Armin P. Moczek (born 8 July 1969 in Munich) is a German evolutionary biologist and full professor at Indiana University Bloomington.
Biography Moczek studied biology at the University of Würzburg, where he graduated in 1996 with a master's degree in zoology. Joining Fred Nijhout’s lab at Duke University he developed a deep interest in Evolutionary developmental biology, receiving his PhD in 2002. From 2002 to 2004 he joined the University of Arizona as a postdoctoral fellow in the Postdoctoral Excellence in Research and Teaching (PERT) program.University of Arizona: Former postdocs In 2004, he assumed the position of assistant professor at the Department of Biology at Indiana University, where he was promoted to associate professor in 2009 and full professor in 2014.http://ecoevodevo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/AP-Moczek-CV-July-2017.pdf A. Moczek CV His research focuses on the genetic, developmental, and ecological mechanisms, and the interactions among them, that facilitate innovation in living systems.
With Sonia E. Sultan and Denis M. Walsh, Moczek co-authored the paper 'Bridging the explanatory gaps: What can we learn from a biological agency perspective?' which was published in BioEssays in 2022.
Awards Guggenheim Fellow (2017) Indiana University Bloomington, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Science, Technology, and Innovation Award (2017), Fulbright Award, Location: Australia, Indiana University Bloomington American Association for the Advancement of Science (2015), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Indiana University Bloomington, College of Arts and Sciences American Society of Naturalists (ASN) Young Investigator Prize (2004)
References
External links Armin Moczek, Indiana University Moczek Lab Armin Moczek, local coordinator of the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis research program Evolution Evolving: Armin Moczek (YouTube) Sir John Guggenheim Memorial Foundation: Armin P. Moczek The Fulbright Program Google Scholar citations