Early Career Researchers
Dr. rer. nat. Angela Albi
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology, University of Konstanz
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology, University of Konstanz
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Sensory biologist analysing the ‘Ushichka’ dataset (multi-channel, multi-sensor dataset of bat groups echolocating in a cave) and developing technical methods to handle multi-channel audio, video and LiDAR data.
Dr. Yitzchak Ben Mocha
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour
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I am an ecologist with an interest in wildlife conservation and a background in wildlife population monitoring in Central Africa. After completing my PhD on bonobo Pan paniscus ecology and conservation at Liverpool John Moores University in 2022, I am excited to join the CASCB / MPI-AB, for a project aiming to investigate the effects of hunting (from humans) on wildlife population dynamics and behaviour, as well as the economic and social triggers of hunting in six remote villages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Lisa Blum Moyse
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology, Cente for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Psychology, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour
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Phone: 07732 1501 920Room: M01114, MPIAB Radolfzell
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour
Dr. Noori Choi
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Collective Behavior, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour
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I study communication in social mammals. I'm looking at the coordination of vocal signalling and at the spread of information within animal groups.
Dr. Adwait Deshpande
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Collective Behavior, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, Zukunftskolleg Fellow
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Affiliated with the Department of Biology
Project: Exploring the effect of early experience on individual vocal flexibility and group functioning
Most studies in collective behaviour focus on the mechanisms of coordination, such as how individuals make group decisions on where or when to move and which individuals are able to exert the highest influence on these decisions. Less attention has been given to understanding the development and fitness consequences of coordination efficacy. Furthermore, despite the fact that many social species are known to use vocalizations during coordination, how such signalling behaviour mediates coordination remains poorly understood. During this project I will investigate the use of vocal signals to coordinate group movement and activity in pheasants (Phasianus colchicus), which exhibit marked changes in group structure throughout the year. By using captive reared pheasants, released into the wild when mature, I can manipulate individual’s development, state and group compositions, and post-release track their associations and survival using novel bio-logging technology. Specifically, I ask 1) how vocal signalling develops across an individual’s lifetime, 2) how signals influence group structure and coordination and 3) how early experience influences individual signalling and survival.
Postdoctoral Fellow since 05/2021
Dr. Aya Goldshtein
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Raphaela Heesen, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Konstanz
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Studying joint action, communication, bodily synchrony and emotions in humans and nonhuman great apes.
Dr. Hernan Morales Navarrete
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour
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Studying self-organizing pattern formation and collective cell migration during zebrafish development.
Dr. Prasetia Putra
Postdoctoral Researcher, Computer Engineering, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Phone: 07531 88 5921Room: ZT 1002
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I use mathematical methods and behavioral experiments to investigate the structure, function, and evolution of order and organization in social and biological systems.
Albin Salazar
Postdoctoral Researcher, Computer Science, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour
Dr. Sercan Sayin
Postdoctoral Researcher, Neurobiology, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour
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Phone: +49 7531 88-2102Room: ZT 901
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Dr. Daniel Schardosim Calovi
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour
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Post-doctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and Department of Computer and Information Science UKn
Dr. Katherine Snell
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Psychology, University of Konstanz
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Phone: +49 7531 88-2378Room: E502
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Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Collective Behavior, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Psychology, University of Konstanz
Dr. Vishwanath Varma
Postdoctoral Researcher, Neurobiology, Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour
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Affiliated with the Department of Biology
Project: Diel variation in collective behaviour of fish
ZUKOnnect Fellow from 10/2020