Bastiaan Star
Member of the Panel for CITES. Phd
CITES
Bastiaan has a PhD in evolutionary biology. His key expertise within VKM's fields of study is trade in CITES-listed species with a focus on marine mammals and the use of DNA techniques to determine the geographical origin of biological material from museum collections.
Job Title
Professor, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences (IBV), Universitet i Oslo
Education
2004-2008 University of Otago, New Zealand. PhD.
1997-2002 University of Groningen, The Netherlands. MSc.
Work Experience
2024 – dd Professor. Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences (IBV), University of Oslo (UiO), Norway
2020 – 2024 First amanuensis. CEES, IBV, UiO
2017 – 2020 Project manager. CEES, IBV, UiO
2011 – 2017 Researcher. CEES, IBV, UiO
2009 – 2011 Postdoc researcher. CEES, IBV, UiO
2003 – 2004 Junior researcher. Institute for Marine Research IMARES, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Select publications
Torvanger MS., Dupont YL., Olesen JM., Rasmussen C., Madsen HB., Star B. & Sydenham MAK. 2025 The distribution of wild bee species along a latitudinal gradient in northern Europe depends on their flower preferences Diversity and Distributions doi: 10.1111/ddi.70001
Eriksen Falkeid E. Andrews AJ., Nielsen SV., Persson P., Malca E., Onar V., Aniceti V., Piques G., Piattoni F., Fontani F., Wiech M., Ferter K., Kersten O., Ferrari G., Cariani A., Tinti F., Cilli E., Atmore LM., Star B. 2025 Five millennia of mitochondrial discordance in Atlantic bluefin tuna identified using ancient DNA Heredity doi: 10.1038/s41437-025-00745-1
Atmore LM., van der Jagt I., Boilard A., Haeberle S., Blevis R., Dierickx K., Quinlan LM., C Orton DC., Hufthammer AK., Barrett JH., & Star B. 2024 The Once and Future Fish: 1300 years of Atlantic herring population structure and demography revealed through ancient DNA and mixed-stock analysis Global Change Biology doi: 10.1111/gcb.70010
Martínez-García L., Pulido A., Ferrari G., Hufthammer AK., Vedeler M., Hirons A., Kneale C., Barrett JH. & Star B. 2024 Tracing 600 years of long-distance Atlantic cod trade in medieval and post-medieval Oslo using stable isotopes and ancient DNA Proceedings of the Royal Society B doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.2019
Furness LH., Kersten O., Boilard A., Diagne LK., Brito C., Barrett JH., Kitchener A., Sabin R., Lavery S., Plön S. & Star B. 2024 Population structure of Dugong dugon across the Indo-Pacific revealed by historical mitogenomes Proceedings of the Royal Society Open Science doi: 10.1098/rsos.240599
Atmore, LM., Martínez-García, L., Makowiecki D., André C., Lõugas L., Barrett, JH. & Star B. 2022 Population dynamics of Baltic herring since the Viking Age revealed by ancient DNA and genomics Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences doi: 10.1073/pnas.2208703119