Kenny Jandausch
PhD student
Male and female of Stylops ovinae. The endoparasitic female protrudes from the abdomen of her host.
Kenny Jandausch
Foto: Oliver NiehuisContact
Kenny Jandausch
Institute for Zoology and Evolutionary Research
Phyletisches Museum
Vor dem Neutor 1 (room 207)
07743 Jena
Germany
Tel.: +49 3641 9-49189
Email: kenny.jandausch@uni-jena.de
Research Interest
My research as an entomologist is in general focusing on the insect order Strepsiptera. More specific I am tackling several different aspects of their mating and reproductive biology. To deepen the understanding of this enigmatic insect order I am mainly engaged with morphology, systematics behavior, genomics and phylogeny.
Research topics
- morphology of Strepsiptera genitalia and their male-female interaction
- Reproductive and behavioral biology of Strepsiptera
- Paternity tests and fertilization success
- larval morphology of Neuroptera and phylogenetic implications
Research Methods
- µCT scanning and 3D reconstruction, 3D- modelling
- Scanning electron microscopy
- Histology
- biomechanical force measurements
- Geometric morphometrics (principal component analysis)
- PCR and gel electrophoresis
- analyzing microsatellite markers via capillary sequencing
3D- reconstructions of Stylops ovinae during copulation. Female of S. ovinae protruding dorsally from the host’s abdomen (Andrena vaga) in copula with a male. Colors: light grey – host, dark grey – male S. ovinae, beige – cephalothorax of female S. ovinae, orange – male penis.
Bild: Kenny JandauschShort CV
Education
02/2020 – present PhD student, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena & Ludwig-Alberts-Universität Freiburg
Project title: ”The reproductive and mating strategies of the twisted-winged parasites (Insecta: Strepsiptera): novel insights in the reproductive biology of an enigmatic insect order.“ Supervisors: Oliver Niehuis, Hans Pohl & Rolf Beutel
10/2015 – 04/2018 MSc in Evolution, Ecology and Systematics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
10/2012 – 09/2015 BSc in Biology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Professionel experience
2015 – 2019 Teaching assistant, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Courses in zoological Biodiversity, Morphology and Anatomy
2017 Technical assistant, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Teaching, rebuilding the Mammut of Pfännerhall for the Landesmuseum Halle
Scholarships and awards
09/2019 Price of the German Zoological Association for the best zoological master thesis 2018 (100€)
Media
04.2020 “Wildbienen auf dem Rymelsberg in Langerwehe“Externer Link Article in Biologie unserer Zeit about Stylops oviane and their host Andrena vaga.
19.04.2019 “10tons – Medusen – Ernst Haeckel“Externer Link Article in Thüringer Museumshefte (1/2019) as a prequel to the Exhibition in the Phyletisches Museum
Publications
Jandausch, K., Schwarz, D., Bock, B.L., Lukas, P., 2021. A decharming metamorphosis: The larval and adult morphology of the common spadefoot toad, Pelobates fuscus. Zool. Anz. 296, 37–49.
Jandausch, K., Beutel, R., Bellstedt, R., 2019. The larval morphology of the spongefly Sisyra nigra (Retzius, 1783)(Neuroptera: Sisyridae). J. Morphol. 280, 1742–1758.
Jandausch, K., Pohl, H., Aspöck, U., Winterton, S.L., Beutel, R.G., 2018b. Morphology of the primary larva ofMantispa aphavexelte Aspöck & Aspöck, 1994 (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) and phylogenetic implications to the order of Neuroptera. Arthropod Syst. Phylog. 76, 529–560.
Jandausch, K., Beutel, R., Pohl, H., Gorb, S., Büsse, S., 2018a. The legs of “spider associated” parasitic primary larvae of Mantispa aphavexelte (Mantispidae, Neuroptera)–Attachment devices and phylogenetic implications. Arthropod Struct. Dev. 47, 449–456.
Book contributions
Beutel, R.G., Jandausch, K., 2019. 3.3.9. Digestive system. In: Beutel, R.G., Friedrich, F. (Eds.), Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Nannomecoptera and Neomecoptera. Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.
Conference Abstracts
11/2021 Evidence for female resistance traits in traumatically mating Strepsiptera (Insecta). 12 minutes talk at the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America (online).
09/2021 Evidence for female resistance traits in traumatically mating Strepsiptera (Insecta). 8 minutes talk at the annual meeting of the German Zoological Association (online).
08/2021 Evidence for female resistance traits in traumatically mating Strepsiptera (Insecta). Poster at the annual meeting of the Royal Entomological Society.
09/2019 How to feed on sponges: The larval morphology of the spongefly Sisyra nigra (Neuroptera: Sisyridae). Poster at the annual meeting of the German Zoological Association in Jena.