Dr. Markus Grams
Contact
Universität Rostock
Institut für Biowissenschaften
Allgemeine & Spezielle Zoologie
Universitätsplatz 2, 18055 Rostock
Tel.: +49 381 / 498-6266
Email: markus.mendes-grams(at)uni-rostock.de
2016 – 2023: PhD at the University of Rostock. Titel of thesis: „Malacostracan phylogeny and the evolution of the caridoid facies - A reevaluation of morpho-functional concepts and character dependencies“.
September 2016: Master of Science at the University of Rostock. Titel of Master's thesis: ”Morphological analysis of the walking and tactile legs of vinegaroons (Thelyphonida, Uropygi, Chelicerata)”, supervised by Dr. Christian S. Wirkner and Prof. Dr. Stefan Richter.
2014 – 2016: Master's studies of "Diversity and Evolution" at the University of Rostock.
September 2014: Bachelor of Science at the University of Rostock. Titel of Bachelor's thesis: ”Investigation of the branchial crown of Laonome spp. (Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellidae)”, supervised by PD Dr. Andreas Bick and Dr. Christian S. Wirkner.
2011 – 2014: Bachelor's studies of Biosciences at the University of Rostock.
Since November 2023: Research assistant at the Chair of General and Special Zoology, University of Rostock (DFG-Project "Transformations in the evolution of Peracarida")
2017 - 2023: Research assistant at the Chair of General and Special Zoology, University of Rostock (DFG-Projekte: "Malacostracan (Crustacea) phylogeny and the evolution of the caridoid facies" & "The Tasmanian Mountain Shrimps (Anaspidacea, Malacostraca) – from the surface to underground: independent colonization and adaptations")
2015 – 2017: Various activities as scientific assistant (General and Special Zoology, University of Rostock), assistance in the creation of an ontology on the circulatory system in Arthropoda
Grams, M.; Richter, S. (2023): On the four complementary aspects of hierarchical character relationships and their bearing on scoring constraints, expressed in a new syntax for character dependencies. Cladistics. 39, 437–455. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12550.
Grams, M.; Klinger, M.; Richter, S. (2023): Neither leg nor jaw—nor always the same: a critical revision of the eumalacostracan maxilliped. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 197(4), 965-1004. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac083
Höpel, C. G., Yeo, D., Grams, M., Meier, R., & Richter, S. (2022). Mitogenomics supports the monophyly of Mysidacea and Peracarida (Malacostraca). Zoologica Scripta, 51, 603– 613. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12554
Grams, M.; Richter, S. (2021): Locomotion in Anaspides (Anaspidacea, Malacostraca) – insights from a morpho-functional study of thoracopods with some observations on swimming and walking. Zoology, Article 125883. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2020.125883.
Grams, M.; Wirkner, C.S.; Runge, J. (2018): Serial and special: comparison of podomeres and muscles in tactile vs walking legs of whip scorpions (Arachnida, Uropygi). Zoologischer Anzeiger 273: 75-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2017.06.001
Presentations:
Grams, M., Torres, A., Richter, S. (2024): Joining forces in malacostracan phylogeny - New approaches for combining morphological and phylogenomic data. 41th Annual Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, Mexico City, 28.07 - 01.08 2024.
Grams, M., Torres, A., Wirkner, C.S., Richter, S. (2024) - Es kann nur eine geben! Die Phylogenie(n) der Malacostraca unter Anwendung verschiedener Analysemethoden für morphologische Merkmale. 21. CrustTag, Rostock, 25. - 27.04.2024
Grams, M., Richter, S. (2023): Malacostracan phylogeny and the importance of morphological character conceptualization. 40th Annual Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, Ithaca (USA), 09. - 13.07.2023.
Grams, M., Klinger, M., Richter, S. (2022): Neither leg, nor jaw, nor all the same: A critical revision of the eumalacostracan maxilliped. 114. Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), Bonn, 12. - 16.09.2022.
Grams, M., Richter, S. (2022): Dependences and inapplicables – two phenomena of morphological characters exemplified by malacostracan phylogeny. 39th Annual Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, Helsinki, 24. - 28.07.2022.
Grams, M., Klinger, M., Richter, S. (2022): Weder Kiefer, noch Fuß - eine Revision des eumalakostraken Maxillipeden. 20. Crustaceologen-Tagung, Kiel, 07. - 10.04.2022.
Grams, M., Richter, S. (2019): Swimming with the mountain shrimps – locomotion in “ancient” crustaceans (Malacostraca, Anaspidacea). 112. Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), Satelliten-Symposium "Form and function of motion systems: new approaches, new opportunities, new challenges", Jena, 09. - 13.09.2019.
Grams, M., Richter, S. (2019): Swimming on the hills down under. 19. Treffen deutschsprachiger Crustaceologen, Munich, 28. - 31.03.2019. [Prize for best student presentation, 2nd place]
Grams, M., Richter, S. (2018): Two joints are not enough - functional morphology of the protopodal part of thoracopods in malacostracans. 111. Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), Greifswald, 10. - 15.09.2018.
Grams, M., Richter, S. (2018): The joint in between - intrabasal joints and their relevance for malacostracan phylogeny. 9th International Crustacean Congress (ICC9) Washington, D.C., 22. - 25.05.2018.
Grams, M., Wirkner, C.S., Runge, J. (2017): Serial and special: comparison of podomeres and muscles in tactile vs walking legs of whip scorpions. 110. Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), Bielefeld, 12.-15.09.2017.
as Co-Autor:
Richter, S., Grams, M. (2019): How functional morphology informs character analysis. XXXVIII. Jahrestagung der Willi Hennig Society, Berkeley/Kalifornien, 26. - 31.05.2019.
Posters (as Co-Autor:)
Scholz, S., Grams. M., Richter, S. (2024) - Kräftig verdreht: Die Pleonmuskulatur caridoider Malakostraken. 21. CrustTag, Rostock, 25. - 27.04.2024
Kurt Milton Pickett Intercontinental Award (40th Annual Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, Ithaca, USA, 09. - 13.07.2023)
Mari Stopes Award (39th Annual Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, Helsinki, 24. - 28.07.2022)
Prize for best student presentation, 2nd place (19. Treffen deutschsprachiger Crustaceologen, Munich, 28. - 31.03.2019)