| 2018- | SNSF Professor, University of Zurich |
| 2015-2017 | Group Leader, University of Zurich |
| 2015 | Independent Research Fellow, University of Manchester, UK |
| 2010-2015 | Postdoc, Syracuse University, USA |
| 2009 | Postdoc, University of Sheffield, UK |
| 2005-2009 | PhD, University of Sheffield, UK |
| 2002-2003 | MSc, University of Zurich |
| 2024- | Biology 1 & 2 (BIO116), University of Zurich |
| 2024- | Experimental invertebrate biology (EEE328), University of Zurich |
| 2024- | Concepts of evolution (BIO395), University of Zurich |
| 2023- | Introduction to biodiversity (EEE101), University of Zurich |
| 2020- | Frontiers in animal behaviour (BIO331), University of Zurich |
| 2020-2023 | Insect reproduction (BIO310), University of Zurich |
| 2018 | Ecology (BIO329), University of Zurich |
| 2017-2024 | Principles of evolution: Theory (BIO351), University of Zurich |
| 2017- | Topics in evolutionary biology (BIO554), University of Zurich |
| 2015-2023 | Principles of evolution: Practical (BIO352), University of Zurich |
| 2015-2019 | Biology of reproduction (BIO361), University of Zurich |
| 2014 | Analytical tools in biology (BIO700), Syracuse University |
| 2013 | Winner of the Cover Art Competition for Reproduction (with J. Belote, M. Manier & S. Pitnick) |
| 2013 | 2nd Place in the Nikon Small World in Motion Competition |
| 2012 | Honorable Mention in the Olympus BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition |
I am grateful to have received approx. CHF 4.9M of funding from the following sources:
| 2022-2023 | Swiss National Science Foundation, extension of Professorship PP00P3_202662 |
| 2022 | URPP Evolution in Action: From Genomes to Ecosystems, pilot study grant (Meena A, Perdigón Ferreira J, Lüpold S) |
| 2020-2024 | Swiss National Science Foundation, standard research grant 310030_197651 |
| 2020-2021 | Swiss National Science Foundation, Spark grant CRSK-3_195937 |
| 2017-2021 | Swiss National Science Foundation, Professorship PP00P3_170669 |
| 2017-2018 | Research Talent Development Fund, research grant |
| 2015-2018 | Swiss National Science Foundation, Ambizione PZ00P3_154767 (Independent Group Leader fellowship) |
| 2012-2015 | U.S. National Science Foundation, research grant DEB-1145965 (PI: Pitnick S, Co-PI's: Lüpold S, Manier MK & Belote JM) |
| 2011-2013 | Swiss National Science Foundation, fellowship for advanced researchers PA00P3_134191 |
| 2010-2011 | Swiss National Science Foundation, fellowship for prospective researchers PBSKP3_130878 |
| 2006-2007 | Swiss National Science Foundation, fellowship for prospective researchers PBSK33_114636 |
| 2006-2007 | Janggen-Pöhn Foundation, fellowship |
| 2006 | Kellogg Biological Station Graduate Student Scholarship |
| 2006 | Porter Fellowship |
| 2005-2009 | University of Sheffield Overseas Research Student Award |
| 2005-2006 | Janggen-Pöhn Foundation, fellowship |
| 2005 | Novartis Research Grant |
| 2005 | Lauff Research Award |
| 2005 | National Science Foundation, LTER Graduate Research Award |
| 2004-2006 | Keller Stipend |
For a complete list, go to Publications
Syed ZA, Gomez RA, Borziak K, Amar A, Cong AS, O'Grady P, Kim BY, Suvorov A, Petrov DA, Lüpold S, Wengert P, McDonough-Goldstein CE, Ahmed-Braimah YH, Dorus S & Pitnick S. 2024. Genomics of a sexually selected male ornament and female preference. Nature Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1038/s41559-024-02587-2
Meena A, De Nardo AN, Maggu K, Sbilordo SH, Snook RR & Lüpold S. 2024. Fertility loss and recovery dynamics after repeated heat stress across life stages in male Drosophila melanogaster: Patterns and processes. Royal Society Open Science 11: 241082. doi: 10.1098/rsos.241082
Mahdjoub H, Khelifa R, Roy J, Sbilordo SH, Zeender V, Perdigón Ferreira J, Gourgoulianni N & Lüpold S 2023. Interplay between male quality and male-female compatibility in female choice across episodes of selection. Science Advances 9: eadf5559. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adf5559
Zeender V, Pfammatter S, Roschitzki B, Dorus S & Lüpold S 2023. Genotype-by-environment interactions influence the composition of the Drosophila seminal proteome. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 290: 20231313. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1313
Liao WB, Jiang Y, Jin L & Lüpold S. 2023. How hibernation in frogs drives brain and reproductive evolution in opposite directions. eLife 12: RP88236. doi: 10.7554/eLife.88236.1
Zeender V, Sbilordo SH, Roy J & Lüpold S. 2023. Paternal condition affects offspring reproduction and life history in a sex-specific manner in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 77: 467-481. doi: 10.1093/evolut/qpac051
Liao WB, Jiang Y, Li DY, Lin J, Zhong MJ, Yin Y, Lüpold S* & Kotrschal A*. 2022. Cognition contra camouflage: how the brain mediates predator-driven crypsis evolution. Science Advances 8: eabq1878. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abq1878
Perdigón Ferreira J & Lüpold S. 2022. A condition- and context-dependent alternative mating tactic in Drosophila prolongata. Behavioral Ecology 33: 213-221. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arab127
Macartney EL, Zeender V, Meena A, De Nardo AN, Bonduriansky RJ & Lüpold S. 2021. Sperm depletion in relation to developmental nutrition and genotype in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 75: 2830-2841. doi: 10.1111/evo.14373
De Nardo AN, Sbilordo SH, Roy J & Lüpold S. 2021. Condition-dependent interaction between mating success and competitive fertilization success in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 75: 2014-2026. doi: 10.1111/evo.14228
Lüpold S, Reil JB, Manier MK, Zeender V, Belote JM & Pitnick S. 2020. How female × male and male × male interactions influence competitive fertilization in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution Letters 4: 416-429. doi: 10.1002/evl3.193
Lüpold S, Simmons LW & Grueter CC. 2019. Sexual ornaments but not weapons trade off against testes size in primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 286: 20182542. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2542
Simmons LW, Lüpold S & Fitzpatrick JL. 2017. Evolutionary trade-off between secondary sexual traits and ejaculates. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 32: 964-976. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.09.011
Lüpold S, Manier MK, Puniamoorthy N, Schoff C, Starmer WT, Buckley Luepold SH, Belote JM & Pitnick S. 2016. How sexual selection can drive the evolution of costly sperm ornamentation. Nature 533: 535-538. doi: 10.1038/nature18005
Lüpold S, Tomkins JL, Simmons LW & Fitzpatrick JL. 2014. Female monopolization mediates the relationship between pre- and postcopulatory sexual traits. Nature Commununications 5: 3184. doi: 10.1038/ncomms4184
Lüpold S, Pitnick S, Berben KS, Blengini CS, Belote JM & Manier MK. 2013. Female mediation of competitive fertilization success in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the National Acadademy of Sciences USA 110: 10693-10698. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1300954110
Lüpold S, Manier MK, Berben KS, Smith K.J., Daley BD., Buckley S.H., Belote J.M. and Pitnick S. 2012. How multivariate ejaculate traits determine competitive fertilization success in Drosophila melanogaster. Current Biology 22: 1667-1672. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.059