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Name	Dr. Patrick Knopf
Address	Allerstraße 43
	44287 Dortmund
Phone (private)	+49231 452331
Phone (office)	+49234 32 28064
Fax (office)	+49234 32 14284
Email	Patrick.Knopf@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Date of birth	03.04.1974
Place of birth	Dortmund-Hörde
Nationality	German
Marital status	Single, no children

School career
1980-1984	Elementary School, Dortmund-Aplerbeck
1984-1990	Albrecht-Dürer-School, Dortmund
1990-1993	Max-Planck-High school, Dortmund
Degree	Abitur (Grade 3.1)

Military service/alternative community service
06/1993-07/1994	Westphalia Hospital for psychiatry in Dortmund
	Activities in the local nursery, therapeutic
	work with developmentally delayed and mentally ill people.
Vocational training
08/1994-01/1997	Training for horticulturist:
8/1994-4/1995	Nursery Zeisig Ltd. in Dortmund-Brambauer (ornamental plants)
5/1995-1/1997	Nursery Neuhoff Ltd. in Dortmund-Wellinghofen (Gardening & Landscaping)
Degree	Gardener’s apprentice (Grade 1.7)

University career
10/1997-09/1999	Basic studies in biology at the Ruhr-University Bochum
10/1999-11/2004	Main studies in biology at the Ruhr-University Bochum
	Focus: Evolution and biodiversity of plants
Degree	Diploma (Grade 1,1)
	Diploma thesis: “Differential Diagnosis and Evolution in
	Cupressus L. and Juniperus L.“
05/2005	Beginning of the doctoral studies
1/07/2011	Doctoral thesis: ”Differential Diagnosis and Evolution within the Podocarpaceae s.l. (Steineibengewächse i.w.S)”
6/10/2011 Degree	Public defense of the doctoral dissertation Dr. rer. nat. (Grade 1.0 (magna cum laude)


Professional career
01/1997-03/2003	Full-time and later part-time employment as a gardener’s apprentice
	at nursery Neuhoff Ltd.
04/2003-08/2003	Student assistant at the Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity of Plants at Ruhr-University Bochum
04/2004-08/2004	(see above)
04/2005-10/2005	Research assistant at the above institute
11/2005-05/2006	Research staff at the above institute
06/2006-08/2006	Research assistant at the above institute
09/2006-12/2006	Part-time employment as a gardener’s apprentice at nursery Neuhoff Ltd.
02/2007-12/2007	Research assistant at the above institute
since 01/2008	Research staff at the above institute

International experience/ fieldwork
since 12/2004	Various stays for cooperation in Botanical Gardens and centers
	for biodiversity research in Europe (e.g. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Kew Gardens, London, National History Museum Paris;
	Prague Botanical Garden, Naturalis Leiden)
12/2006-01/2007	Field work and scientific exchange with various institutes in
	Brazil (Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo)
09/2007-10/2007	Material and scientific exchange with various institutes in the US
	(e.g.. Atlanta Botanical Garden, Berkeley University, Harvard
	University, New York Botanical Garden, Smith College)
05/2008-06/2008	Field work at Mt. Sibaliw, Panay (Philippines)
01/2009-02/2009	Molecular research and further education at the New York Botanical Garden. (Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics)
03/2009-04/2009	Field work and scientific exchange in Polynesia (Fiji Is. and Tonga Is.)
07/2009-08/2009	Field work and scientific exchange in Malaysia and Sabah
08/2010-09/2010	Congress attendance and field work in Singapore
	additional field work and scientific exchange in Java (Bogor, Cibodas)
07/2011-08/2011	Congress attendance, field work and scientific exchange in Australia (Victoria)
	additional field work and scientific exchange in New Caledonia
08/2012-09/2012	Lecture tour USA (New York Botanical Garden, Yale University, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Montgomery Botanical Center)

Publication list

Schulz, C., Knopf, P., Stützel, Th. 2005. Identification key to the Cypress family (Cupressaceae). Feddes Repert. 116 (1-2), 96-146.

Jagel, A. & Knopf, P. 2007. Blühende Zapfen der Taiwanie (Taiwania cryptomerioides Hayata, Cupressaceae s. l.) im Botanischen Garten Düsseldorf. Erstmals in Mitteleuropa? – Mitt. Dtsch. Dendrol. Ges. 92, 117-124.

Knopf, P., Nimsch, H., Stützel, Th. 2007. Dacrydium × suprinii, sp. Nova – a natural hybrid of Dacrydium araucarioides × D. guillauminii. Feddes Repert. 118 (1–2), 51-59.

Knopf, P., Schulz, C., Little, D.P., Stützel, Th. & Stevenson, D.Wm. 2012. Relationships within Podocarpaceae based on DNA sequence, anatomical, morphological, and biogeographical data. Cladistics 28 (3), 271-299.
Congress attendance

Knopf, P., Schulz, C. & Stützel, Th.: Phylogeny within Cupressus L. with morphological data. XVII International Botanical Congress in Vienna, 17.-23.7.2005. (poster presentation).

Schulz, C., Knopf, P. & Stützel, Th.: Identification key for the cypress family (Cupressaceae). XVII International Botanical Congress in Vienna, 17.-23.7.2005. (poster presentation).

Knopf, P., Bongart, C. & Stützel, Th.: The female cone development of Araucaria araucana (Molina) K. Koch. 17^th Internat. Symp. Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (of the DBG) in Bonn, 24.-28.9.2006. (poster presentation).

Knopf, P. & Stützel, Th.: Phylogeny and anatomy within the genus Dacrydium Sol. ex G. Forst. (Podocarpaceae). 8^th Flora malesiana Symposium in Singapore, 23.-27.8.2010. (poster presentation).

Knopf, P., Schulz, C., Little, D.P., Stützel, Th. & Stevenson, D.: A combined phylogenetic reconstruction of the Podocarpaceae based on rbcL, nrITS1 And NEEDLY intron2 sequence as well as anatomical, morphological and biogeographical data. 8^th Flora malesiana Symposium in Singapore, 23.-27.8.2010. (oral presentation)

Knopf, P., Schulz, C., Little, D.P., Stützel, Th. & Stevenson, D.: A combined phylogenetic reconstruction of the Podocarpaceae based on rbcL, nrITS1 And NEEDLY intron2 sequence as well as anatomical, morphological and biogeographical data. XVIII International Botanical Congress in Melbourne, 23.-30.7.2011. (poster presentation).

Knopf, P., Schulz, C., Little, D.P., Stützel, Th. & Stevenson, D.: Comparative Phylogeny within Podocarpaceae (Coniferopsida). XIII Young Systematics Forum in London (Natural History Museum), 1.-2.12.2011. (poster presentation with award).
Lectures

Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami 2009/02/07: Differential diagnosis within Podocarpaceae using leaf anatomical characters.

Jordrell Lab.-Kew Gardens, London 2011/01/27: Phylogeny and anatomy within the Podocarpaceae.

New York Botanical Garden 2012/08/24: Comparative phylogeny and anatomy within Podocarpaceae s.l. – results and perspectives.

Yale University, New Haven 2012/08/28: Phylogenetics of the conifer family Podocarpaceae at the species level.

Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta 2012/08/31: Comparative phylogeny and anatomy within Podocarpaceae s.l. – results and perspectives.

Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami 2012/09/03: see above
Accomplished teaching at the Ruhr-University Bochum

Basis module ”Systematic and evolution of vascular plants”

Basis module “Anatomy and evolution of the spermatophyte”

Basis module “Floristic field work in Russia (Kursk)”

A-module “Flora and vegetation of Central Europe”

A-module “Biodiversity of plants”

Modules for students from all faculties “Biodiversity in the Botanical Garden Bochum”

Modules for students from all faculties “Everyday botany”

Basis studies: 2. Sem. “Floristic and Faunistic fieldtrips“

Basic studies: 2. Sem. “Identification courses“

Botanical fieldtrip to Grietherbusch (river vegetation)
Instructional/supervising function

16 advanced module candidates:

(Various themes about anatomy, morphology and morphogeny within Podocarpaceae and Araucariaceae).

Bachelor candidate:

Bongart, C. 2006: Morphogenese der weiblichen Zapfen von Araucaria araucana und ihre mögliche Bedeutung für die Phylogenie der Gymnospermen.

Diploma candidates:

Fehrenberg, J. 2008: Evolution und Differentialdiagnose innerhalb des Genus Podocarpus L´Hér. ex Pers. Subgenus Foliolatus De Laub. anhand blattanatomischer Merkmale.

Heine, A. 2008: Differentialdiagnose und Evolution innerhalb der Gattung Dacrydium Sol. ex G. Forst. (Podocarpaceae).

Balnis, N. 2009: Differentialdiagnose und Evolution innerhalb der Gattung Agathis Salisb. (Araucariaceae).

Mildenberger, S. 2010: Vergleichende Anatomie und Morphologie der Wurzelknöllchen der Podocarpaceae. Diplomarbeit, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Klaus, K. 2010: Morphologie, Anatomie und Evolution der afrikanischen und madagassischen Podocarpaceeen.

Wagener, G. 2012: Vergleichende Blattanatomie innerhalb des Podocarpus neriifolius D.Don-Komplex.

Gorell, M. 2012: Differentialdiagnose der Taxa der Gattung Podocarpus L’Her. ex Pers. aus Neuguinea anhand blattanatomischer Untersuchungen.

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Field work and scientific exchange in Polynesia (Fiji Is. and Tonga Is.)