Curriculum Vitae
Personal Data
| Name | Jörg Arthur Freyhof |
| Date of birth | 4 November 1964 |
| Nationality | German |
| married, two children |
September 2016 – May 2019
Project Coordinator: “Interdisziplinärer Forschungsverbund Urbane Gewässer“ (IGB): http://urban-waters.org/
Past Positions
March 2014 – August 2016
Executive Director of the Group of Earth Observations - Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON, www.geobon.org) at the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) www.idiv.de/biodivesity-conservation
April 2011 – February 2014
Coordinator of the Fish Work Package in the SAW project Freshwater Diversity Identification for Europe (FREDIE): www.fredie.eu
March 2010 – February 2014
Working coordinator of the EU project BioFresh: www.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu
June 2000 – April 2014
Research scientist at the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin
- Diversity, systematics and conservation of Eurasian freshwater fishes
- Ecology and natural history of postglacial evolving fish species pairs
- Ecology of fish communities in large rivers
June 1993 - Mai 2000
Research assistant at the Zoological Research Institute and Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn
Collection management assistant and head of research projects:
- Diversity and perspectives of sustainable use of the fish fauna in the Central Mountain massifs of Vietnam
- Long-term fluctuations of fish-community structures in the River Rhine basin
Participating in research project:
- Freshwater fishes of the Rumpi hills, Western Cameroon (GTZ)
June 1993 - September 1997
doctorate in Zoology at the University of Bonn
- Habitat structures and fish communities in the Rivers Sieg, Germany
February 1993
Diploma in Biology (Zoology) at the University of Bonn
- Habitat choice of 0+cyprinids in the Rivers Sieg, Germany