Main Focus
Evolutionary physiology, behavioral endocrinology, animal behavior, ornithology
Ongoing Projects of the research group Evolutionary Physiology: here
Curriculum Vitae
Since 2013 Research Group leader, Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence (former MPI for Ornithology, Seewiesen).
Since 2011 Professor, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz.
2008-2013 Group leader, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell.
2000-2008 Assistant Professor, Dept. Ecological and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, USA.
1998-2000 Adjunct Assistant Professor and Research Specialist, Dept. Ecology, Ethology and Evolution, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
1995-1998 Post-doctoral researcher at University of Washington, USA, and at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.
1995 Ph.D. in Zoology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany.
1991 Diploma in Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany.
1983-1991 Study of Biology (Zoology, Botany and Pharmacology), Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-University Frankfurt, and Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany.
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Link to Research Gate Website: here