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Name: MEIER Rudolf

Present Appointment: Associate Professor

Contact Information:
Department of Biological Sciences
National University of Singapore
Science Drive 4
Singapore 117543
Tel: 6874 2714 and 6874 4061
Fax: 67792486

Research Areas:
Evolutionary Biology, Numerical Phylogenetics, Quantitative Biodiversity Research, Diptera Systematics.

Teaching Areas:
Zoology, Entomology, Evolution, Phylogenetic Systematics

Academic/Professional Qualifications:
M.Sc. (1989) Tulane University (New Orleans), USA
Biology Diploma (1991) Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Ph.D. (1995) Cornell University, USA

Career History:

1997- 2003 Associate Professor University of Copenhagen
2002-2004 Visiting Associate Professor, National University of Singapore
2004- Associate Professor, National University of Singapore

Selected Publications

• Su, K. F., R. Meier, R. R. Jackson, D. P. Harland, and D. Li. Convergent evolution of eye ultrastructure and divergent evolution of vision-mediated predatory behavior in jumping spiders. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, accepted

• Bickford, D., Lohman, D., Sodhi, N. S., Ng, P. K. L., Meier, R., Winker, K., Ingram, K., Das, I. Cryptic species: a new window on diversity and conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, online early.

• Blanckenhorn, W. U., A. F. G. Dixon, D. J. Fairbairn, M. W. Foellmer, P. Gibert, K. van der Linde, R. Meier, S. Nylin, S. Pitnick, C. Schoff, M. Signorelli, T. Teder, and C. Wiklund. Proximate causes of Rensch’s rule: Does sexual size dimorphism in arthropods result from sex differences in development time? American Naturalist, in press.

• Kutty, S. N., M. V. Bernasconi, F. Sifner, and R. Meier. Sensitivity analysis, molecular systematics, and natural history evolution of Scathophagidae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha: Calyptratae). Cladistics, in press.

• 2006:Meier, R., S. Kwong, G. Vaidya, and P. K. L. Ng. DNA Barcoding and taxonomy in Diptera: a tale of high intraspecific variability and low identification success. Systematic Biology, 55: 715 - 728

• 2005:Laamanen, T. R., R. Meier, M. A. Miller, A. Hille, and B. M. Wiegmann. Phylogenetic analysis of Themira (Sepsidae: Diptera): sensitivity analysis, alignment, and indel treatment in a multigene study. Cladistics, 21: 258-271.

• 2004: Meier, R., and T. Dikow. The significance of specimen databases from taxonomic revisions for estimating and mapping the global species diversity of invertebrates and repatriating reliable and complete specimen data, Conservation Biology, 18: 478-488.

• 2002: Meier, R., and B. M. Wiegmann. A phylogenetic analysis of Coelopidae (Diptera) based on morphological and DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25: 393–407.

• Wheeler, Q. D., and R. Meier (eds.) 2000. Species Concepts and Phylogenetic Theory: a Debate. Columbia University Press, New York; 1-230.

• 1999:Meier, R., M. Kotrba, and P. Ferrar. Ovoviviparity and Viviparity in Diptera. Biological Reviews, 74: 199-258

• 1997: Meier, R. A test and review of the empirical performance of the ontogenetic criterion. Systematic Biology, 46: 699-721.

• 1994: Richter, S. and R. Meier The development of phylogenetic concepts in Hennig's early publications. Systematic Biology 43: 212-221.

   

Books and Monographs:

• Pont, A. C., & Meier, R.. 2002. The Sepsidae (Diptera) of Europe. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Volume 37: 1-217.

• Petersen, J. F. T., & Meier, R. (eds.). 2001. A Preliminary Checklist of Danish Diptera. Steenstrupia, 26: 119-279.

• Wheeler, Q. D., & Meier, R. (eds.) 2000. Species Concepts and Phylogenetic Theory: a Debate. Columbia University Press, New York.

• Meier, R. 1996. Larval morphology of the Sepsidae (Diptera: Sciomyzoidea), with a cladistic analysis using adult and larval characters. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 228: 1-147.

updated May 2007