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
The Hoffman Lab 