Jochen Wolf

Prof. Dr. Jochen Wolf serves as Professor and Chair at the Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), where he leads the Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics research group at the Biozentrum Martinsried.

His research program focuses on:

• Adaptation and speciation genomics
• Genome evolution
• Population genetics
• Evolutionary and ecological processes

Wolf employs an integrative approach to explore biological organization from genetic perspectives. His group investigates microevolutionary processes and genetic mechanisms underlying species divergence using large-scale genetic approaches and field-based experiments. They characterize genomic divergence across populations and (sub-)species while assessing relationships to phenotypic divergence.

The research spans diverse empirical systems including birds (swallows and corvids), marine mammals (pinnipeds and killer whales), the European hemiclonal water frog system, and experimental evolution in fission yeast. This comparative approach allows examination of evolutionary processes across varying timescales.

Wolf advises multiple doctoral students and leads a comprehensive research team comprising postdocs, researchers, and technical specialists working across various subdisciplines of evolutionary biology.