Robert Zimmermann, MSc.

PhD fellow

Garbenstr. 17

Raum 005

E-Mail: robert.zimmermann(at)smns-bw.de

 

 

Research Interests

Biodiversity is often understood merely as the number of species. However, in view of human-induced habitat loss and climate change, which threaten biological diversity in der "sixth mass extinction", the often-neglected intraspecific diversity can be crucial for the adaptability and thus the survival of populations and species.

In my doctoral project, I aim to establish the polymorphic solitary bee Anthophora plumipes as a model organism for studying intraspecific diversity in wild bees. To this end, I am also collaborating with Michael Orr's research group at the Natural History Musesum in Stuttgart.

My further research interests are the taxonomy, faunistidx and biology of native wild bees and stinging wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata).

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until 2024: BSc. and MSc. Biology at the University of Regensburg; Master's Thesis: Contribution to a New Fauna Aculeata of the Regensburg Area; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Erhard Strohm

2024 - 2025: Research Assistant at the University of Regensburg

since 2025: PhD fellow of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt

Publications

Zimmermann, R., Strohm, E. (2022): Wildbienen und Wespen auf dem Campus der Universität Regensburg (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Ampulex 13:15-20.
Zimmermann, R.. (2023): Bestätigung der Schneckenhausbiene Rhodanthidium septemdentatum (Latreille, 1809) für Deutschland und weitere Fundmeldungen aus Tschechien und Österreich. Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 72 (1/2): 17-21.
Zimmermann, R., Schwenninger, H.-R., Bertsch, L. (2023): Die Östliche Schlürfbiene, Rophites hartmanni Friese, 1902, neu für Deutschland (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Anthophila 1:1-7.
Rübenach, S., Zimmermann, R. (2024). Wildbienen in Regensburg - Unbekannte Schönheit, gefährdete Vielfalt. Acta Albertina Ratisbonensia Sonderheft.