PD Dr. Jan Buellesbach
Current Address: Science Park Nanli Sixth District, Kexueyuannanli W St, Chaoyang, Beijing, China, 100107
Telephone: +86 13375703069
Email: jan.buellesbach@web.de
Education:
2023: Venia legendi (“Habilitation”) in Evolutionary Chemical Ecology, University of Münster, Germany
2007 - 2010: PhD / Dr. rer. nat. in Evolutionary Biology and Chemical Ecology, University of Freiburg, Germany & Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
2006 - 2007: Postgraduate studies / Master equivalent in Bioinformatics, University of Cologne, Germany
2003 - 2006: Graduate studies in Biology, University of Münster, Germany
2003: Semester abroad, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
2000 - 2002: Undergraduate studies in Biology, University of Muenster, Germany
Research Experience:
from 2025: Heisenberg fellow of the German Research Foundation (DFG), Germany
2024: International Fellowship from the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (PIFI) for guest research, Institute of Zoology, CAS, Beijing, China
2018 - 2024: Assistant professor at the Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Germany
2016 - 2018: Research scholar at the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management,
University of California, Berkeley, USA
2013 - 2016: Scientific manager of the Excellence Jena Graduate School for Microbial Communication, Jena, Germany
2012 - 2013: Scientific consultant and project manager at Aldebaran, Hamburg, Germany & Overtaal, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2011 - 2012: Postdoctoral research scholar at the Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, USA
2007 - 2010: Research associate at the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Animal Ecology, University of Freiburg, Germany and at the School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
Research Areas:
Evolutionary biology, Chemical ecology, analytical chemistry, mass spectrometry, chemical communication, pheromones, bioinformatics, big data analysis, computational biology, functional genetics, comparative genomics, phylogeny, speciation, behavioral biology, entomology, chemical taxonomy
Selected Publications:
Sun W., Lange M., Gadau J., Buellesbach J. (2023) “Decoding the genetic and chemical basis of sexual attractiveness in parasitic wasps“, eLife
Liu Y., Heath J.J., Zhanga S., van Wijk M., Wanga G., Buellesbach J., Wada-Katsumata A., Groot A.T., Schal C., (2023) “Endogenous and plant-derived courtship signals in male moths", Current Biology
Buellesbach J., Holze H., Schrader L., Liebig J., Schmitt T., Gadau J., Niehuis, O. (2022) “Genetic and genomic architecture of species-specific cuticular hydrocarbon variation in parasitoid wasps”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Holze, H., Schrader, L. & Buellesbach, J. (2020) “Advances in deciphering the genetic basis of insect cuticular hydrocarbon biosynthesis and variation. Heredity
Buellesbach, J.*, Vetter S.G*., Schmitt T. (2018) “Differences in the reliance on cuticular hydrocarbons as sexual signaling and species discrimination cues in parasitoid wasps”, (*Authors contributed equally), Frontiers in Zoology, 15:22
*Niehuis O., *Buellesbach, J., *Gibson J.D., Pothman D., Hanner C., Mutti N., Judson A.K., Liebig J., Gadau J., *Ruther J., Schmitt T. (2013) “Behavioural and genetic analysis on Nasonia shed light on the evolution of sex pheromones”, (*Authors contributed equally), Nature 494(7437):345-348
Honors & Awards:
2024: Heisenberg fellowship of the German Research Foundation (DFG), Germany for independent group leading position
2023: International Fellowship from the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for guest research at Beijing, China
2007 - 2010: PhD Scholarship from the Spemann Graduate School for Biology and Medicine (SGBM), provided by the Excellence Initiative of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2006 - 2007: Student scholarship from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for Postgraduate studies in bioinformatics at the University of Cologne
2003: Semester scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for a semester abroad at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA