Group Leader

Joe Hoffman
Guest Research Fellow

Hazel Nichols
The evolution of animal societies
Postdoctoral Researchers

David Vendrami
Population genomics of shellfish

Rebecca Nagel
Fitness consequences of niche choice and conformance in Antarctic fur seals

Kosmas Hench
Evolutionary genomics of the Antarctic fur seal
PhD Students

Anneke Paijmans
Genomic dissection of climate change impacts on a declining Antarctic top predator population

Hugo Eira
Relationship between gut microbiome, immunity, stress and fitness in the common buzzard

Jonas Tebbe
Chemical bouquets and molecular components of olfaction in the Antarctic fur seal

Rebecca Chen
Genomic analysis of inbreeding, DNA methylation and sexual trait expression in black grouse

Ramona Mattmüller
COMPOSES – COMparing Polar Ocean SoundscapES, investigating the influence of anthropogenic noise and changing sea ice conditions on the noise budgets and marine mammal communities of two polar regions
Early Career Researcher

Ane Liv Berthelsen
Masters Students

Felicitas Christaller
Student Researcher

Arne Kalinowski
Lab Technicians

Ann-Christin Polikeit
Technician under the Chair of Animal Behaviour

Katrin Lehmann
Technician under the Chair of Animal Behaviour

Teddy Hoffman
Predator prey interactions