Home Doctoral thesis defenses IMPRS doctoral thesis defenses Room: Online Location: Online oral examination Convergent evolution of nectarivores: digestive enzymes and other adaptations to sweet diets Doctoral defense by Daniel Mendez Aranda Date: Sep 28, 2022 Time: 01:00 PM - 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Daniel Mendez Aranda Location: Online oral examination Room: Online Doctorate under the guidance of Dr. Maude Baldwin at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen. [more] The molecular basis of sweet and umami taste perception in frugivorous and nectarivorous birds Doctoral defense by Glenn Cockburn Date: Apr 22, 2022 Time: 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Glenn Cockburn Location: Online oral examination Room: Online Doctorate under the guidance of Dr. Maude Baldwin at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology [more] The Role of Habitat Configuration in Shaping the Outcomes of Social Interactions Doctoral defense by Peng He Date: Dec 1, 2021 Time: 01:00 PM - 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Peng He Location: Online oral examination Room: Online Doctorate under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Damien Farine at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior [more] Causes, patterns and consequences of movement in Arctic avian predators IMPRS: Doctoral defense by Teja Curk Date: Nov 4, 2021 Time: 02:30 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Teja Curk Location: Online oral examination Room: Online Doctorate under the guidance of Dr. Kamran Safi and Prof. Martin Wikelski at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior [more] Individual variation in behaviour: adaptive mechanisms and ecological drivers Doctoral defense by Alexia Mouchet Date: Nov 2, 2021 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Alexia Mouchet Location: Online oral examination Room: Online Doctorate under the guidance of Prof. Niels Dingemanse at Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich [more] Belowground functional traits of plants as drivers of biodiversity and plant strategies Doctoral defense by Tom Lachaise Date: Oct 6, 2021 Time: 10:30 AM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Tom Lachaise Location: Online oral examination Room: Online Doctorate under the guidance of Prof. Mark van Kleunen at University of Konstanz [more] Deep representation learning and statistical physics in animal signal-receiver dynamics. Doctoral defense by Ian Etheredge Date: Jul 5, 2021 Time: 02:00 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ian Etheredge Location: Online oral examination Room: Online Doctorate under the guidance of Dr. Alex Jordan MPI of Animal Behavior [more] Drought Effects on Soil Microorganisms and Ecosystem Services under Organic and Conventional Farming: A Field-Based Investigation with Rainout Shelters Doctoral defense by Dominika Kundel Date: Jul 2, 2021 Time: 10:30 AM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dominika Kundel Location: Online oral examination Room: Online Doctorate under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Mark van Kleunen, University of Konstanz [more] Collective movement and social decision-making in the Vulturine Guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum) Doctoral defense by Danai Papageorgiou Date: Jun 28, 2021 Time: 02:00 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Danai Papageorgiou Location: Online oral examination Room: Online Doctorate under the guidance of Dr. Damien Farine, MPI of Animal Behavior [more] Generation of transgenic zebra finches by the culture and genetic modification of germline stem cells Doctoral defense by Ivana Lis Gessara Date: Jun 25, 2021 Time: 01:00 PM - 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ivana Lis Gessara Location: Online oral examination Room: Online Doctorate under the guidance of Prof. Manfred Gahr at the MPI for Ornithology and Prof. Martin Wikelski, MPI of Animal Behavior [more] Theoretical and empirical investigation of echolocation in bat groups Doctoral defense by Thejasvi Beleyur Date: Jun 10, 2021 Time: 01:00 PM - 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Thejasvi Beleyur Location: Online oral examination Room: Online Doctorate under the guidance of Dr. Holger Goerlitz at the MPI for Ornithology and Prof. Iain Couzin, MPI of Animal Behavior [more] Environmental influence on Eurasian blackbirds – A field study of physiology and decision making in a small partially migratory songbird Doctoral defense by Nils Linek Date: May 28, 2021 Time: 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Nils Linek Location: Online oral examination Room: Online Doctorate under the guidance of Dr. Jesko Partecko and Prof. Wikelski of the MPI of Animal Behavior [more] Computer Vision and Deep Learning Methods forMeasuring and Modeling Animal Behavior Doctoral defense by Jake Graving Date: Mar 1, 2021 Time: 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Jake Graving Location: Online oral examination Room: Online Doctorate under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Iain Couzin MPI of Animal Behavior [more] Fitness consequences of physiological responses to environmental variation in wild great tits. Doctoral defense by Lucia Mentesana Date: Sep 14, 2020 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Lucia Mentesana Location: Online oral examination Room: Online Doctorate with Ela Hau, MPI for Ornithology [more] Migration and survival in a changing world: Insights on a long-distance avian migrant. Doctoral defense by Yachang Cheng Date: Aug 13, 2020 Time: 09:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Yachang Cheng Location: Online oral examination Room: Online Doctorate with Andrea Flack and Martin Wikelski MPI of Animal Behavior [more] Physical Causal Cognition in Parrots Doctoral defense by Laurie O'Neil Date: Aug 7, 2020 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Laurie O'Neil Location: Online oral examination Room: Online Doctorate with Auguste von Bayern and Manfred Gahr, MPI for Ornithology, Seewiesen [more] The sensory biology of evasive flight in eared moths PhD defense by Theresa Huegel Date: Jun 17, 2020 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Theresa Huegel Location: Online oral examination Room: Online PhD with Holger Görlitz, Research Group Acoustic and Functional Ecology, MPI for Ornithology Seewiesen [more] Social cognition and social behaviour in cooperatively breeding Arabian babblers (Turdoides squamiceps) and humans (Homo sapiens): a case of convergent evolution? PhD defense by Yitzchak Ben Mocha Date: Apr 20, 2020 Time: 02:00 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Yitzchak Ben Mocha Location: Online oral examination Room: Online PhD with Simone Pika, Humboldt Research Group „Evolution of communication“, MPI for Ornithology Seewiesen [more]