Curriculum vitae
Personal data
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
Doctoral thesis: ”Differential Diagnosis and Evolution within the Podocarpaceae
1/07/2011
s.l. (Steineibengewächse i.w.S)”
6/10/2011
Public defense of the doctoral dissertation
Degree
Dr. rer. nat. (Grade 1.0 (magna cum laude)
Professional career
01/1997-03/2003
04/2003-08/2003
04/2004-08/2004
04/2005-10/2005
11/2005-05/2006
06/2006-08/2006
09/2006-12/2006
02/2007-12/2007
since 01/2008
International experience/
fieldwork
since 12/2004
12/2006-01/2007
09/2007-10/2007
05/2008-06/2008
01/2009-02/2009
03/2009-04/2009
07/2009-08/2009
08/2010-09/2010
07/2011-08/2011
08/2012-09/2012
Full-time and later part-time employment as a gardener’s apprentice
at nursery Neuhoff Ltd.
Student assistant at the Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity of Plants
at Ruhr-University Bochum
(see above)
Research assistant at the above institute
Research staff at the above institute
Research assistant at the above institute
Part-time employment as a gardener’s apprentice at nursery Neuhoff Ltd.
Research assistant at the above institute
Research staff at the above institute
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)
Field work and scientific exchange with various institutes in
Brazil (Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo)
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)
Field work at Mt. Sibaliw, Panay (Philippines)
Molecular research and further education at the New York Botanical
Garden. (Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular
Systematics)
Field work and scientific exchange in Polynesia (Fiji Is. and Tonga Is.)
Field work and scientific exchange in Malaysia and Sabah
Congress attendance and field work in Singapore
additional field work and scientific exchange in Java (Bogor, Cibodas)
Congress attendance, field work and scientific exchange in Australia
(Victoria)
additional field work and scientific exchange in New Caledonia
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. 17th 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). 8th 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. 8th 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.DONKomplex.
GORELL, M. 2012: Differentialdiagnose der Taxa der Gattung Podocarpus L’Her. ex Pers. aus
Neuguinea anhand blattanatomischer Untersuchungen.