Team
Head of department
Scientists
PhD-students
- Shreya Dimri
In my project, I make use of evidence synthesis (systematic review & meta-analysis) to understand phenotypic variation within and between species. My project is part of the DFG funded Collaborative Research Centre SFB-TRR 212 (more information here).
- Tuba Rizvi
In my project, I aim to understand the effect of density on mating traits using tropical crickets (Gryllodes sigillatus). Specifically, I am using experiments to (1) examine whether female mating preferences are affected by perceived population density; (2) study whether density has an effect on sperm transfer dynamics; and (3) examine the plasticity in mate guarding behaviour shown by males. Furthermore, I am conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine whether males or females have evolved a predominant control over the outcome of shared mating traits. My project is funded by the DAAD Doctoral Programme.
- Nhamo Mutingwende
- Dominik Perisa
- Michael Haneke-Reinders
Sexual selection, or nonrandom mating, is an important factor for evolution. In most animal species, females choose the mating partners (female choice) with the help of different criteria. However, mating with multiple males may lead to other selection processes inside the female body. Among the most widely-spread processes of such kind are sperm competition and cryptic female choice. Cryptic female choice means the ability of females to decide which sperm (for example, of male A, B or C) will be preferentially used to fertilize the eggs. In my project, I investigate cryptic female choice in the field grasshopper Chorthippus biguttulus using different mating experiments and genetic analyses of offspring. The main focus lies on the possible influence of male attractiveness and the influence of relatedness between males and females.
Technicians
- Sonja Schindler
- Chantal Fenn
- Andrea Prussack
Andrea Prussack
Teamassistenz
andrea.prussack@uni-bielefeld.de
- Telefon
- +49 521 106-2194
- Raum
- VHF-113
Guests
- Dr. Nikolas Vellnow
- Dr. Jendrian Riedel
I am broadly interested in the evolution and adaptation of animals, particularly reptiles, in different ecological contexts. My research investigates the evolution of morphological traits, as adaptations to microhabitats or ecological niches. I am particularly interested in locomotor morphology and in reptile skin microornamentation.
- Dr. Ralf Jochmann
- Jamal Rahimi
PhD thesis: Impact of the antidepressant’s sertraline and citalopram on the cosmopolitan freshwater snail Physella acuta: reproductive factors, behavior, and oxidative stress
Co-supervisor: Dr. Denis Meuthen
- Navina Lilie
The question of my research project regards to adaptive conformance to social niches and its proximate mechanisms. Although Zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) are known to be monogamous and conduct bipaternal care, extra-pair copulation occurs occasionally. Hence, male individuals face a trade-off securing fertilisations versus parental investment in response to the extent of sexual competition. In our project, we want to investigate how individual variation in sexual competition generates individual variation, and covariation, in both competitive traits and parenting behaviour. Therefore, I use an experimental setup consisting two conditions that vary in sperm competition risk (SCR), i.e. the presence/absence of an ejaculate rival. For my project, I investigate the plasticity of the behavioural phenotype in pre-and postcopulatory competitiveness and male parental care in response to SCR by using behavioural observations as well as endocrinological measurements (subproject A). This work is strongly connected to subproject B, which evaluates ejaculate traits and transcriptomic mechanisms in the model system.
- Former Team Members
- Dr. Lucia Mentesana is an Assistant Professor at Universidad de la Republica de Uruguay
- Dr. Athina Giannakara
- Dr. Lukas Eigentler is an Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick
- Dr. Steve Ramm is a Junior Professor at the University of Rennes
- Dr. David Kikuchi is an Assistant Professor at Oregon State University
- Dr. Antje Girdnt is a Project Manager at the Bertelsmann Stiftung
- Dr. Sepand Riyahi is at the University of Vienna
- Dr. Michael Weber
- Dr. Lucienne Eweleit is at Fachhochschule Bielefeld
- Dr. Peter Trimmer is at the University of Warwick
- Dr. Nicholas P. Moran is at the Centre for Ocean Life and Section for Marine Living Resources
- Dr. Rienk Fokkema
- Dr. Yumi Nakadera is at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Dr. Bahar Patlar is at University Halle-Wittenberg
- Ségolène Humann-Guilleminot is at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
- Dr. Pablo Valverde
- Dr. Alicia Jarrige
- Dr. Matthias Galipaud is at the Swiss Data Science Center
- Dr. Shaghayegh Soudi is at Stanford University, Radiation Oncology
- Dr. Petra Dieker is at Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei
- Prof. Dr. Holger Schielzeth is at the Department of Population Ecology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Anasuya Chakrabarty is at the Department of Population Ecology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Abhijeet Shah is at the University of Hohenheim
- Dr. Leif Engqvist
- Dr. Ulrike Lampe
- Dr. Nils Cordes is part of the Programm "richtig einsteigen" at Bielefeld University
- Dr. Alexandra Franzke is at TU Dortmund
- Dr. Eva M. Buchkremer
- Dr. Robert Jehle is at the University of Salford
- Dr. Berit Ullrich is at Stiftung Charité
- Dr. Kirsten Klappert is at Eawag
- Dr. Munjong Kolss is at Universität zu Köln
- Dr. Birgen Holger Rothe is at Schröter Technology
- Prof. Dr. Hasan Sevgili is at Ordu University
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa is at LIB Hamburg
- Dr. Jan P. Wittmann