EDUCATION
2007
Habilitation in Zoology at the University of Basel, Department of
Environmental Sciences
1999
Ph.D. in Zoology at the University of Bern, Department of Evolutionary Ecology
1996
Lizentiat (MSc.) Zoology at the University of Bern
Further Education
2016 – 2018
Teaching Diploma for Grammar Schools and Vocational Schools
CAREER
Since 2019
Curator Exhibitions, Natural History Museum Basel
2018 – 2019
Curator Special Exhibitions, Natural History Museum of Fribourg
2008 – 2015
Assistant Professor SNF, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel
2005 – 2008
Junior Group Leader, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel
2002 – 2005
Postdoc (SNF fellowship), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
2001 – 2002
Consultant Data Mining, dmplus Direktmarketing AG
1999 – 2001
Assistant, Department of Evolutionary Ecology, University of Bern
PROJECTS AND MUSEUM ACTIVITIES
2020
Special Exhibition 'EARTH AT ITS LIMITS', Natural History Museum Basel, Curator and Co-Project Leader
2019
Special Exhibition 'LAIT – Elixir maternel / MILCH – Mütterliches Elixier', Natural History Museum of Fribourg, Curator; Prix Expo 2019
2007
Contributions to the Special Exhibition 'Adam, Eva and Darwin', Museum.BL, Liestal
PUBLICATIONS
Wu, M., Sun, L., Walser J.-C. & Kölliker, M. 2020. The genetic mechanism of selfishness and altruism in parent-offspring coadaptation. Science Advances 6/1, eaaw0070.
Bailey, N.W. & Kölliker, M. 2019. Social runaway: Fisherian elaboration (or reduction) of socially selected traits via indirect genetic effects. Evolution 73/8, 1549-1564.
Benoit, J.B., Kölliker, M. & Attardo, G.M. 2019. Putting invertebrate lactation in context. Science 363, 593.
Kasper, C., Kölliker, M., Postma, E. & Taborsky, B. 2017. Consistent cooperation in a cichlid fish is caused by maternal and developmental effects rather than heritable genetic variation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 284, 20170369.
Kölliker, M., Boos, S., Wong, J.W.Y. et al. 2015. Parent-offspring conflict and the genetic trade-offs shaping parental investment. Nature Communications 6, 6850.
Royle, N., Smiseth, P.T. & Kölliker, M. 2012. The evolution of parental care. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kölliker, M. 2007. Benefits and costs of earwig (Forficula auricularia) family life. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 61/9, 1489-1497.
All publications on Google Scholar and Researchgate