Affiliate members

Dr. Roi Harel

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Dr. Martin Imhof

Research Scientist, Psychology, University of Konstanz

Contact

Room: C 527

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Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter der AG Allgemeine & Biologische Psychologie (Schupp)

Dr. Urs Kalbitzer

Research Scientist, Biology, University of Konstanz

Pavan Kaushik

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Collective Behavior, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Prof. Dr. Mark van Kleunen

Professor, Ecology, University of Konstanz

Contact

Phone: 07531 88 2997

Room: M 803

Post office box: 658

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Office Hours

nach Vereinbarung / by appointment

Dr. Gisela Kopp

Research Fellow, Zukunftskolleg & Biology, University of Konstanz

Contact

Phone: 07531-885657

Room: Y 216

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Responsibilities

Hector Pioneer Fellowship

Affiliated with the  Department of Biology

Project: Sociality and Evolution

We are lacking an overarching framework that explicitly integrates behavioural ecology with macroevolution to identify the factors and processes that link behavioural traits with genomic evolution and diversification processes. This project will fill this gap by building the links in the explanatory chain that connect behavioural traits to diversification. To accomplish this, it will follow four parallel and complementary lines of research:
I. Which data and analyses are needed to efficiently describe diverse social systems across taxa in a quantitative way?
II. Do these descriptors consistently correlate with measures of genetic structure and diversity across taxa?
III. Is genetic structure and diversity a predictor of diversification and species richness?
IV. Do certain behavioural traits, through their effects on diversity and differentiation, impact diversification patterns on a
macroevolutionary scale?
These questions will be adressed by using approaches from different biological disciplines, including remote and automated colleciton of behavioural data in wild animal populations using novel tracking technologies, social network analysis of animal societies, comparative analysis of georeferenced DNA sequences, non-invasive population genomics, estimation of trait-dependent diversification rates and phylogenetic comparative methods.

Fellow since 03/2018

See detailed profile: https://scikon.uni-konstanz.de/en/persons/profile/gisela.kopp/

Publications on KOPS

Dr. Jonas Kuckling

Postdoctoral researcher, Computer Science, University of Konstanz

Contact

Phone: +497531 88-5161

Room: Z 817

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Dr. Tracy Montgomery

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Prof. Dr. Thomas Müller

Professor Dr. of Philosophy, Philosophy, University of Konstanz

Contact

Phone: +49 7531 88-2567

Room: G 504

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Dr. Hemal Naik

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Dr. Hansjörg Neth

Research Scientist, Psychology, University of Konstanz

Contact

Phone: +49 7531  88-2972

Room: D 529

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Responsibilities

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter der AG Sozialpsychologie & Entscheidungsforschung (Gaißmaier)

Dr. Elham Nourani

Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology, Max Planck Institue of Animal Behavior

Dr. Chase Nuñez

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Daniela Perez

Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Group Ding, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Contact

Room: ZT 921

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Responsibilities

I use key study species and integrate empirical and theoretical approaches to investigate the influence of social, life-history, and environmental factors on collective behaviours.

Dr. Mantas Radzvilas

Postdoctoral Researcher, Philosophy, University of Konstanz

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Post office box: 21

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Divya Ramesh Ph.D.

Research Associate, Neurobiology, University of Konstanz

Contact

Phone: +49 7531 88 3052

Room: M 1126

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Responsibilities

Understanding behavior using “neurochemical signatures” of the brain, using social insects as model systems and quantitative mass spectrometry. 

Dr. Anke Reinschlüssel

Postdoctoral Researcher, Computer Science, University of Konstanz

Contact

Phone: +49 7531 88-3772

Room: Z 920

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Office Hours

By arrangement

Dr. Oliva Saldanha

Postdoctoral Researcher, Biophysical Chemistry, University of Konstanz

Contact

Phone: +49 7531  88-2021

Room: L 1031

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Responsibilities

molecular adsorption at interfaces; ATR-FTIR and microscopy

Dr. Eduardo Sampaio

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Collective Behavior, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Martina Scacco

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Contact

Phone: +49(0)75319450526
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Responsibilities

My research spans different topics and animal systems, with the overarching interest of understanding how the physical environment affects different behavioural aspects of the individuals in a population. I focus on flying animals, as due to the large distances they cover and the fluctuations in the environment they are exposed to, they are an excellent study system to investigate behavioural responses at very different scales and answer very different research question. My current focus is on the predictability of soaring flight and on understanding the factors determining cost of transport across flying species.

Prof. Dr. Marco F. H. Schmidt

Professor, Psychology, University of Konstanz

Contact

Room: ZfP, Haus 22

Post office box: 905

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Office Hours

by appointment

Responsibilities

Developmental Psychology

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Spohn

Professor em., Philosophy, University of Konstanz

Contact

Phone: +49 07531 88-2503

Room: G 507

Post office box: 21

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Dr. Vivek Hari Sridhar

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department for the Ecology of Animal Sciences, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Prof. Dr. Sabine Storandt

Professor, Computer and Information Science, University of Konstanz

Contact

Phone: +49 7531  88-4433

Room: PZ 1003

Post office box: 67

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Dr. Hannah Williams

Group Leader, Biology, University of Konstanz

Dr. Irenaeus Wolff

Postdoctoral Researcher, Economics, University of Konstanz

Contact

Phone: +49 7531  88-5122

Room: F 314

Post office box: 131

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Office Hours

by appointment (via E-Mail)

Responsibilities

Research

Experimental & Behavioural Economics; Models of bounded rationality; Behavioural public choice; Evolution of institutions, cooperation, and other social norms