Edgar Lehr, Dr. habil.

Assistant Professor of Biology

Research

Dr. Lehr’s research is devoted to the biodiversity of amphibians and reptiles in the neotropics (Peru) and in Africa (Rwanda). Current research projects focus on species composition of strabomantid frogs in cloud forests and high Andean habitats. His research includes taxonomy, morphology, comparative anatomy, systematic revisions, phylogenetic analyses, biogeography, ecology, and conservation. Dr. Lehr is a Research Affiliate of the Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, and the Museo de Historia Natural Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.

Education

1996	Master’s degree (Dipl. Biol.) in biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
2001	Doctoral degree (Dr. phil. nat.) in zoology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2005-2006	Feodor Lynen Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas
2009	Habilitation degree (Dr. habil.), University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

Teaching

In Germany, Dr. Lehr worked as a herpetologist in the Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden. Besides this he taught General Genetics, courses in identifying Invertebrates and Vertebrates, and Amphibian Biology.  At IWU, Dr. Lehr teaches Evolution, Comparative Anatomy, a portion of General Biology, and he plans a May Term course to Peru.