Associate Professor Jan Engelstaedter
Associate Professor

Jan Engelstaedter

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Background

I am broadly interested in the evolutionary biology of sexual processes, parasitism, and the interplay between these phenomena. Most of my work involves mathematical models, but I also do experimental and field work. Currently, my research focuses on the following topics:

  • Reproductive parasites. These parasites, which include the famous bacterium Wolbachia, infect many insect species and manipulate the reproduction of their hosts in fascinating ways.
  • Recombination in bacteria. Bacteria reproduce clonally, but many still exchange genes with other bacteria, for example through plasmids or the uptake of free DNA from the environment. I'm especially interested in how recombination can affect the evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
  • Host-parasite coevolution. Hosts and parasites interact in an antagonistic manner, which may produce interesting coevolutionary dynamics. I am also scrutinizing the Red Queen hypothesis, which posits that host-parasite coevolution can produce selection for recombination and sexual reproduction.
  • Parthenogenesis in animals. Although most animals reproduce sexually, some species have given up sex and consist of asexually reproducing females only. I am interested in the factors that enhance or inhibit the evolution of such parthenogenetic species and on their long-term evolutionary fate.

http://engelstaedterlab.org/

Availability

Associate Professor Jan Engelstaedter is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University College London

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81 works between 2004 and 2025
All (81) Journal Article (75) Other Outputs (4) Conference Publication (1) Book Chapter (1)

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2004

Journal Article

To what extent do different types of sex ratio distorters interfere?

Engelstädter, Jan, Montenegro, Horacio and Hurst, Gregory D. D. (2004). To what extent do different types of sex ratio distorters interfere?. Evolution, 58 (10), 2382-2386. doi: 10.1554/04-294

To what extent do different types of sex ratio distorters interfere?

Past funding

  • 2019 - 2024
    Predicting the evolutionary dynamics of adaptation
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    Recombination and the genomic landscape of speciation
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    Sex and bottlenecks: understanding the evolutionary dynamics of bacterial adaptation
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    The evolution of recombination cold spots during speciation
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013
    The role of fitness interactions in the evolution of multidrug resistance
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    Elucidating the role of natural transformation in the evolution of multidrug resistance
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Jan Engelstaedter is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding the evolution of intrinsic antibiotic resistance using machine learning

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Andrew Letten

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The evolution of genetic networks during polygenic adaptation

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Uncovering the role of Chromosomal Inversions in Adaptive Evolution

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos, Dr Maddie James

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Evolutionary systems biology of adaptive radiation

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The costs and consequences of antibioitic resistance in fluctuating environments

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Andrew Letten

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Rapid evolution and the dynamics and stability of ecological communities.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Andrew Letten, Dr Simon Hart

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The polygenic basis of adaptation

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Maddie James, Professor Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The evolution of antibiotic resistance through the lens of ecological competition theory

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Andrew Letten

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The evolution of genetic networks during rapid adaptation

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The effects of rapid evolution and phenotypic plasticity on ecological dynamics in fluctuating environments

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Andrew Letten, Dr Simon Hart

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Costs of antibiotic resistance through the lens of resource-competition theory

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Andrew Letten

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Microbial community dynamics in nonequilibrium systems

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Andrew Letten

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The role of resource fluctuations in structuring microbial communities

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Andrew Letten

Completed supervision

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