrointestinal parasites, the MHC and parasite-mediated selection in a wild avian population (PhD Cardiff/Groningen; 2004 – 2007).

· ‘Breedte strategie’ grant, applicants: Prof dr T Piersma, Prof dr H Olff, Dr JM Tinbergen, Dr J Komdeur, Biodiversity and the allometry of social foraging in coastal shorebirds (PhD; 2003 – 2007).

2004:

· NATO stipend (pending), applicants: Dr J Komdeur, Prof Dr ST Emlen. Testing reproductive skew theory in the Seychelles warbler (post-doctoral fellow: Dr E Berg from University of Davis , California ; 2004 - 2006).

· NERC grant, applicants: Prof T.A. Burke, Dr J. Komdeur, Dr DS Richardson, Dr. D.W. Coltman. Components of fitness in the Seychelles warbler (€550,000 for post-doctoral fellow; 2004 – 2008; molecular technician; 2004 - 2008).

· NERC grant, applicants: Dr. D.S. Richardson, Prof. dr. J. Komdeur, dr. K. Tyler. Gastrointestinal parasites, the MHC and parasite-mediated selection in a wild avian population (€50,000 for post-doctoral fellow, 2004 – 2005).

· Lucie Burger grant, applicant: Prof. dr. Jan Komdeur. Function of hormone levels in a cooperatively breeding bird ( €3,000 for post-doctoral fellow, 2004).

· NWO-WOTRO: Influence of gastrointestinal parasites, Major Histocompatibility Complex variation and parasite-mediated selection on fitness in small populations, Seychelles (PhD scholarship; co-applicants: Dr. D.S. Richardson; PhD position 2005 - 2009).

2005:

-NERC grant, applicants: Prof.dr. T.A. Burke, Prof.dr. J. Komdeur, Dr. D.S. Richardson, Dr. D.W. Coltman. Components of fitness in the Seychelles warbler. (post-doctoral fellow: Dr. Jarrod Hadfield (March 2005-March 2009)).

-NERC grant, applicants: Dr. D.S. Richardson, Prof.dr. J. Komdeur, Dr. K. Tyler. Gastrointestinal parasites, the MHC and parasite-mediated selection in a wild population (post-doctoral fellow Dr. Iain Barr (January -December 2005))