Walter Salzburger

Walter Salzburger (born 1 January 1975) is an Austrian-Swiss zoologist and evolutionary biologist and Professor at the Zoological Institute, Department of Environmental Sciences, of the University of Basel in Switzerland.

Work The research of Walter Salzburger focuses on the understanding of organismal diversification in general and the evolutionary phenomena of adaptive radiation and explosive speciation in particular. Salzburger's main organismal study systems are the exceptionally diverse adaptive radiations of cichlid fishes in East Africa, and in particular the cichlid fauna of Lake Tanganyika. In addition, his group has worked on vision in deep-sea fishes, among many other topics.

Awards and honors 2008: European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant 2011: Walther-Arndt-Preis of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft 2013: European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant