Personal information:
| born on 06.03.1970 in Johannesburg, South Africa |
Higher Education:
| May 2001 |
PhD at the Faculty
of Biology, University of Hamburg |
| since January 2001 |
PhD student at the Department of Lingustics, Max Planck
Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany; and at the Department
of Comparative Linguistics, University of Leiden
Research topic: “Linguistic and Genetic Perspectives
on the Prehistory of the Yakuts” |
October 1996 to
December 2000 |
Graduate studies at the Institute of Human Biology, University
of Hamburg, Germany
PhD Thesis: “Genetic Archaeology in Siberia – Studying
the Origins of the Sakha Using Molecular Genetic Markers” (in German) |
| August 1996 |
Master’s degree in physical anthropology
Thesis: “Studying the Genetic Structure (Using Blood
Markers) of a Yakut Population from Northeast Asia (from the Vilyuy River)
in the Context of Ethnical and Ecological Problems” (in German) |
April 1990 to
August 1996 |
Studies of physical anthropology, social anthropology
(ethnology) and Russian linguistics, University of Hamburg, Germany |
Languages:
English – native language
German – native language
Russian – extensive speaking/reading/writing proficiency
French – extensive reading proficiency
Afrikaans – extensive reading proficiency
Yakut - working knowledge |
Time spent abroad:
| February to October 2002 |
Linguistic and genetic fieldwork in the Republic Sakha
(Yakutia), Russian Federation |
| July to August 2000 |
Research at the National Institute of Genetics, Mishima,
Japan |
| April to June 1998 |
Research at the South African Institute for Medical Research,
Johannesburg, South Africa |
| March to July 1995 |
Research at the Research Centre for Medical
Genetics, Moscow, Russia |
October 1993 to
October 1994 |
Studies of physical anthropology at Moscow State University,
Moscow, Russia |
Fellowships and
Grants:
| February to October 2002 |
Dissertation Fieldwork Grant Nr. 6828 by The Wenner-Gren
Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc. |
| July and August 2000 |
Mombusho Research Experience Fellowship for Young Foreign
Researchers, Japan |
| September 1999 |
Young Researchers (Special) Award for conference participation,
Human Genome Diversity Euroconference (European Commission’s Training and
Mobility of Researchers Programme) |
| May 1999 |
European Science Foundation Support for Conference
Attendance |
March 1998 to
December 2000 |
PhD Student’s Fellowship from the “Studienstiftung
des deutschen Volkes”, Germany |
October 1997 to
October 1998 |
PhD Student's Fellowship from the University of Hamburg;
declined |
| August 1996 |
Travel grant from the “Emmy und Alfred B.
Steffens Memorial Fund” for participation in the International Congress
of Human Genetics in Rio de Janeiro |
| July 1995 |
Travel grant from the “Universitäts-Gesellschaft
Hamburg” in order to do research in Moscow |
October 1993 to
August 1994 |
Fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service
(DAAD) for studies in Moscow |
Scientific presentations:
| October 2000 |
Cold Spring Harbor Millennium Meeting on Human Origins
and Disease, Cold Spring Harbor, USA:
Pakendorf, B.; Tarskaya, L.; Morar, B.; Kayser, M.; Soodyall,
H.; Rodewald, A.: Attempting to Uncover the Origins of the Sakha – an Unsolved
Mystery – poster |
| May 2000 |
VIIIth CEPH Annual Conference, Paris:
Pakendorf, B.; Tarskaya, L.; Soodyall, H.; Rodewald,
A.: Unravelling the Prehistory of the Sakha: the Mitochondrial Side of
the Story - poster |
| September 1999 |
IVth International Anthropological Congress of Ales Hrdlicka,
Prague:
Pakendorf, B.; Soodyall, H.; Morar, B.; Rodewald, A.:
The Ethnogenesis of the Sakha: A New Scenario – oral presentation |
|
Third Biennial Euroconference of the European Human Genome
Diversity Project, Cambridge:
Pakendorf, B.; Soodyall, H.; Morar, B.; Rodewald, A.:
The Ethnogenesis of the Sakha: A New Scenario – oral presentation |
| May 1999 |
European Research Conference „Inherited Disorders and
Their Genes in Different European Populations“, Obernai, France
Pakendorf, B.; Soodyall, H.; Rodewald, A.: Studying the
Ethnogenesis of a Sakha Population from Siberia Using mtDNA: Preliminary
Results – oral presentation |
| October 1998 |
3rd Meeting of the German Anthropological Society, Göttingen,
Germany:
Pakendorf, B.; Morar, B.; Soodyall, H.; Rodewald,
A.: Eine Untersuchung zur Ethnogenese einer nordsibirischen Sacha-Population:
Y-chromosomale Marker – oral presentation |
| October 1996 |
2nd Meeting of the German Anthropological Society, Berlin:
Pakendorf, B.; Spitsyn, V.A.; Rodewald, A: Ethnische
und genetische Strukturen einer jakutischen Bevölkerung aus Sibirien
– oral presentation |
| August 1996 |
9th International Congress of Human Genetics, Rio de
Janeiro:
Pakendorf, B.; Spitsyn, V.A.; Rodewald, A: Genetic Structure
of a Yakut Population from Siberia and Ethnic Affinities - poster |
Publications:
| Pakendorf, B.; Wiebe, V.; Tarskaia, L.A.; Spitsyn, V.A.;
Soodyall, H.; Rodewald, A.; Stoneking, M. (2003): Mitochondrial DNA evidence
for admixed origins of central Siberian populations. American Journal of
Physical Anthropology 120/3: 211-224. |
| Tarskaia, L.A.; Bychkovskaia, L.S.; Pai, G.V.; Makarov,
S.V.; Pakendorf, B.; Spitsyn, V.A. (2002): Distribution of the ABO blood
groups and the HP, TF, GC, PI and C3 serum proteins in Yakuts [in Russian].
Genetika 38/5: 665-670. |
| Tarskaia, L.A.; Bychkovskaia, L.S.; Pai, G.V.; Makarov,
S.V.; Pakendorf, B.; Spitsyn, V.A. (2002): Genetic polymorphism of erythrocytic
enzymes in Yakut populations [in Russian]. Genetika 38/3: 426-429. |
| Pakendorf, B.; Morar, B.; Tarskaia, L.A.; Kayser, M.;
Soodyall, H.; Rodewald, A.; Stoneking, M.; (2002): Y-chromosomal evidence
for a strong reduction in male population size of Yakuts. Human Genetics
110/2: 198-200. |
| Pakendorf, B. (2001). Genetic and linguistic perspectives
on the prehistory of the Yakuts. Turkic Languages 5/1: 138-143. |
| Pakendorf, B.; Spitsyn, V.A.; Rodewald, A. (1999): Genetic
Structure of a Sakha Population from Siberia and Ethnic Affinities. Human
Biology 71/2: 231-244. |
Employment History:
February 2000 and
February 2001 |
Teaching (36 hours): “Molecular Genetics practical course”
at the Institute of Human Biology, University of Hamburg |
May 1997 to
February 1998 |
Translation of the 8th edition of: “Biology of Microorganisms”
by Brock et al. from English into German |
| 1992 to 1997 |
Translations and copy-editing at the Institute of Human
Biology, University of Hamburg |
April 1991 to
April 1992 |
Assistant and consultant at the “Raphaels-Werk”, Hamburg,
an NGO that advises and helps refugees and migrants |
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