17+ PhD Positions at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour / University of Konstanz

 we have approximately 17 new PhD positions at the International Max Planck Research School for Quantitative Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution at the  Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz, Germany. 

NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE IS JAN 31st. It may, however, be possible to accept late applications - please contact the main advisor regarding this.

Ontogeny and cognitive evolution in cockatoos

Main advisor: Lucy Aplin

Neural basis of sensory integration and decision-making in zebrafish

Keywords: Zebrafish, animal behavior, decision-making, two-photon calcium imaging, electrophysiology.

Main sdvisor: Armin Bahl

Collective Behavior for Conservation: Multi-scale Imaging of Endangered African Megafauna

Main advisor: Iain Couzin

Collective Animal Behaviour

Keywords swarm, schooling, behavior, information, fish, locusts, tracking, computer vision, virtual reality, self-organization, decision-making, individual differences, evolution

Main adviser  Iain Couzin

Using (or building) immersive Virtual Reality to understand individual and/or collective decision-making in insects and/or fish

Keywords: virtual reality, individual decision-making, spatio-temporal decision-making, embodied decision-making

Main Advisor: Iain Couzin

Sensory integration and decision making in insect groups

Keywords: Behaviour, neuroscience, electrophysiology and group living insects

Main Advisor: Einat Couzin-Fuchs

Foraging dynamics in natural environments

Keywords: video tracking & quantitative modeling approaches for forging decisions in swarm-forming rats and locusts.

Dual supervision: Einat Couzin-Fuchs and Ahmed El Hady

Dynamics of complex social systems

Keywords: Animal societies, social behavior, behavioral variation, complex systems, modeling, quantitative analysis

Dual Advisor: Meg Crofoot and Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin

Learning to migrate - what shapes the migratory behaviour of white storks?

Keywords: White Storks, migration behaviour

Main Advisor: Andrea Flack

Understanding social dynamics of humans and nonhuman animals using cutting-edge tracking technologies and comparative cognitive approach

Keywords: posture-tracking methods across many species and social interactions

Main Advisor: Kano Fumihiro

What makes groups successful?

Keywords: Collective behaviour, animal behaviour, Siberian jay, fieldwork

Main Advisor: Michael Griesser

The cascading effects of climate change on primate food availability, behavior, and survival

Keywords: Climate change, endangered species, ecological behaviour

Main advisor: Urs Kalbitzer

‘Frame of Mind’ and division of labor in social insects

Keywords: social insect, neuromodulatory systems, decision making and behaviour

Main advisor: Christoph Kleineidam

Self-organization during honeybee colony defence

Keywords: social neuroethology, honeybees, behaviour, neurobiology

Main Advisor: Morgane Nouvian & Giovanni Galizia

Quantitative analysis of acoustic communication and collective behavior in animal groups

Keywords: analysis of movement and acoustic data, tracking technology and computational modeling

Main Advisor: Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin

The neural basis of decision making in Drosophila larvae

Keywords: decision-making paradigms, using a combination of behavioral assays and neurogenetic tools

Main Advisor: Katrin Vogt

Note that our working language is English and no knowledge of German is required. Details of these positions and the program can be found here.