Walter Salzburger | |
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![]() Walter Salzburger (2020) | |
Nationality | Swiss, Austrian |
Awards | Walther-Arndt-Preis (2011), LBS Umweltpreis (2004) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Zoologist, Evolutionary Biologist |
Institutions | University of Innsbruck, University of Konstanz, University of Lausanne, University of Basel |
Walter Salzburger (born 1 January 1975) is an Austrian-Swiss zoologist and evolutionary biologist and Professor at the Zoological Institute, Department of Environmental Sciences, of the University of Basel in Switzerland.[1]
The research of Walter Salzburger focuses on the understanding of organismal diversification in general and the evolutionary phenomena of adaptive radiation and explosive speciation in particular.[2] Salzburger's main organismal study systems are the exceptionally diverse adaptive radiations of cichlid fishes in East Africa, and in particular the cichlid fauna of Lake Tanganyika.[3][4] In addition, his group has worked on vision in deep-sea fishes,[5] among many other topics.