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Prof. Dr. Makoto Asashima
Field of Research: Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals In Germany: 01.08.1997 - 31.08.1997	Home Institute Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences University of Tokyo Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro-ku 153-8902 Tokyo

Prof. Dr. Makoto Asashima

Field of Research:

Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals

In Germany:

01.08.1997 - 31.08.1997

Home Institute

Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
University of Tokyo
Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro-ku
153-8902 Tokyo

Prof. Dr. Jelle Atema
Field of Research: Sensory and Behavioural Biology In Germany: 01.01.1997 - 31.08.1997	Home Institute Department of Biology Boston University 5 Cummington St. 02215 Boston

Prof. Dr. Jelle Atema

Field of Research:

Sensory and Behavioural Biology

In Germany:

01.01.1997 - 31.08.1997

Home Institute

Department of Biology
Boston University
5 Cummington St.
02215 Boston

Prof. Dr. Suresh Prins Benjamin
Field of Research: Animal Systematics and Morphology In Germany: 01.10.2022 - 30.06.2023 Host's project description Professor Benjamin is a well-known biologist and an international authority in the study of Oriental crab and jumping spiders, of which he has discovered 122 new species to date. His naming of three new species of spiders after Enid Blyton characters has been featured in the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). He also has made significant contributions to the public popularization of science in Sri Lanka. Suresh has dedicated his life to conserving spiders and other invertebrates of Sri Lanka, a biodiversity hotspot. In Germany, he continues his research on the higher-level systematics of crab spiders.	Home Institute Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity National Institute of Fundamental Studies Hantana Road CP 20000 Kandy Host in Germany Dr. Dirk Ahrens Abteilung Arthropoda Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels (LIB) Adenauerallee 160 53113 Bonn

Prof. Dr. Suresh Prins Benjamin

Field of Research:

Animal Systematics and Morphology

In Germany:

01.10.2022 - 30.06.2023

Host's project description

Home Institute

Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity
National Institute of Fundamental Studies
Hantana Road
CP 20000 Kandy

Host in Germany

Dr. Dirk Ahrens
Abteilung Arthropoda
Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels (LIB)
Adenauerallee 160
53113 Bonn

Prof. Dr. David R. Bentley
Field of Research: Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals In Germany: 01.09.1974 - 31.07.1975	Home Institute Department of Molecular & Cell Biology University of California, Berkeley 379 Life Sciences Addition #3200 94720-3200 Berkeley

Prof. Dr. David R. Bentley

Field of Research:

Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals

In Germany:

01.09.1974 - 31.07.1975

Home Institute

Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
379 Life Sciences Addition #3200
94720-3200 Berkeley

Prof. Dr. Jacobus J. Boomsma
Field of Research: Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions In Germany: 01.02.2004 - 29.02.2004 Host's project description Professor Dr. Jacobus Boomsma is one of the scientific leaders in insect sociobiology and evolutionary ecology. His unique talent of combining theoretical explanations with rigorous empirical studies has enabled him to make significant contributions to our understanding of the evolution of animal societies. Among his many achievements probably the most influential one is his development of split sex ratio models and his empirical tests of theses models. This work has changed the way we study sex ratio patterns in nature.	Home Institute Department of Biology, Centre for Social Evolution University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 15 2100 Copenhagen

Prof. Dr. Jacobus J. Boomsma

Field of Research:

Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions

In Germany:

01.02.2004 - 29.02.2004

Host's project description

Home Institute

Department of Biology, Centre for Social Evolution
University of Copenhagen
Universitetsparken 15
2100 Copenhagen

Dr. Elzabeta Briski
Field of Research: Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions In Germany: 01.05.2014 - 30.06.2019 Host's project description Transportation of alien species by global trade into new habitats is one of the major threats to global biodiversity and ecosystems. Some of these species experience rapid population growth after arrival in the new habitat, thereby extinguishing resident species and disrupting important ecosystem functions. The increase of global trade and climate change lead to an increasing probability of such harmful outbreaks. Dr. Briski has devoted her research to the ecology of biological invasion in aquatic ecosystems with particular reference to the Lawrentian Great Lakes. Interestingly, the Ponto-Caspian region has been identified as one of the most important donor regions of invasive aquatic biota both for North America and for central and northern Europe. Dr. Briski’s project at Kiel will perform comparative studies of the environmental requirements and ecophysiological abilities of phylogenetically related and functionally similar species from the Ponto-Caspian seas, the Baltic Sea and the North American coastal waters in order to explain the invasion success of Ponto-Caspian species.	Home Institute Experimentelle Ökologie GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel Düsternbrooker Weg 20 24105 Kiel

Dr. Elzabeta Briski

Field of Research:

Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions

In Germany:

01.05.2014 - 30.06.2019

Host's project description

Home Institute

Experimentelle Ökologie
GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
Düsternbrooker Weg 20
24105 Kiel

Prof. Dr. Michael Cant
Field of Research: Evolution, Anthropology In Germany: 01.09.2021 - 30.06.2022 Host's project description Professor Cant is an internationally recognised scientist who has made significant contributions to behavioural ecology and the study of social behaviour. One of his most important contributions is in the field of reproductive skew theory, which aims to explain variations in the degree to which reproduction is shared in animal societies, from despotic or high skew societies, to egalitarian or low skew societies. During his stay in Germany, he will continue his work on a theory of intergroup conflict beyond the animal world.	Home Institute College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Biosciences University of Exeter Treliever Road, Penryn Campus TR10 9FE, UK Exeter

Prof. Dr. Michael Cant

Field of Research:

Evolution, Anthropology

In Germany:

01.09.2021 - 30.06.2022

Host's project description

Home Institute

College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Biosciences
University of Exeter
Treliever Road, Penryn Campus
TR10 9FE, UK Exeter

Prof. Dr. Jerome Casas
Field of Research: Animal Biochemistry and Physiology In Germany: 01.06.2022 - 30.06.2022 Host's project description Professor Casas has a worldwide unique approach to insect physics and insect physical ecology, studying processes such as locomotion on water or in sand. He is particularly well known for his work on insect sensory systems and for their biomimetic translation into technical microsystems. As one of the main proponents to establish collaborative biomimetic research in France, he uses his stay in Germany to establish collaborations with some of the leading groups in this scientific area and to carry out research on the physical mechanisms of pheromone dispersal by insects.	Home Institute Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte IRBI Universite de Tours (Francois Rabelais) Av.monge 37200 Tours

Prof. Dr. Jerome Casas

Field of Research:

Animal Biochemistry and Physiology

In Germany:

01.06.2022 - 30.06.2022

Host's project description

Home Institute

Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte IRBI
Universite de Tours (Francois Rabelais)
Av.monge
37200 Tours

Prof. Dr. Hal Caswell
Field of Research: Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions In Germany: 01.03.2011 - 29.02.2012 Host's project description Professor Caswell's research represents a major contribution to the mathematical study of populations, in both ecology and human demography. The center of his current theoretical research is on perturbation analysis of nonlinear and stochastic demographic models; the applications are to evolutionary demography and to conservation, especially in relation to climate change. He also stands out among ecologists and demographers in the range of species to which he has applied his methods. Professor Caswell intends to develop stage-structured demographic models to examine the selection pressures molding the evolution of life histories in a wide range of species. His research will benefit the fields of demography and ecology, and contribute to the development of mathematical biodemography.	Home Institute Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamic University of Amsterdam 1090 GE Amsterdam

Prof. Dr. Hal Caswell

Field of Research:

Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions

In Germany:

01.03.2011 - 29.02.2012

Host's project description

Home Institute

Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamic
University of Amsterdam
1090 GE Amsterdam

Prof. Dr. Colin Chapman
Field of Research: Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions In Germany: 01.09.2018 - 31.08.2019 Host's project description Professor Chapman is an interdisciplinary biologist who has worked in Kibale National Park, Uganda, for three decades. He is well-known internationally for his research on the roles of food abundance, disease, nutrition and stress in determining primate abundance and how to best conserve the world’s biodiversity. Professor Chapman spearheaded many humanitarian projects like the Health and Conservation Centre and a Mobile Clinic providing healthcare to remote communities. While in Germany he will explore the synergy of providing rural health service to maintain early warning systems for emerging disease, while promoting conservation and advancing theory on zoonotic disease transmission dynamics.	Home Institute Department of Anthropology George Washington University 2110 G St. NW 20052 Washington

Prof. Dr. Colin Chapman

Field of Research:

Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions

In Germany:

01.09.2018 - 31.08.2019

Host's project description

Home Institute

Department of Anthropology
George Washington University
2110 G St. NW
20052 Washington

Prof. Dr. Robert DeSalle
Field of Research: Animal Systematics and Morphology In Germany: 30.09.2020 - 30.09.2020 Host's project description Professor DeSalle is a leading authority in evolutionary biology. His outstanding contributions to molecular systematics, genomics, informatics and conservation genetics have set milestones in several areas of evolutionary research. In Germany, Professor DeSalle will implement the transfer of valuable software developed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and will test the latest bioinformatics tools on different unique datasets created in Germany.	Home Institute Sackler Institute of Comparative Genomics American Museum of Natural History 79th Street at Central West Park 10024 New York

Prof. Dr. Robert DeSalle

Field of Research:

Animal Systematics and Morphology

In Germany:

30.09.2020 - 30.09.2020

Host's project description

Home Institute

Sackler Institute of Comparative Genomics
American Museum of Natural History
79th Street at Central West Park
10024 New York

Prof. Dr. M. Denise Dearing
Field of Research: Animal Biochemistry and Physiology In Germany: 01.03.2022 - 31.07.2022 Host's project description Professor Dearing is a world leader in animal nutritional ecology. Her research has been critical in understanding how mammals are able to feed on plants that produce high levels of toxic defense compounds. In Germany, she continues her pioneering work on the role of the microbes present in animal guts in detoxifying plant defenses.	Home Institute Department of Biology University of Utah 257 South 1400 East 84112 Salt Lake City

Prof. Dr. M. Denise Dearing

Field of Research:

Animal Biochemistry and Physiology

In Germany:

01.03.2022 - 31.07.2022

Host's project description

Home Institute

Department of Biology
University of Utah
257 South 1400 East
84112 Salt Lake City

Prof. Dr. Hugh Dingle
Field of Research: Animal Systematics and Morphology In Germany: 01.03.1992 - 31.08.1992	Home Institute Department of Entomology and Nematology University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue 95616 Davis

Prof. Dr. Hugh Dingle

Field of Research:

Animal Systematics and Morphology

In Germany:

01.03.1992 - 31.08.1992

Home Institute

Department of Entomology and Nematology
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
95616 Davis

Prof. Dr. Robert J. Dooling
Field of Research: Sensory and Behavioural Biology In Germany: 01.09.1990 - 30.06.1991	Home Institute Department of Psychology University of Maryland at College Park Baltimore Avenue 20742 College Park

Prof. Dr. Robert J. Dooling

Field of Research:

Sensory and Behavioural Biology

In Germany:

01.09.1990 - 30.06.1991

Home Institute

Department of Psychology
University of Maryland at College Park
Baltimore Avenue
20742 College Park

Prof. Dr. Jörn Fischer
Field of Research: Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions In Germany: 01.11.2015 - 31.12.2015 Host's project description Rapid global change poses a serious threat to ecosystems and traditionally managed cultural landscapes, especially in poor countries. This is the focus of the transdisciplinary research programme led by Joern Fischer, which aims to examine and promote sustainable development in Eastern Europe. Particular emphasis will be placed on agricultural landscapes in Central Romania. This region may be poor in economic terms but has an unusual wealth of diversity in both natural and cultural heritage. Traditional farming methods without modern machinery or artificial fertilisers have conserved an unusually high level of biodiversity, ranging from rare plant species such as orchids to large mammals such as wolves and bears. Since Romania joined the European Union, the region now faces the difficult task of achieving a balance between material affluence and the conservation of its unique natural and cultural heritage. Joern Fischer’s research programme brings together natural scientists, social scientists, regional decision-makers and local people, to develop scenarios for the region’s sustainable development.	Home Institute Institut für Ökologie Leuphana Universität Lüneburg Universitaetsallee 1 21335 Lüneburg

Prof. Dr. Jörn Fischer

Field of Research:

Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions

In Germany:

01.11.2015 - 31.12.2015

Host's project description

Home Institute

Institut für Ökologie
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Universitaetsallee 1
21335 Lüneburg

Prof. Dr. H. Carl Gerhardt
Field of Research: Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions In Germany: 01.06.2012 - 31.08.2012	Home Institute Division of Biological Sciences University of Missouri-Columbia 215 Tucker Hall 65211 Columbia

Prof. Dr. H. Carl Gerhardt

Field of Research:

Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions

In Germany:

01.06.2012 - 31.08.2012

Home Institute

Division of Biological Sciences
University of Missouri-Columbia
215 Tucker Hall
65211 Columbia

Prof. Dr. Wayne M. Getz
Field of Research: Sensory and Behavioural Biology In Germany: 01.04.1993 - 31.10.1993	Home Institute ESPM-Division of Insect Biology University of California, Berkeley 201 Wellman Hall 94720-3112 Berkeley

Prof. Dr. Wayne M. Getz

Field of Research:

Sensory and Behavioural Biology

In Germany:

01.04.1993 - 31.10.1993

Home Institute

ESPM-Division of Insect Biology
University of California, Berkeley
201 Wellman Hall
94720-3112 Berkeley

Prof. Dr. Frederick Jay Gottlieb
Field of Research: Animal Systematics and Morphology In Germany: 01.09.1973 - 31.08.1974	Home Institute Department of Biological Science University of Pittsburgh 15260 Pittsburgh

Prof. Dr. Frederick Jay Gottlieb

Field of Research:

Animal Systematics and Morphology

In Germany:

01.09.1973 - 31.08.1974

Home Institute

Department of Biological Science
University of Pittsburgh
15260 Pittsburgh

Prof. Dr. Michael Granato
Field of Research: Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals In Germany: 01.11.2006 - 31.07.2007 Host's project description Professor Granato is a developmental neurobiologist of international reputation and a pioneer of the use of zebrafish Danio rerio as a genetic model system for the study of axon pathfinding and sensorimotor behaviour. As a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Professor Granato developed an ingenious genetic screening assay, based on larval motility defects, that allowed him to identify a large number of mutants with aberrant neuronal and muscle development. When he moved to his own lab at the University of Pennsylvania, Professor Granato focused on an interesting class of these mutants that are characterised by having axon pathfinding or synaptic defects. By cloning the underlying genes, Dr. Granato demonstrated for the first time a role of MuSK receptor tyrosine signaling in guiding motor axons, and he also provided the first genetic evidence that glycosyltransferase modifications of the extracellular matrix play a critical role during vertebrate motor axon migration. Together with his ongoing interest in axon pathfinding, he has developed several elegant approaches to address the genetic basis of behaviour using the zebrafish and has already made a number of important contributions to the fascinating field. Through his research, Professor Granato improves our basic understanding of the most challenging problems in modern biology, namely, how the wiring of the vertebrate nervous system leads to complex behaviour.	Home Institute Department of Cell and Development Biology University of Pennsylvania 1110 BRB, 421 Curie Blvd. 19104-6058 Philadelphia

Prof. Dr. Michael Granato

Field of Research:

Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals

In Germany:

01.11.2006 - 31.07.2007

Host's project description

Home Institute

Department of Cell and Development Biology
University of Pennsylvania
1110 BRB, 421 Curie Blvd.
19104-6058 Philadelphia

Prof. Dr. Peter R. Grant
Field of Research: Sensory and Behavioural Biology In Germany: 01.02.1996 - 31.07.1996	Home Institute Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Princeton University 303 Guyot Hall 08544 Princeton

Prof. Dr. Peter R. Grant

Field of Research:

Sensory and Behavioural Biology

In Germany:

01.02.1996 - 31.07.1996

Home Institute

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Princeton University
303 Guyot Hall
08544 Princeton

Prof. Dr. Alan D. Grinnell
Field of Research: Animal Systematics and Morphology In Germany: 01.09.1979 - 31.10.1979	Home Institute Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 405 Hilgard Avenue 90095 Los Angeles

Prof. Dr. Alan D. Grinnell

Field of Research:

Animal Systematics and Morphology

In Germany:

01.09.1979 - 31.10.1979

Home Institute

Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
405 Hilgard Avenue
90095 Los Angeles

Dr. Brian Hare
Field of Research: Evolution, Anthropology In Germany: 01.11.2004 - 31.10.2008 Host's project description Why is human intelligence so unique amongst all the types on earth? Charles Darwin knew that this question would put his theory of evolutionary descent to the test. In order to answer it, as Darwin was aware, it would be necessary to find out the precise nature of the uniqueness of human cognition. A comparison with our nearest relations, the chimpanzees, could prove helpful. The most recent research suggests that the human ability to read other people's thoughts is not so unique. Chimpanzees are able to imitate and deceive others and form alliances. Using the example of chimpanzees, Brian Hare wants to examine some of the most frequently discussed hypotheses on evolution. Is the development of language really the precondition for the intellectual abilities of adult humans? Is irrational, altruistic behaviour singular to humans? How closely comparable are apes and men, and can any insights be gained on the causes and possible treatment of, for instance, autism?	Home Institute Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Duke University 104 Science Drive, Biological Sciences Building 27708-0383 Durham

Dr. Brian Hare

Field of Research:

Evolution, Anthropology

In Germany:

01.11.2004 - 31.10.2008

Host's project description

Home Institute

Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Duke University
104 Science Drive, Biological Sciences Building
27708-0383 Durham

Prof. Dr. Volker Hartenstein
Field of Research: Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals In Germany: 01.03.2011 - 31.03.2011 Host's project description Professor Hartenstein is an outstanding developmental biologist, anatomist and neurobiologist, who substantially contributed to our understanding of Drosophila embryogenesis. Besides the nervous system, the focus of his research, he has studied, among others, the hematopoetic system. Together with Jose Campos-Ortega he published "The embryonic development of Drosophila", an indispensable benchmark for fly embryologists. In Germany, he will establish a 3D-atlas of the larval fly brain by reconstructions of serial EM sections, which allows the analysis of micro- and macrocircuits.	Home Institute Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 621 Charles E. Young Drive 90095-1606 Los Angeles

Prof. Dr. Volker Hartenstein

Field of Research:

Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals

In Germany:

01.03.2011 - 31.03.2011

Host's project description

Home Institute

Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
621 Charles E. Young Drive
90095-1606 Los Angeles

Prof. Dr. J. Woodland Hastings
Field of Research: Animal Biochemistry and Physiology In Germany: 01.02.1993 - 30.04.1993	Home Institute Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology Harvard University 16 Divinity Avenue 02138 Cambridge

Prof. Dr. J. Woodland Hastings

Field of Research:

Animal Biochemistry and Physiology

In Germany:

01.02.1993 - 30.04.1993

Home Institute

Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Harvard University
16 Divinity Avenue
02138 Cambridge

Prof. Dr. Mark Hauber
Field of Research: Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions In Germany: 01.07.2022 - 31.12.2022 Host's project description Professor Hauber is an outstanding behavioural ecologist and one of the world-leading scientists in the field of co-evolution. He has shaped the way we think about the evolution of host-parasite systems in birds and beyond. Shifting gears between behavioral, developmental, physiological, and molecular tools, he is studying the social and genetic consequences of species recognition in avian brood parasites, such as cuckoos, cowbirds and whydahs, and their hosts. During his stay in Germany, he will work on comparative and meta-analytical projects in avian brood parasitism.	Home Institute Department of Animal Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 515 Morrill Hall, 505 South Goodwin Avenue 61801 Urbana

Prof. Dr. Mark Hauber

Field of Research:

Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions

In Germany:

01.07.2022 - 31.12.2022

Host's project description

Home Institute

Department of Animal Biology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
515 Morrill Hall, 505 South Goodwin Avenue
61801 Urbana

Prof. Dr. Bernd Heinrich
Field of Research: Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions In Germany: 01.07.2004 - 31.07.2004	Home Institute Department of Biology University of Vermont Marsh Life Science Bldg. 05405 Burlington

Prof. Dr. Bernd Heinrich

Field of Research:

Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions

In Germany:

01.07.2004 - 31.07.2004

Home Institute

Department of Biology
University of Vermont
Marsh Life Science Bldg.
05405 Burlington

Dr. Lothar G. Hennighausen
Field of Research: Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals In Germany: 01.08.2002 - 31.07.2003 Host's project description Dr. Lothar Hennighausen is a world-renowned geneticist whose distinguished career includes contributions in both academia and government. Dr. Hennighausen is noted for his work on genes and genetic networks that control organogenesis, specifically the mammary gland. He discovered a number of genes that are involved in mammary gland physiology. Dr. Hennighausen holds several patents, including the use of transgenic animals as mammary bioreactors, the use of mammary-specific control switches and delivery systems for gene therapy and genetic immunization. Dr. Hennighausen also developed bioinformatic tools, including databases, web sites and the first on-line histology atlas for mammary development and cancer. These tools are widely used in genetic studies. He is going to collaborate with Prof. Huber at the same Max-Planck-Institute to elucidate the crystal structure of Stat5, which represents the first step in understanding of the molecular signaling of this transcription factor and the design of pharmacological inhibitors.	Home Institute Laboratory of Genetics & Physiology National Institutes of Health (NIH) 8 Center Drive, Bldg. 8, Room 101 20892 Bethesda

Dr. Lothar G. Hennighausen

Field of Research:

Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals

In Germany:

01.08.2002 - 31.07.2003

Host's project description

Home Institute

Laboratory of Genetics & Physiology
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
8 Center Drive, Bldg. 8, Room 101
20892 Bethesda

Prof. Dr. Nancy Haven Doe Hopkins
Field of Research: Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals In Germany: 01.01.1990 - 30.06.1990	Home Institute Department of Biology, Center of Cancer Research, E 17-341 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue, E 17-341 02139 Cambridge

Prof. Dr. Nancy Haven Doe Hopkins

Field of Research:

Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals

In Germany:

01.01.1990 - 30.06.1990

Home Institute

Department of Biology, Center of Cancer Research, E 17-341
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, E 17-341
02139 Cambridge

Dr. Verena Häussermann
Field of Research: Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions In Germany: 01.04.2023 - 30.09.2023 Host's project description Dr. Häussermann is well known internationally not only for exploring and describing the marine life of Chilean Patagonia, but also for her enthusiasm to protect this unique natural heritage. Her work ranges from the discovery of cold-water coral in Chilean fjords over spatial analyses to support decisions for marine conservation to the study of the largest ever recorded mass mortality of large whales. She successfully built up a scientific field station in Chilean Patagonia and published a field guide for the Patagonian marine life. During her stay in Germany, she will elaborate an up-to-date biogeographical analysis, which includes data from her expeditions to the Patagonian coasts.	Home Institute Universidad San Sebastian Sede De la Patagonia Lago Panguipulli 1390 Puerto Montt Host in Germany Prof. Dr. Michael Schrödl Zoologische Staatssammlung München Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns (SNSB) Münchhausenstraße 21 81247 München

Dr. Verena Häussermann

Field of Research:

Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions

In Germany:

01.04.2023 - 30.09.2023

Host's project description

Home Institute

Universidad San Sebastian Sede De la Patagonia
Lago Panguipulli 1390
Puerto Montt

Host in Germany

Prof. Dr. Michael Schrödl
Zoologische Staatssammlung München
Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns (SNSB)
Münchhausenstraße 21
81247 München

Prof. Dr. Bert Hölldobler
Field of Research: Sensory and Behavioural Biology In Germany: 01.01.1987 - 30.09.1987	Home Institute Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie (Zoologie II) Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97070 Würzburg

Prof. Dr. Bert Hölldobler

Field of Research:

Sensory and Behavioural Biology

In Germany:

01.01.1987 - 30.09.1987

Home Institute

Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie (Zoologie II)
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Am Hubland
97070 Würzburg

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kadener
Field of Research: Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals In Germany: 28.09.2020 - 30.09.2020	Home Institute Department of Biology Brandeis University 415 South Street 02453 Waltham

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kadener

Field of Research:

Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals

In Germany:

28.09.2020 - 30.09.2020

Home Institute

Department of Biology
Brandeis University
415 South Street
02453 Waltham

Prof. Dr. Peter H. Klopfer
Field of Research: Sensory and Behavioural Biology In Germany: 01.10.1992 - 31.10.1992	Home Institute Department of Biology Duke University Science Drive 27708-0338 Durham

Prof. Dr. Peter H. Klopfer

Field of Research:

Sensory and Behavioural Biology

In Germany:

01.10.1992 - 31.10.1992

Home Institute

Department of Biology
Duke University
Science Drive
27708-0338 Durham

Dr. Joris Koene
Field of Research: Animal Systematics and Morphology In Germany: 01.03.2010 - 31.12.2010 Host's project description Dr. Joris Koene (pronounced „Kuhne“) is an international authority in the study of hermaphroditic sexual systems. He is particularly well known for his work on the function of so-called love darts in land snails, which turn out to be a tool for aggressive partner manipulation rather than being a sign of cooperation. Dr. Koene combines techniques from neurophysiology, ethology and evolutionary ecology. During his stay in Germany he plans to continue his work on the causes and consequences of sexual conflict in hermaphrodites. Dr. Koene is hosted by Prof. Dr. Nico Michiels at the University of Tübingen.	Home Institute Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences VU Vrije University Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1085 1081 HV Amsterdam

Dr. Joris Koene

Field of Research:

Animal Systematics and Morphology

In Germany:

01.03.2010 - 31.12.2010

Host's project description

Home Institute

Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences
VU Vrije University Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1085
1081 HV Amsterdam

Prof. Dr. Edward A. Kravitz
Field of Research: Sensory and Behavioural Biology In Germany: 01.03.1992 - 30.09.1992	Home Institute Medical Center, Department of Neurobiology Harvard Medical School 220 Longwood Avenue 02115 Boston

Prof. Dr. Edward A. Kravitz

Field of Research:

Sensory and Behavioural Biology

In Germany:

01.03.1992 - 30.09.1992

Home Institute

Medical Center, Department of Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School
220 Longwood Avenue
02115 Boston

Prof. Dr. Enrique La Marca
Field of Research: Animal Systematics and Morphology In Germany: 01.06.2022 - 31.10.2022 Host's project description Professor La Marca is a leading biologist of his country and an internationally acknowledged scientist in zoological systematics and conservation. Being an amphibian and reptile expert, he has markedly contributed to our understanding of biodiversity and biogeography in the Venezuelan Andes as well as other regions. He is highly engaged in conservation activities and has established the internationally acknowledged Rescue of Endangered Venezuelan Amphibians (REVA) Conservation Centre in Mérida. In Germany, he will continue research on amphibian diversity and conservation.	Home Institute Rescue of Endangered Venezuelan Amphibians (REVA) P.O. Box 116 5101 Merida

Prof. Dr. Enrique La Marca

Field of Research:

Animal Systematics and Morphology

In Germany:

01.06.2022 - 31.10.2022

Host's project description

Home Institute

Rescue of Endangered Venezuelan Amphibians (REVA)
P.O. Box 116
5101 Merida

Prof. Dr. Mathew A. Leibold
Field of Research: Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions In Germany: 01.09.2018 - 31.10.2018 Host's project description Professor Leibold is an international authority in community ecology. He has published foundational studies from niche to ecosystem. But his influence goes much farther – he makes people around him better scientists. In Germany, he will finish his book on metacommunities and then he will push the frontier of the field incorporating modelling, large trait databases and co-occurrences.	Home Institute Department of Biology University of Florida Office: Bartram 627 32611 Gainesville

Prof. Dr. Mathew A. Leibold

Field of Research:

Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions

In Germany:

01.09.2018 - 31.10.2018

Host's project description

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Department of Biology
University of Florida
Office: Bartram 627
32611 Gainesville

Prof. Dr. Axel Michelsen
Field of Research: Sensory and Behavioural Biology In Germany: 01.10.1992 - 31.10.1992	Home Institute Institute of Biology University of Southern Denmark Campusvej 55 5230 Odense M

Prof. Dr. Axel Michelsen

Field of Research:

Sensory and Behavioural Biology

In Germany:

01.10.1992 - 31.10.1992

Home Institute

Institute of Biology
University of Southern Denmark
Campusvej 55
5230 Odense M

Prof. Dr. Cynthia F. Moss
Field of Research: Sensory and Behavioural Biology In Germany: 01.06.2020 - 31.08.2020 Host's project description Professor Moss is a leading expert on auditory information processing. Her research combines behavioural, neurobiological and computational studies to investigate scene perception, spatial attention, navigation and memory in mammals. Echolocating bats prove to be powerful models for this scientific approach, as these animals probe the environment with sonar signals that can be recorded and directly tied to task-specific sensory information processing, neural activity, and adaptive motor control. During her stay in Germany she investigates how bats adjust the amplitude of their sonar signals for an optimal performance of the echolocation system.	Home Institute Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles Street, Ames Hall 200B 21218 Baltimore

Prof. Dr. Cynthia F. Moss

Field of Research:

Sensory and Behavioural Biology

In Germany:

01.06.2020 - 31.08.2020

Host's project description

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Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street, Ames Hall 200B
21218 Baltimore

Prof. Dr. Mary Mullins
Field of Research: Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals In Germany: 01.08.2006 - 31.07.2007 Host's project description Professor Mary Mullins is an outstanding developmental geneticist, who is forging the field of the maternal control of vertebrate development through genetic studies in the zebrafish. Through her forward genetic screens, she has identified the first genetically-defined factors acting to establish the vertebrate animal-vegetal axis, which prefigures the embryonic anterior-posterior axis. This new direction of her research, together with her continuing studies in elucidating BMP signaling function in patterning the dorsal-ventral axis, has made her a leader in the field of vertebrate axis formation and patterning.	Home Institute Department of Cell and Development Biology University of Pennsylvania 1210 BRB, 421 Curie Blvd. 19104-6058 Philadelphia

Prof. Dr. Mary Mullins

Field of Research:

Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals

In Germany:

01.08.2006 - 31.07.2007

Host's project description

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Department of Cell and Development Biology
University of Pennsylvania
1210 BRB, 421 Curie Blvd.
19104-6058 Philadelphia

Prof. Dr. Robert E. Page
Field of Research: Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals In Germany: 01.07.2017 - 31.07.2017	Home Institute School of Life Sciences Arizona State University 85287-4501 Tempe

Prof. Dr. Robert E. Page

Field of Research:

Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology of Animals

In Germany:

01.07.2017 - 31.07.2017

Home Institute

School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
85287-4501 Tempe

Prof. Dr. Thomas L. Payne
Field of Research: Animal Systematics and Morphology In Germany: 01.07.1984 - 31.08.1984	Home Institute College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources University of Missouri-Columbia 2-69 Agriculture Building 65211 Columbia

Prof. Dr. Thomas L. Payne

Field of Research:

Animal Systematics and Morphology

In Germany:

01.07.1984 - 31.08.1984

Home Institute

College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
University of Missouri-Columbia
2-69 Agriculture Building
65211 Columbia

Prof. Dr. Simone Pika
Field of Research: Sensory and Behavioural Biology In Germany: 01.10.2015 - 30.09.2017 Host's project description Human speech is unique in the animal kingdom and has often been used to define what it means to 'be human'. Already during the first year of life, children start to use nascent forms of communicative skills, mainly pre-linguistic gestures. But how do these gestures differ within various human cultures or between humans and animals? Simone Pika is investigating this question by comparing the development and use of gestural communication in different human cultures as well as between closely related species such as humans, chimpanzees and bonobos and between species which live in comparable social systems like chimpanzees and ravens. This innovative approach will allow new insights into the gestural origins of human speech, its cognitive underpinnings and the interplay between ontogenetic and phylogenetic factors.	Home Institute Institut für Kognitionswissenschaft Universität Osnabrück Artilleriestrasse 34 49076 Osnabrück

Prof. Dr. Simone Pika

Field of Research:

Sensory and Behavioural Biology

In Germany:

01.10.2015 - 30.09.2017

Host's project description

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Institut für Kognitionswissenschaft
Universität Osnabrück
Artilleriestrasse 34
49076 Osnabrück

Prof. Dr. Daniel Clark Reuman
Field of Research: Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions In Germany: 01.05.2023 - 31.05.2023 Host's project description Professor Reuman is a world leader in the analysis of complex ecological networks. He has made outstanding contributions to the theory of multitrophic dynamics and synchrony. Professor Reuman employs a large variety of mathematical methods to provide a deeper understanding of how global environmental change affects species communities. During his stay in Germany, he intends to tackle the constraints on spatial and temporal synchrony in complex multitrophic communities.	Home Institute Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Kansas Higuchi Hall, 2101 Constant Ave. 66047 Lawrence

Prof. Dr. Daniel Clark Reuman

Field of Research:

Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions

In Germany:

01.05.2023 - 31.05.2023

Host's project description

Home Institute

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Kansas
Higuchi Hall, 2101 Constant Ave.
66047 Lawrence

Prof. Dr. David Norman Reznick
Field of Research: Evolution, Anthropology In Germany: 01.05.2022 - 30.09.2022 Host's project description Professor Reznick is an internationally renowned scientist in the field of evolutionary biology. His research helped bring about a paradigm shift in how we think about evolution and how we incorporate it in empirical research – from understanding evolution as a historical process to exploring the consequences of evolution as a contemporary process that happens on the same time frame as ecological interactions. During his stay in Germany, Professor Reznick will work on research to understand the genetic basis of placental evolution.	Home Institute Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology (EEOB) University of California, Riverside 900 University Avenue 92521 Riverside

Prof. Dr. David Norman Reznick

Field of Research:

Evolution, Anthropology

In Germany:

01.05.2022 - 30.09.2022

Host's project description

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Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology (EEOB)
University of California, Riverside
900 University Avenue
92521 Riverside

Prof. Dr. Frank Seebacher
Field of Research: Animal Biochemistry and Physiology In Germany: 01.10.2019 - 30.11.2019 Host's project description Professor Seebacher is an international authority on research that links physiological mechanisms and ecological processes, with emphasis on evolutionary patterns of plasticity in variable environments. He recently demonstrated that phenotypic plasticity can buffer individuals from the effects of climate change. In Germany, he will work on physiological differences between individuals and their implication for social behaviour, and focus on the effects of diet-induced obesity.	Home Institute School of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Sydney Science Road 2006 Sydney

Prof. Dr. Frank Seebacher

Field of Research:

Animal Biochemistry and Physiology

In Germany:

01.10.2019 - 30.11.2019

Host's project description

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School of Life and Environmental Sciences
University of Sydney
Science Road
2006 Sydney

Prof. Dr. Thomas Dyer Seeley
Field of Research: Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions In Germany: 01.10.2004 - 30.11.2004 Host's project description Professor Thomas D. Seely is one of the leading sociobiologists using the honey bee colony as a model system for investigating functional organizations at the group level. He has made pioneering discoveries concerning the mechanisms of cooperation and communication, the economy of labor division, decision making processes and information processing in bee societies. The empirical studies are complemented by outstanding reviews and syntheses, most notably in his book "Wisdom of the Hive" (1995). He will collaborate with his German hosts on further developing the superorganism concept and on empirical studies in communication biology.	Home Institute Department of Neurobiology & Behavior Cornell University Mudd Hall, 215 Tower Road 14853 Ithaca

Prof. Dr. Thomas Dyer Seeley

Field of Research:

Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions

In Germany:

01.10.2004 - 30.11.2004

Host's project description

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Department of Neurobiology & Behavior
Cornell University
Mudd Hall, 215 Tower Road
14853 Ithaca

Prof. Dr. Roger Scott Seymour
Field of Research: Animal Biochemistry and Physiology In Germany: 01.06.2010 - 30.06.2010 Host's project description Professor Seymour is an environmental physiologist from the University of Adelaide in South Australia. His research encompasses both animals and plants and focuses on the exchanges between the whole organisms and their environments. Major research areas have changed over time, but can be loosely classified into eight categories: diving physiology of reptiles, hemodynamics and blood pressure regulation, respiratory and cardiovascular physiology of vertebrates, respiration and metabolism of vertebrate embryos, animal energetics, activity and exercise physiology, temperature relations in animals, and heat-producing flowers. He was involved with the first discovery of temperature-regulating flowers, and is currently working on the molecular control mechanism and the ecological significance. With collaboration with Prof. Dr Ingolf Lamprecht (Free University of Berlin) and Prof. Dr Gerhard Gottsberger (University of Ulm), he will be investigating the pollination biology and physiology of thermogenic flowers and their insect visitors at sites around the world.	Home Institute Department of Environmental Biology, School of Earth & Environmental Science University of Adelaide 5005 Adelaide

Prof. Dr. Roger Scott Seymour

Field of Research:

Animal Biochemistry and Physiology

In Germany:

01.06.2010 - 30.06.2010

Host's project description

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Department of Environmental Biology, School of Earth & Environmental Science
University of Adelaide
5005 Adelaide

Prof. Dr. John E. Staddon
Field of Research: Sensory and Behavioural Biology In Germany: 01.05.1991 - 31.07.1991	Home Institute Psychology Department Duke University 27708-0086 Durham

Prof. Dr. John E. Staddon

Field of Research:

Sensory and Behavioural Biology

In Germany:

01.05.1991 - 31.07.1991

Home Institute

Psychology Department
Duke University
27708-0086 Durham

Prof. Dr. John F. Stout
Field of Research: Sensory and Behavioural Biology In Germany: 01.05.1975 - 31.01.1976	Home Institute Department of Biology Andrews University 49104-0410 Berrien Springs

Prof. Dr. John F. Stout

Field of Research:

Sensory and Behavioural Biology

In Germany:

01.05.1975 - 31.01.1976

Home Institute

Department of Biology
Andrews University
49104-0410 Berrien Springs

Prof. Dr. Nobuo Suga
Field of Research: Animal Systematics and Morphology In Germany: 16.07.1974 - 15.12.1974	Home Institute Department of Biology Washington University One - Brookings Drive 63130 St. Louis

Prof. Dr. Nobuo Suga

Field of Research:

Animal Systematics and Morphology

In Germany:

16.07.1974 - 15.12.1974

Home Institute

Department of Biology
Washington University
One - Brookings Drive
63130 St. Louis

Prof. Dr. Frederic E. Theunissen

Field of Research:

Sensory and Behavioural Biology

In Germany:

01.06.2020 - 31.08.2020

Host's project description

Home Institute

Department of Psychology
University of California, Berkeley
3210 Tolman Hall
94720-1650 Berkeley

Prof. Dr. Randy Thornhill

Field of Research:

Animal Systematics and Morphology

In Germany:

01.04.1990 - 31.10.1990

Home Institute

Department of Biology
University of New Mexico
219 Yale Blvd NE, MSC03-2020
87131 Albuquerque

Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Wehner

Field of Research:

Sensory and Behavioural Biology

In Germany:

01.05.2014 - 30.06.2014

Host's project description

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Institut für Hirnforschung
Universität Zürich
Winterthurerstr. 190
8057 Zürich

Prof. Dr. Rory Paul Wilson

Field of Research:

Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions

In Germany:

01.03.2021 - 30.06.2021

Home Institute

Department of Biosciences
Swansea University
Singleton Park
SA2 8PP Swansea

Prof. Dr. Anne D. Yoder

Field of Research:

Evolution, Anthropology

In Germany:

01.10.2019 - 31.10.2019

Host's project description

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Duke University
P.O. Box 90338
27708 Durham

Prof. Dr. Carolus P. van Schaik

Field of Research:

Evolution, Anthropology

In Germany:

01.09.1995 - 30.06.1996

Home Institute

Anthropologisches Institut
Universität Zürich
Winterthurerstr. 190
8057 Zürich