Torsten Hugo Struck

Background
Since 2015 | Professor in Evolutionary Genomics & Curator of the Helminth collections 2015 |
2011-2015 | Heisenberg fellow, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn Germany |
2005-2011 | Researcher, Deep Metazoan Phylogeny - Priority Programm, University of Osnabrück, Germany |
Since 2009 | Affiliated Assistant Professor, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA |
Since 2008 | Privatdozent, University of Osnabrück, Germany |
2003-2005 | PostDoctoral fellow, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA |
1999-2003 | PhD in Biology, University of Osnabrück, Germany with fellowships from Episcopalian Cusanuswerk & the State of Lower Saxonia, Germany |
1993-1999 | Diploma in Biology, University of Osnabrück & Max Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany |
Teaching and tutoring
2016 (spring): BIO4240 - Evolution and Systematics in Selected Taxa: Kingdom Animalia.
I also supervise Master and PhD candidates in Genomics, Phylogenomics, Phylogeography, Taxonomy, and Bioinformatics.
Fields of interest
My research encompasses different aspects of the evolution and biodiversity of marine spiralians at all taxonomic levels with an emphasis on annelids. My group thereby employs evolutionary genomic, phylogenomic, phylogeographic, population genetic and bioinformatic approaches to address questions in the evolution of these taxa.
For further information please look at: www.annelida.de or www.researchgate.net/profile/Torsten_Struck
Publications
- Struck, T. H., Wey-Fabrizius, A. R., Golombek, A., Hering, L., Weigert, A., Bleidorn, C., Klebow, S., Iakovenko, N., Hausdorf, B., Petersen, M., Kück, P., Herlyn, H. & Hankeln, T. (2014). Platyzoan paraphyly based on phylogenomic data supports a non-coelomate ancestry of Spiralia. Molecular Biology and Evolution 31: 1833-1849.
- Weigert, A., Helm, C., Meyer, M., Nickel, B., Arendt, D., Hausdorf, B., Santos, S. R., Halanych, K. M., Purschke, G., Bleidorn, C. & Struck, T. H. (2014). Illuminating the base of the annelid tree using transcriptomics. Molecular Biology and Evolution 31: 1391-1401.
- Struck, T. H. (2014). TreSpEx – Detection of misleading signal in phylogenetic reconstructions based on tree information. Evolutionary Bioinformatics 10: 51-67.
- Struck, T. H. (2013). The impact of paralogy on phylogenomic studies – a case study on annelid relationships. PLoS ONE 8: e62892.
- Thornhill, D. J., Struck, T. H., Ebbe, B., Lee, R. W., Mendoza, G. F., Levin, L. A. & Halanych, K. M. (2012). Adaptive Radiation in Extremophilic Dorvilleids: Diversification of a Single Colonizer or Multiple Independent Lineages? Ecology & Evolution 2: 1958–1970.
- Struck, T. H., Paul, C., Hill, N., Hösel, C., Kube, M., Lieb, B., Meyer, A., Tiedemann, R., Purschke, G. & Bleidorn, C. (2011). Phylogenomic analyses unravel annelid evolution. Nature 471: 95-98.
- Struck, T. H. & Fisse, F. (2008). Phylogenetic position of Nemertea derived from phylogenomic data. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25: 728–736.
- Struck, T. H. (2007). Data congruence, paedomorphosis and salamanders. Frontiers in Zoology 4: 22.
- Struck, T. H., Schult, N., Kusen, T., Hickman, E., Bleidorn, C., McHugh, D. & Halanych, K. M. (2007). Annelida phylogeny and the status of Sipuncula and Echiura. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7:57.
- Cerca De Oliveira, Josè; Meyer, Christian; Purschke, Günter & Struck, Torsten H (2020). Delimitation of cryptic species drastically reduces the geographical ranges of marine interstitial ghost-worms (Stygocapitella; Annelida, Sedentaria). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. ISSN 1055-7903. 143 . doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106663 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Cerca De Oliveira, Josè; Meyer, Christian; Purschke, Gunter & Struck, Torsten Hugo (2020). Delimitation of cryptic species drastically reduces the geographical ranges of marine interstitial ghost-worms (Stygocapitella; Annelida, Sedentaria). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. ISSN 1055-7903. 143:106663, s 1- 16 . doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106663
- Cerca De Oliveira, Josè; Meyer, Christian; Stateczny, Dave; Siemon, Dominik; Wegbrod, Jana; Purschke, Günter; Dimitrov, Dimitar & Struck, Torsten H (2020). Deceleration of morphological evolution in a cryptic species complex and its link to paleontological stasis. Evolution. ISSN 0014-3820. 74(1), s 116- 131 . doi: doi:10.1111/evo.13884 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Elgetany, Asmaa Haris; Rensburg, Hendré van; Hektoen, Martin Mejdell; Matthee, Conrad; Budaeva, Nataliya; Simon, Carol A. & Struck, Torsten H (2020). Species delineation in the speciation grey zone—The case of Diopatra (Annelida, Onuphidae). Zoologica Scripta. ISSN 0300-3256. 49(4), s 516- 534 . doi: 10.1111/zsc.12421 Show summary
- Pazoki, Samaneh; Rahimian, Hassan; Struck, Torsten H; Katouzian, Ahmad R. & Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2020). A new species of the Spirobranchus kraussii-complex (Annelida, Serpulidae)from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Zootaxa. ISSN 1175-5326. 4748(3), s 401- 430 . doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4748.3.1 Show summary
- Struck, Torsten H (2019). Phylogeny, In Günter Purschke; Markus Böggemann & Wilfried Westheide (ed.), Handbook of Zoology: Annelida. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-029146-9. 2. s 37 - 68
- Struck, Torsten H & Cerca De Oliveira, Josè (2019). Cryptic Species and Their Evolutionary Significance. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. ISSN 1476-9506. . doi: DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0028292 Full text in Research Archive.
- Cerca De Oliveira, Josè; Purschke, Günter & Struck, Torsten H (2018). Marine connectivity dynamics: clarifying cosmopolitan distributions of marine interstitial invertebrates and the meiofauna paradox. Marine Biology. ISSN 0025-3162. 165(8) . doi: 10.1007/s00227-018-3383-2 Full text in Research Archive.
- Elgetany, Asmaa H.; El-Ghobashy, Ahmed E.; Ghoneim, Ahmad & Struck, Torsten H (2018). Description of a new species of the genus Marphysa (Eunicidae), Marphysa aegypti sp.n., based on molecular and morphological evidence. Invertebrate Zoology. ISSN 1812-9250. 15(1), s 71- 84 . doi: 10.15298/invertzool.15.1.05 Full text in Research Archive.
- Helm, Conrad; Beckers, Patrick; Bartolomaeus, Thomas; Drukewitz, Stephan H.; Kourtesis, Ioannis; Weigert, Anne; Purschke, Günter; Worsaae, Katrine; Struck, Torsten H & Bleidorn, Christoph (2018). Convergent evolution of the ladder-like ventral nerve cord in Annelida. Frontiers in Zoology. ISSN 1742-9994. 15(1) . doi: 10.1186/s12983-018-0280-y Full text in Research Archive.
- Ramey-Balci, Patricia; Fiege, Dieter & Struck, Torsten H (2018). Molecular phylogeny, morphology, and distribution of Polygordius (Polychaeta: Polygordiidae) in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. ISSN 1055-7903. 127, s 919- 930 . doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.039 Full text in Research Archive.
- Struck, Torsten H (2017). Phylogeny of Annelida, In Ponnampalam Gopalakrishnakone & Anita Malhotra (ed.), Evolution of Venomous Animals and Their Toxins. Springer Science+Business Media B.V.. ISBN 978-94-007-6457-6. Chapter 18. s 399 - 413
- Struck, Torsten H (2017). Spiralia/Lophotrochozoa, In Michel Laurin (ed.), Evolution of Phylogenetic Tree of Life. Eolss Publishing CO. Ltd.. ISBN 9781780215242. Chapter.
- Struck, Torsten H; Feder, Jeffrey L.; Bendiksby, Mika; Birkeland, Siri; Cerca De Oliveira, Josè; Gusarov, Vladimir; Kistenich, Sonja; Larsson, Karl-Henrik; Liow, Lee Hsiang; Nowak, Michael; Stedje, Brita; Bachmann, Lutz & Dimitrov, Dimitar (2017). Finding Evolutionary Processes Hidden in Cryptic Species. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. ISSN 0169-5347. 33(3), s 153- 163 . doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.11.007 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Struck, Torsten H; Koczula, Jens; Stateczny, Dave; Meyer, Christian & Purschke, Günter (2017). Two new species in the annelid genus Stygocapitella (Orbiniida, Parergodrilidae) with comments on their biogeography. Zootaxa. ISSN 1175-5326. 4286(3), s 301- 332 . doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.3.1
- Aguado, Maria Teresa; Richter, Sandy; Sontowski, Rebekka; Golombek, Anja; Struck, Torsten Hugo & Bleidorn, Christoph (2016). Syllidae mitochondrial gene order is unusually variable for Annelida. Gene. ISSN 0378-1119. 594(1), s 89- 96 . doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2016.08.050 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Kocot, Kevin M.; Struck, Torsten H; Merkel, Julia; Waits, Damien S.; Todt, Christiane; Bannock, Pamela M.; Weese, David A.; Cannon, Johanna T.; Moroz, Leonid L.; Lieb, Bernhard & Halanych, Kenneth M. (2016). Phylogenomics of Lophotrochozoa with consideration of systematic error. Systematic Biology. ISSN 1063-5157. 66(2), s 256- 282 . doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syw079 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Sielaff, Malte; Schmidt, Hanno; Struck, Torsten Hugo; Rosenkranz, David; Mark Welch, David B.; Hankeln, Thomas & Herlyn, Holger (2016). Phylogeny of Syndermata (syn. Rotifera): Mitochondrial gene order verifies epizoic Seisonidea as sister to endoparasitic Acanthocephala within monophyletic Hemirotifera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. ISSN 1055-7903. 96, s 79- 92 . doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.11.017
- Austin, Rita M; Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "Bringing museum specimens back into the light: Meet the new postdoctoral researcher molecularly exploring museum collections ".
- Cerca, Jose; Johnsen, Arild; Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Naturhistoriske samlinger i den molekylære æraen: En kostbar hobby eller en bærebjelke for moderne forskning?. Naturen. ISSN 0028-0887. (3), s 110- 116 . doi: https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-3118-2020-03-07
- Fleming, James F; Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "Coming from Japan all the way to Norway".
- Gusarov, Vladimir; Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "Beetles on the Falkland islands".
- Gusarov, Vladimir; Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "Summer project at rocky shores".
- Gusarov, Vladimir; Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "Training in African Insect Biodiversity".
- Haugen, Marianne Nilsen; Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "Beetles, sheep and the Faroes".
- Haugen, Marianne Nilsen; Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "The intertidal beetle genus Aegialites".
- Haugen, Marianne Nilsen; Valero-Gracia, Alberto; Austin, Rita M; Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "Combining group fun with genomic research".
- Haugen, Marianne Nilsen; Valero-Gracia, Alberto; Cerca, José; Austin, Rita M; Fleming, James F; Gusarov, Vladimir; Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "International Happy Seasons".
- Struck, Torsten H (2020). Cryptic species and stasis - the interstitial annelid genus Stygocapitella as a case study.
- Struck, Torsten H (2020). The evolutionary significance of a cryptic species, a supposedly purely taxonomic problem.
- Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "A tale of stone and ice".
- Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "Assessing biodiversity in the marine algae belt".
- Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "Did the vikings bring beetles along to Iceland?".
- Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "From small body size to big data".
- Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "Huge and endangered".
- Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "Meiofauna occuring at public swimming beaches on Nesodden".
- Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "Natural history collections in the molecular era".
- Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "Never Cry Wolf".
- Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "Probing the mud".
- Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "Teaching in Covid times".
- Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "The first defense".
- Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "The first door of the calendar ".
- Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "The wrong food chain".
- Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "Where do all the sharks live".
- Valero-Gracia, Alberto; Struck, Torsten H & Bachmann, Lutz (2020). Blog post "A new PhD student in town".
- Struck, Torsten H; Feder, Jeffrey L.; Bendiksby, Mika; Birkeland, Siri; Cerca De Oliveira, Josè; Gusarov, Vladimir; Kistenich, Sonja; Larsson, Karl-Henrik; Liow, Lee Hsiang; Nowak, Michael; Stedje, Brita; Bachmann, Lutz & Dimitrov, Dimitar (2018). Cryptic Species – More Than Terminological Chaos: A Reply to Heethoff. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. ISSN 0169-5347. 33(5), s 310- 312 . doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.02.008