Oliver Balmer
- Phone: +41 61 284 82 32
- Fax: +41 61 284 81 18
- Email: oliver.balmer@unibas.ch
- Profession: Biologist, Dr.
- Position: Postdoc
- Department/Unit:
Professional Activities
- Effects of multiple-strain infections of Trypanosoma brucei on parasite and disease dynamics and parasite evolution
- Population genetics and phylogeography of Trypanosoma brucei.
Higher Education
- Yale University, USA (2001-2006) PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- University of Basel, Switzerland (1993-1998) MSc in Integrative Biology
- ETH Zürich, Switzerland (1991-1993) BSc in Environmental Natural Sciences
Work Experience
- 7/2007 - present: Postdoctoral research, Swiss Tropical Institute and Institute of Zoology, Evolutionary Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland
- 11/2007 – present: Project leader, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Frick, Switzerland
- 10/2006 - 6/2007: Postdoctoral research, Institute of Zoology, Evolutionary Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland
- 5/2002 - 9/2002: Short-term Research Fellow, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
- 10/2000 - 7/2001: High school teacher, Gymnasium Oberwil, Switzerland
- 9/1999 – 8/2000: Ecological consultant, Hintermann & Weber Ltd, Reinach, Switzerland
- 1/1999 - 6/1999: UPCAM, NGO for development aid in Cameroon. Community forestry, FSC forest certification.
- 1996 & 1998 Swiss Federal Institute of Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland