Dipl. Biol. Ben Stöver
- PhD student (Evolution and Biodiversity of Plants Group)
- IT Administrator (Botanical Garden, Evolution and Biodiversity of Plants Group)
E-Mail: BenStoever@uni-muenster.de
Phone: +49 251 83-21647
Fax: +49 251 83-24668
Room: 105
Positions
| 2011 | Scientific assistant (during PhD) at the Evolution and Biodiversity of Plants group of Prof. Müller (Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, WWU) |
| 2010 - 2011 | Scientific research assistant at the Evolution and Biodiversity of Plants group of Prof. Müller (Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, WWU) |
| 2009 - 2010 | Student research assistant (part time) at the Evolution and Biodiversity of Plants group of Prof. Müller (Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, WWU) |
| 2008 - 2009 | Student research assistant (part time) at the Systematics and Evolution group of Kai Müller (Nees Institute, University of Bonn). |
| 2006 - 2009 | Student research assistant (part time) at the chair of Prof. Bleckmann (Department for comparative Neurobiology, Institute for zoology, University of Bonn). |
Education
| 2010 | Oral diploma examination in physics (optional subject) |
| 2010 | Award of diploma in Biology (grade 1.0, mark of distinction) |
| 2010 | PhD at the Evolution and Biodiversity of Plants group of Prof. Müller (Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, WWU) |
| 2009 - 2010 | Diploma theses at the Evolution and Biodiversity of Plants group of Prof. Müller (Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster in cooperation with Prof. Quandt (Nees Institute, University of Bonn). Title: |
| 2009 | Oral diploma examinations in biology (Subjects: botany, neurobiology, informatics) |
| 2005 | Intermediate diploma in biology at the University of Bonn (Subjects: plant physiology, neurobiology, genetics, cell biology, physics, chemistry) |
| 1995 - 2002 | General qualification for university entrance (Abitur), Stiftisches Gymnasium Düren, Specialized courses: Biology, Physics |
Research projects
- DNA sequence alignment for phylogenetic analysis
- Indel evolution
- Phylogenetic signal in highly variable chloroplast DNA markers
- Software development
Publications
Stöver BC, Müller KF: TreeGraph 2: combining and visualizing evidence from different phylogenetic analyses. BMC Bioinformatics 2010, 11 (Details)
Theses
- Entwicklung und Implementierung eines Algorithmus zur Lokalisierung von Haarnadel-bedingten Tandem-Wiederholungen (Diploma thesis, finished on Feb 28, 2010)
- Multiple sequence alignment (PhD, in progress)
Developed Software
- TreeGraph 2 (http://treegraph.bioinfweb.info/)
- GraphicMeasurer (http://gm.bioinfweb.info/)
- HIR Finder
