Prof. Dr. Gero Hilken

Associated Lecturer in the Dept. of General Zoology; head of the Central Animal Laboratory, clinical centre, Essen

Current Research

• Phylogeny, comparative and functional morphology of Arthropoda, especially Myriapoda
• Comparative studies on the skin of mammals
• Research on the biology of laboratory animals and biomedical topics

Curriculum vitae

Born 1963 in Hamburg, Germany

1979-1992 Laboratory Animal Keeper, University Clinic Eppendorf, Hamburg

1985-1986 Civil service (Society for the Protection of Birds: Deutscher Bund für Vogelschutz, Hamburg)

1986-1992 Study of Biology, Geography and Pedagogic. University of Hamburg; M.Sc. thesis: “Structure and Homology of gnathochilaria in Chilognatha (Diplopoda, Tracheata)”. Dept. of Phylogenetic Systematics, University Hamburg (Head Prof. Dr. O. Kraus)

1993-1995 PhD-Grant, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes; PhD-Thesis: “Comparison of tracheal systems under aspects of phylogeny”, Dept. of Phylogenetic Systematics, University Hamburg (Head Prof. Dr. O. Kraus)

2004 Habilitation: “Morphological and phylogenetical studies in Myriapoda”. General Zoology, University Duisburg-Essen (Head Prof. Burda)

Since 1995 Laboratory Animal Scientist at the Central Animal Laboratory, University Duisburg-Essen, clinical centre

2001 Expert of laboratory animal science (GV-SOLAS)

Since October 2004 Associated Lecturer, Dept of General Zoology, University Duisburg-Essen

Since September 2005 Head of the Central Animal Laboratory, University Duisburg-Essen, clinical centre

Since 2008 Animal Welfare Officer of the ZMB

Since 2010 Animal Welfare Officer of the Faculty of Biology

Since April 2010 appl. Professor of Zoology