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Sven Winter

Dr. rer. nat., Master of Science, Bachelor of Science

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1890-0977

  • Vestara Bryggja 15, FO-100 Tórshavn

    Faroe Islands

  • J .C. Svabos gøta 14

    FO-100 Tórshavn

    Faroe Islands

20172026

Research activity per year

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Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Gene flow, population structure and genetic speciation of giraffe have implications for their conservation, Goethe University Frankfurt

2016 → 2020

Award Date: 16 Dec 2020

Master, A molecular phylogeny and divergence times of the weevil tribe Apionini (Brentidae, Curculionoidea, Coleoptera), University of Vienna

2014 → 2016

Award Date: 26 Feb 2016

Bachelor, „Beutespektren namibischer Prädatoren mit Schwerpunkt auf dem Leopard Panthera pardus auf Farmland in Namibia, University of Bonn

2010 → 2013

Award Date: 13 Dec 2013

External positions

Guest Researcher, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen

1 Feb 2025 → …

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

1 Jan 2022 → 31 Dec 2024

Guest Researcher, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Institute

2022 → …

Postdoctoral Researcher, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Institute

Jan 2021 → Dec 2021

Keywords

  • QL Zoology
  • Genomics
  • Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Evolution
  • Mammals
  • Vertebrates
  • QH426 Genetics
  • Population Genomics
  • Conservation Genomics
  • Evolution
  • Comparative Genomics

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  3. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water
  4. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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  • 34 Article
  • 3 Other contribution
  • 1 Commissioned report
  • 1 Comment/debate

  • A pseudochromosomal reference genome of the golden jackal, Canis aureus

    Winter, S., Meißner, R., Prost, S., Greve, C., Gerheim, C., Arakelyan, M., Aghayan, S., Ghazaryan, A., Hatlauf, J. & Burger, P. A., 6 Mar 2026, In: Journal of Heredity. 7 p., esag021.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
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  • Genomics as a time capsule: insights from Oreobates chiquitanus type specimens

    Schöneberg, Y., Nebenführ, M., Jansen, M., Janke, A. & Winter, S., 6 Jun 2026, In: BMC genomics. 27, 1, 11 p., 252.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
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  • Genomic signatures of population isolation in an endangered European rodent

    Byerly, P. A., von Thaden, A., Rolshausen, G., Cocchiararo, B., Erhardt, S., Fietz, J., Frantz, A. C., Kramer, E. M., Stubbe, S. P., Vinciguerra, L., Winter, S., Lang, J., Meinig, H., Büchner, S. & Nowak, C., Jan 2026, In: BMC genomics. 27, 1, 15 p., 483.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
    File

  • The variability of giraffe skull morphology

    Kargopoulos, N., Marugán-Lobón, J., Chinsamy-Turan, A., Agwanda, B. R., Brown, M. B., Fennessy, S., Ferguson, S., Hoffman, R., Lala, F., Muneza, A., Mwebi, O., Otiende, M., Petzold, A., Winter, S., Zabeirou, A. R. M. & Fennessy, J., 2026, In: Journal of Anatomy. 00, 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
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  • A Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the Snow Leopard, Panthera Uncia

    Plasil, M., Winter, S., Karla, S., Leona, V., April, J., Jan, F., Burger, P. A. & Petr, H., 9 Jul 2025, In: Journal of Heredity. esaf046.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • 2 Editorial work
  • 1 Membership of committee
  • 1 Membership of network
  • 1 Oral presentation