1998: Diplom in Biologie I an der Uni Basel, Diplomarbeit über Effekte der Verbrachung von Halbtrockenrasen auf Schmetterlingsgesellschaften im Jura
2006: PhD in Ökologie und Evolutionsbiologie an der Yale University, USA, Dissertation über Effekte von Mehrfachinfektionen, Populationsgenetik und Taxonomie der Schlafkrankheitserreger
1996&98: Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL (Praktikant)
1999: Ökobüro Hintermann & Weber AG (H&W) (Praktikant)
2000: Urwaldprojekt Cameroun Fritz Jakob UPCAM (Praktikant)
2007: Zoologisches Institut, Uni Basel und Schweizerisches Tropeninstitut (Postdoc)
2008-13: Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL) (Projektleiter)
2012- : Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health-Institut (Projektleiter)
2014- : aikos - Büro für Natur, Umwelt und Wissenschaft (Inhaber)
Angora EK, Boissier J, Menan H, Rey O, Tuo K, Toure AO, Coulibaly JT, Meite A, Raso G, N'Goran EK, Utzinger J, Balmer O (2019): Prevalence and risk factors for Schistosomiasis among schoolchildren in two settings of Cote d'Ivoire. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases 4: 110
Stoeckli S, Birrer S, Zellweger-Fischer J, Balmer O, Jenny M, Pfiffner L (2017): Quantifying the extent to which farmers can influence biodiversity on their farms. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 237: 224-233
Juric I, Salzburger W, Balmer O (2017): Spread and global population structure of the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) and its larval parasitoids Diadegma semiclausum and Diadegma fenestrale (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) based on mtDNA. Bulletin of Entomological Research 107: 155-164
Sistrom M, Evans B, Benoit J, Balmer O, Aksoy S, Caccone A (2016): De novo genome assembly shows genome wide similarity between Trypanosoma brucei brucei and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. PLoS One 11 (2): e0147660
Juric I, Salzburger W, Luka H, Balmer O (2015): Molecular markers for Diadegma (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) species distinction and their use to study the effects of companion plants on biocontrol of the diamondback moth. BioControl 60: 179-187
Balmer O, Géneau C, Belz E, Weishaupt B, Förderer G, Moos S, Ditner N, Juric I, Piffner L, Luka H (2014): Wildflower companion plants increase pest parasitation and yield in cabbage fields: experimental demonstration and call for caution. Biological Control 76 (1): 19-27
Balmer O, Pfiffner L, Schied J, Willareth M, Leimgruber A, Luka H, Traugott M (2013): Noncrop flowering plants restore top-down herbivore control in agricultural fields. Ecology and Evolution 3 (8): 2634-2646
Géneau CE, Wäckers FL, Luka H, Daniel C, Balmer O (2012): Selective flowers to enhance biological control of cabbage pests by parasitoids. Basic and Applied Ecology 13 (1): 85-93
Chevillat V, Balmer O, Birrer S, Doppler V, Graf R, Jenny M, Pfiffner L, Rudmann C, Zellweger-Fischer J (2012): Gesamtbetriebliche Beratung steigert Qualität und Quantität von Ökoausgleichsflächen. Agrarforschung Schweiz 3 (2): 104-111
Jahrl I, Rudmann C, Pfiffner L, Balmer O (2012): Motivationen für die Umsetzung von Ökoausgleichsmassnahmen. Agrarforschung Schweiz 3 (4): 208-215
Balmer O, Tanner M (2011): Prevalence and implications of multiple-strain infections. Lancet Infectious Diseases 11: 868-878
Balmer O, Beadell J, Gibson W, Caccone A (2011): Phylogeography and taxonomy of Trypanosoma brucei. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5 (2): e961
Balmer O, Ciofi C, Galbraith DA, Swingland IR, Zug GR, Caccone A (2011): Population genetic structure of Aldabra giant tortoises. Journal of Heredity 102 (1): 29-37
Balmer O, Stearns SC, Schötzau A, Brun R (2009): Intraspecific competition between co-infecting parasite strains enhances host survival in African trypanosomes. Ecology 90 (12): 3367-3378
Balmer O, Caccone A (2008): Multiple-strain infections of Trypanosoma brucei across Africa. Acta Tropica 107: 275-279
Balmer O, Palma C, MacLeod A, Caccone A (2006): Characterization of di-, tri-, and tetranucleotide microsatellite markers with perfect repeats for Trypanosoma brucei and related species. Molecular Ecology Notes 6 (2): 508-510
Balmer O (2002): Species lists in ecology and conservation: Abundances matter. Conservation Biology 16 (4): 1160-1161
Balmer O, Erhardt A (2000): Consequences of succession on extensively grazed grasslands for Central European butterfly communities: Rethinking conservation practices. Conservation Biology 14 (3): 746-757
Balmer O (1999): Die Schmetterlingsfauna an mageren Standorten des Jura in verschiedenen Stadien der Verbrachung. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 72: 303-314
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