Education:

Ph.D., Zoology, University of Essen , Germany , 2004.

M.S., Environmental Sciences, University of Essen , Germany , 2001.

Awards:

1998 German Academic Exchange Service Study Abroad grant, Newcastle University , Australia

2003 German Academic Exchange Service Short term research grant, Babes-Bolyai University , Cluj-Napoca , Romania and National Museum of Natural History in Sofia , Bulgaria .

2005 German Academic Exchange Service Post-Doc grant, The Field Museum, Chicago , USA .

Research Interests:

My research interests focus on the ecology and evolution of stream invertebrates. Using molecular methods I hope to reveal evolutionary patterns and population differentiation in caddis flies. This information can lead to inferences on population history of species and speciation events. I am especially interested in organism groups with high numbers of local endemic species, e.g. the caddis fly subfamily Drusinae. I am also interested in using macroinvertebrates to classify and assess the ecology condition or running waters.

Current Research:

Phylogeography of montane caddis flies in Europe

Phylogeny of the caddis fly subfamily Drusinae (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae)

Larval taxonomy of caddis flies

Stream assessment based on macroinvertebrates

Publications:

Graf, W., Lubini, V., & Pauls, S. Larval description of Drusus muelleri McLachlan, 1868 (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) with some notes on its ecology and systematic position within the genus Drusus. Annales de Limnologie – Internation Journal of Limnology, in press.

Haase, P., Lohse, S., Pauls, S., Schindehütte, K., Sundermann, A., Rolauffs, P., & Hering, D. (2004) Assessing streams in Germany with benthic invertebrates: development of a practical standardised protocol for macroinvertebrate sampling and sorting. Limnologica, 34 (4): 349-365.

Haase, P., Pauls, S., Sundermann, A., & Zenker, A. (2004) Testing different sorting techniques in macroinvertebrate samples from running waters. Limnologica, 34 (4): 366-378.

Pauls, S. (2004) Phylogeny and Phylogeography of the montane caddis fly Drusus discolor (Rambur, 1842) (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae, Drusinae). PhD Thesis, University of Duisburg-Essen , 1-164.

Haase, P., Lohse, S., Pauls, S., Schindehütte, K., & Sundermann, A. (2004) Ein Deutschland-weites Bewertungssystem mit dem Makrozoobenthos, Teil 1: Methodenstandardisierung und ihre Bedeutung für die Qualitätssicherung. DGL-Tagungsbericht, 2003, 42-46.

Pauls, S. (2003) Sommerhäuser, M. & Schuhmacher, H.: Handbuch der Fließgewässer Norddeutschlands. Typologie, Bewertung, Management. Natur und Museum 133(8), 252.

Pauls, S., Lumbsch, H.T., & Haase, P. (2003) Genetische Isolation von Drusus discolor Rambur 1842 (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) in montanen Mittelgebirgen Mitteleuropas – Erste Ergebnisse. DGL-Tagungsbericht, 2002, 378-380.

Pauls, S., Feld, C., Sommerhäuser, M., & Hering, D. (2002) New concepts in assessing lowland streams in Germany in accordance with the EU Water Framework Directive. Wasser & Boden, 54 (7/8): 70-77.

Feld, C., Pauls, S., Sommerhäuser, M. & Hering, D. (2002) Biozönotische Bewertung der ökologischen Qualität am Beispiel norddeutscher Tieflandfließgewässer. DGL-Tagungsbericht, 2001, 75-80.

Pauls, S. (2001) Beiträge zur Entwicklung eines Bewertungsverfahrens für sandgeprägte Fließgewässer des nordrhein-westfälischen Tieflandes nach Vorgaben der EU Wasserrahmenrichtlinie. Diplomarbeit Universität Essen : 1-99.

Submitted:

Haase, P., Murray-Bligh, J., Gunn, R., Lohse, S., Pauls, S., Sundermann, A. An assessment of the impact of sorting and identification errors of macroinvertebrate samples. Submitted to Hydrobiologia.

Pauls, S., Lumbsch, H.T., Haase, P. Phylogeography of the montane caddisfly Drusus discolor (Rambur, 1842) (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae, Drusinae): evidence for multiple refugia and periglacial survival. Submitted to Molecular Ecology.