- Conservation genetics of amphibians
- Population biology of crested newts (Triturus cristatus)
- Monitoring of crested newts (Triturus cristatus)
- Molecular and behavioral-biology aspects of speciation in the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra)

d.o.b.: 09.06.1981 in Grevenbroich
2000 Abitur at the Silverberg Gymnasium in Bedburg
2001-2007 University of Cologne, Study of Biology
2007-2008 University of Cologne, research assistent in Prof. Dr. Roths working group
2008 University of Bielefeld, research assistant
since 2009 University of Bielefeld, PhD student

Title of Diploma Thesis:

Studies of dorsoventral patterning and gastrulation in Oncopeltus fasciatus and Gryllus bimaculatus

Title of PhD Thesis:

Influence of anthropogenic measures on a population of FFH-species. A case study on crested newts (Triturus cristatus) in Krefeld

Drechsler A, Bock D, Ortmann D, Steinfartz S. 2010. Ortmann’s funnel trap - a highly efficient tool for monitoring amphibian species. Herpetology Notes, volume 3: 13-21.

Lynch JA, Peel AD, Drechsler A, Averof M, Roth S. 2010. EGF Signaling and the Origin of Axial Polarity among the Insects. Current Biology 20(11):1042-1047.

- European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology Prag 2006
- Tribolium-Meeting in Göttingen 2007 (talk)
- Moor Frog Meeting (DBU) in Osnabrück 2008 (poster)
- Methods of herpetology in Bonn 2008 (poster)
- Deutscher Herpetologentag in Karlsruhe 2009 (talk)
- Deutscher Herpetologentag in Frankfurt am Main 2010