Summary
I'm one of the curators of Coleoptera (beetles), specifically looking after the Elateroidea (including "Cantharoidea") and Chrysomelidae collections, occasionally also dealing with other beetle groups. I'm responsible for loan requests and look after visitors for the above beetle taxa. I'm also an active taxonomist working on the former "Malacodermata" (Prionoceridae, Melyridae, Cantharidae and their relatives).
Qualifications
Degrees
- PhD in Environmental Sciences (Biogeography), University of Basel, Switzerland, 2009 - 2014
- MSc in Ecology and Conservation Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland, 2007 - 2009
- BSc in Biology, Major in Organismic Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland, 2004 - 2007
Highlighted publications
- Geiser MF, Hagmann R, Nagel P, Loader SP (2016) A first broad-scale molecular phylogeny of Prionoceridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) provides insight into taxonomy, biogeography and life history evolution. ARTHROPOD SYSTEMATICS & PHYLOGENY, (1) : 3 - 21.
- Mendelson JR, Barclay MVL, Geiser M, Streicher JW (2016) Copeia, (3) American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) : 697 - 701. doi: 10.1643/ch-16-422
- Geiser M, Nagel P (2013) Coleopterology in Laos – an introduction to the nature of the country and its coleopterological exploration. Beetle diversity of Laos. Part I.. Brancucci M, Nagel P, Kolibac J, Geiser M (Eds).Pro Entomologia Foundation & Naturhistorisches Museum Basel : 11 - 46.
- Geiser M (2013) The soldier-beetle subfamily Silinae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) in Laos: An annotated checklist and new faunistic data. Beetle diversity of Laos. Part I.. Brancucci M, Nagel P, Kolibac J, Geiser M (Eds).Pro Entomologia Foundation & Naturhistorisches Museum Basel: Basel, Switzerland. : 255 - 267.
- Geiser M (2010) Studies on Prionoceridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea). II. A revision of the genus Prionocerus Perty, 1831. Zootaxa, Magnolia Press : 1 - 48.
Highlighted publications
- Geiser MF, Hagmann R, Nagel P, Loader SP (2016) A first broad-scale molecular phylogeny of Prionoceridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) provides insight into taxonomy, biogeography and life history evolution. ARTHROPOD SYSTEMATICS & PHYLOGENY, (1) : 3 - 21.
- Mendelson JR, Barclay MVL, Geiser M, Streicher JW (2016) Copeia, (3) American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) : 697 - 701. doi: 10.1643/ch-16-422
- Geiser M, Nagel P (2013) Coleopterology in Laos – an introduction to the nature of the country and its coleopterological exploration. Beetle diversity of Laos. Part I.. Brancucci M, Nagel P, Kolibac J, Geiser M (Eds).Pro Entomologia Foundation & Naturhistorisches Museum Basel : 11 - 46.
- Geiser M (2013) The soldier-beetle subfamily Silinae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) in Laos: An annotated checklist and new faunistic data. Beetle diversity of Laos. Part I.. Brancucci M, Nagel P, Kolibac J, Geiser M (Eds).Pro Entomologia Foundation & Naturhistorisches Museum Basel: Basel, Switzerland. : 255 - 267.
- Geiser M (2010) Studies on Prionoceridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea). II. A revision of the genus Prionocerus Perty, 1831. Zootaxa, Magnolia Press : 1 - 48.