Affiliate Members
Dr. Pritish Chakravarty
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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I am an engineer interested in motion measurement and analysis applied to the study of animal behaviour and ecology. My current interests include cross-species analyses of sleep, and the dynamics of flight in migrating birds.
Dr. Roi Harel
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Research Scientist, Psychology, University of Konstanz
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Room: C 527
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Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter der AG Allgemeine & Biologische Psychologie (Schupp)
Dr. Urs Kalbitzer
Research Scientist, Biology, University of Konstanz
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Room: Bücklestr. 526
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Professor, Physics, University of Konstanz
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Phone: +49 7531 88 2502Room: P 909
Post office box: 675
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Soft and Living Matter Physics
Pavan Kaushik
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Collective Behavior, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Professor, Ecology, University of Konstanz
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Phone: 07531 88 2997Room: M 803
Post office box: 658
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nach Vereinbarung / by appointment
Dr. Gisela Kopp
Research Fellow, Zukunftskolleg & Biology, University of Konstanz
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Phone: 07531-885657Room: Y 216
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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
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Phone: +497531 88-5161Room: Z 817
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Professor Dr. of Philosophy, Philosophy, University of Konstanz
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Phone: +49 7531 88-2567Room: G 504
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Research Scientist, Psychology, University of Konstanz
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Phone: +49 7531 88-2972Room: D 529
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Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter der AG Sozialpsychologie & Entscheidungsforschung (Gaißmaier)
Dr. Chase Nuñez
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Group Ding, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Room: ZT 921
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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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Research Associate, Neurobiology, University of Konstanz
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Phone: +49 7531 88 3052Room: M 1126
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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
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Phone: +49 7531 88-3772Room: Z 920
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By arrangement
Dr. Oliva Saldanha
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biophysical Chemistry, University of Konstanz
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Phone: +49 7531 88-2021Room: L 1031
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molecular adsorption at interfaces; ATR-FTIR and microscopy
Dr. Eduardo Sampaio
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Collective Behavior, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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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
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Room: ZfP, Haus 22
Post office box: 905
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by appointment
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Developmental Psychology
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Spohn
Professor em., Philosophy, University of Konstanz
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Phone: +49 07531 88-2503Room: G 507
Post office box: 21
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Department for the Ecology of Animal Sciences, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Professor, Computer and Information Science, University of Konstanz
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Phone: +49 7531 88-4433Room: PZ 1003
Post office box: 67
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Group Leader, Biology, University of Konstanz
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Economics, University of Konstanz
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Phone: +49 7531 88-5122Room: F 314
Post office box: 131
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by appointment (via E-Mail)
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Research
Experimental & Behavioural Economics; Models of bounded rationality; Behavioural public choice; Evolution of institutions, cooperation, and other social norms