Rate My Professor Ingo Schlupp

Ingo Schlupp is the Presidential Professor of Biology in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Oklahoma, a position he has held since 2012, following roles as Assistant Professor (2005-2008) and Associate Professor (2008-2011) at the same institution. He also directs the International Stock Center of Livebearing Fishes and serves as a Research Associate in Ichthyology at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. His academic journey began at Universität Hamburg, where he obtained a Vordiplom in Biology (1984), Diploma in Biology (1988), Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in Biology (1991), and Habilitation (1995). Prior appointments include Associate Professor for Animal Behavior at Universität Hamburg (2003-2004), Heisenberg-Fellow (DFG, 2000-2003, 2004), and various post-doctoral and research fellowships at Universität Hamburg, University of Texas at Austin, Universität Würzburg, and Universität Zürich. Schlupp's research centers on the ecology and evolution of sexual reproduction, with a focus on the persistence of sex versus asexuality in gynogenetic species like the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa), employing livebearing fishes (Poeciliidae) as model systems. His investigations cover male and female mate choice, sexual selection, speciation in cave fishes (Poecilia mexicana), sensory ecology, sperm competition, and biogeography of Limia species endemic to the Caribbean.

Recognized for his contributions, Schlupp has received the Niko-Tinbergen-Prize (Deutsche Ethologische Gesellschaft, 2000), Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2011), Brian and Sandra O’Brien Presidential Professorship (2012), and National Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences (2013-2014), among others including DAAD Research Ambassador status since 2015. Key publications include co-editing Ecology and Evolution of Poeciliid Fishes (University of Chicago Press, 2011) and authoring Male Choice, Female Competition, and Female Ornaments in Sexual Selection (Oxford University Press, 2021), as well as seminal articles such as "Benefit to Male Sailfin Mollies of Mating with Heterospecific Females" (Science, 1994, 293 citations), "Evolutionary Origin of a Parthenoform, the Amazon Molly Poecilia formosa" (Evolution, 1995, 255 citations), and "The Evolutionary Ecology of Gynogenesis" (Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 2005, 238 citations). With an h-index of 45 and over 7,850 citations (Google Scholar), his work has significantly advanced understanding in evolutionary biology, ecology, and animal behavior.