PHD Students
David Anchundia
Investigating the reasons for the rapid decline of the Little Vermiilion Flycatcher on the Galapagos Island
Supervisor: Sabine Tebbich
Sarah Emser
Genetic and epigenetic aspects of hibernation phenotypes
Supervisors: Ralf Steinborn & Eva Millesi
Paula Ibanez de Aldecoa
Mechanisms, components and promoters of innovation in animals and humans
Supervisor: Sabine Tebbich
Johannes Jäschke
Economics of hierarchies: the impact of social rank on behavior and physiology in social dilemma situations
Supervisor: Bernard Wallner
Barbara Kofler
Dynamic interaction between the inavasive parasite P. dowsi and its avian hosts
Supervisor: Sabine Tebbich
More info (DK website)
Poppy Lambert
The innovation problem: factors influencing innovative tool use in humans and cockatoos
Supervisors: Sabine Tebbich, Alice Auersperg & Sarah Beck
Magdalena Pelayo-van Buuren
Underlying mechanisms involved in innovative problem solving and mirror related behaviours in large-brained birds
Supervisors: Alice Auersperg & Sabine Tebbich
Courtney Pike
Investigating the behavior and larval development of the invasive parasitic fly, Philornis downsi, in different host nests in the Galapagos Islands
Supervisor: Sabine Tebbich
Verena Pühringer-Sturmayr
Between habitat quality and site fidelity: How the Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita), a critically endangered bird species, chooses its foraging areas
Supervisors: Kurt Kotrschal & Didone Frigerio
Kate Schein
The effect of social grouping on gorilla behavior and physiology in zoological settings
Supervisor: Bernard Wallner
Veronika Beeck
DK "Cognition and Communication 2"
Mammal Communication Lab
Project title: "Functions and mechanisms of vocal flexibility"
Magdalena Boch
DK "Cognition & Communication 2"
"Evolutionary foundations of the social brain: a comparative canine neuroimaging approach"
Supervisor: Prof. Claus Lamm; Co-Supervisor: Prof. Ludwig Huber & Isabella Wagner PhD
Vesta Eleuteri, MSc
DK "Cognition & Communication 3"
Multimodal communication in African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana)
Supervisor: Dr. Angela Stoeger-Horwath
More info (DK website)
Jefferson García Loor
DK "Cognition & Communication 3"
Supervisor: Sonia Kleindorfer
More info (DK website)
Dhwani Sadaphal
DK "Cognition & Communication 3"
Thesis: Rhythmic cognition and social bonding in humans
Supervisor: Tecumseh Fitch
More info (DK website)
Myrto Petropoulou, MSc
Jeroen van der Aa
DK "Cognition & Communication 3"
Thesis: Mechanisms underlying rhythmicity in humans and non-human animals
Supervisor: Tecumseh Fitch
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Varalika Jain
Supervisor: Petra Sumasgutner
Julia Victoria Grabner, MSc MSc
„Acoustic information integration and dynamic decision making in common marmosets“
Supervisors: Michelle Spierings, PhD; Prof. Thomas Bugnyar
More info (DK website)
Anna Fabbri
Supervisors: T. Bugnyar, L. Fusani
Roy Hammer
"Generating new insights in the social dynamics of semi-free ranging Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)"
Supervisors: Lena Pflüger, Bernard Wallner
Johannes Ploderer
Supervisor: Sonia Kleindorfer
Co-Supervisors: Petra Sumasgutner, Andrew Katsis, Lauren Common