Main research themes
Collective Anti-Predator Behavior and Predator-Prey Dynamics
Core Research:
– Adaptive value and mechanisms underlying emergent “fish waves” and collective evasion in response to aerial predators
Main collaborators: Jens Krause, David Bierbach, Pawel Romanczuk, Carolina Doran, Luis Gomez-Nava
Social Interactions & Shoaling Behavior utilizing Biomimetic Robotics
Core Research:
– Leadership preferences
– Social Learning
– fission–fusion dynamics
– Real-time behavior tracking and social cue manipulations via a biomimetic robot
Main collaborators: David Bierbach, Fritz Francisco, Tim Landgraf, Jens Krause
Ecology of Sulphur-adapted fishes (extremophiles)
Core Research:
– The ecology of sulfur-adapted Poecilia and Gambusia
– The ecology of cave-dwelling Poecilia
Main collaborators: David Bierbach, Jens Krause
Warming, Invasion Pathways and Risk Assessment
Core Research:
– Identifying thermal refuges (thermally polluted waters) as “stepping stones” for invasion
– Developing multilingual risk-screening tools (AS-ISK)
– Exploring “invasion personalities” in invasive populations
Main collaborators: David Bierbach, Gregor Kalinkat, Lorenzo Villizzi
