Education 2009 - now: Post-doctoral fellow, Institute of Experimental Ecology, Department of Biology, Ulm University, Germany. 2005 - 2009: Ph.D. in Zoology (summa cum laude). Institute for Zoology, Department of Biology, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. Dissertation: Vocal Repertoire Ontogeny in Saccopteryx bilineata - Evidence for Vocal Learning in a Bat. Advisor: Otto von Helversen.
1999
- 2005: M.Sc. in Biology. Zoophysiology & Behaviour Group, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Oldenburg University, Germany. Thesis: Male Territorial Song in
the Sac-Winged Bat (Saccopteryx bilineata) - A Field Playback Experiment.
Advisor: Georg M. Klump, Otto von Helversen. Teaching Experience 2009 - now: stats classes, behavioral ecology labs, ecology and zoology lectures (undergraduate and graduate level) at Ulm University, Germany. 2012: Instructor for International Field Course on Bats in Peru (graduate level; course organizers: Centro de Ecología y Biodiversidad en Peru, CEBIO). 2006 - 2008: mentor for undergraduates in the REU program (NSF) in Costa Rica. Publications
[13] Nagy M, Knörnschild M, Voigt CC, Mayer F (2012) Male greater sac-winged bats gain direct fitness benefits when roosting in multimale colonies. Behavioural Ecology, Advance Access, DOI:10.1093/beheco/ars003. [12] Fulmer A, Knörnschild M (2011) Intracolonial social distance, signalling modality and association choice in the greater sac-winged bat (Saccopteryx bilineata). Journal of Ethology. DOI: 10.1007/s10164-011-0304-y. [11] Knörnschild M, Ueberschaer K, Helbig M, Kalko EKV (2011) Sexually selcted infanticide in a polygynous bat. PLoS ONE 6: e25001. [10] Knörnschild M, Fulmer A, von Helversen O (2010) Duration of courtship displays corresponds to social status in male greater sac-winged bats, Saccopteryx bilineata. Canadian Journal of Zoology 88: 589-594. [09] Knörnschild M, Glöckner V, von Helversen O (2010) The vocal repertoire of two sympatric species of nectar-feeding bats (Glossophaga soricina, G. commissarisi). Acta Chiropterologica 12(1): 205-215. [08] Strauss M, von Helversen O, Knörnschild M (2010) The ontogeny of courtship behaviours in bat pups (Saccopteryx
bilineata). Behaviour 147:661-676. Featured as Nature Research Highlight (Nature, Vol. 461, p. 850, 15.10.09) and covered by the Nature Journal Club (Nature, Vol. 466, p.163, 08.07.10). [06] Knörnschild M, Harview C, Moseley R, von Helversen O (2009) Remaining cryptic during motion - behavioral synchrony in the proboscis bat, Rhynchonycteris naso. Acta Chiropterologica 11(1): 208-211. [05] Behr O, Knörnschild M, von Helversen O (2009) Territorial counter-singing in male sac-winged bats (Saccopteryx bilineata): low frequency songs trigger a stronger response. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63: 433-442. Covered by National Geographic News (National Geographic, 14.12.08). [04] Voigt C, Behr O, Caspers B, von Helversen O, Knörnschild M, Mayer F, Nagy M (2008) Songs, scents, and senses: Sexual selection in the greater sac-winged bat, Saccopteryx bilineata. Journal of Mammalogy 89: 1401-1410. [03] Knörnschild M,
von Helversen O (2008) Non-mutual vocal mother-pup recognition in the
sac-winged bat, Saccopteryx bilineata.
Animal Behaviour 76(3): 1001-1009. [02] Knörnschild M, von Helversen O, Mayer F (2007) Twin siblings sound alike – isolation call variation in the Noctule bat, Nyctalus noctula. Animal Behaviour 74(4): 1055-1063. [01] Knörnschild M, Behr O, von Helversen O (2006) Babbling behavior in the sac-winged bat (Saccopteryx bilineata). Naturwissenschaften 93(9): 451-455. Covered by Discovery Channel News (Discovery Channel, 31.10.07). Conference Presentations
Knörnschild M (2012) Vocal communication in Saccopteryx bilineata. Simposio Peruano de Murciélagos 2012, Lima, Peru. Plenary Speaker. Knörnschild M (2011) Vocal signatures in Saccopteryx bilineata - Insights from a vocal learning bat. XXIII Meeting of the International Bioacoustics Council (IBAC), La Rochelle, France. Invited Speaker. Knörnschild M, Jung K, Kalko EVK (2011) Communication on the wing: pronounced individual- and sex-specific signatures in echolocation calls of the greater sac-winger bat, Saccopteryx bilineata. 3rd Symposium on Acoustic Communication by Animals, Cornell, USA.
Knörnschild M, Behler C, Tschapka M (2011) Vocal communication in Glossophaga soricina - Alert calls and territoriality. German Bat Researcher Meeting, Loccum, Germany. Knörnschild M, Nagy M, Mayer F, von Helversen O (2010) Learned
vocal group signatures in a polygynous bat. 85. Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology, Berlin, Germany. Knörnschild M, Nagy M, von Helversen O (2010) Learned vocal group signatures in a polygynous bat. 15. International Bat Research Conference, Prague, Czech Republic. Knörnschild M, Nagy M (2010) Learned vocal group signatures in the bat Saccopteryx bilineata. Communication Meeting, Berlin, Germany. Knörnschild M, Nagy M, von Helversen O (2009) Vocal learning in a bat (poster). 1. Joint Meeting of ATBC (Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation) and GTÖ (Society for Tropical Ecology), Marburg, Germany. Knörnschild M, Nagy M, von
Helversen O (2008) Vocal repertoire ontogeny in the bat Saccopteryx bilineata – evidence for vocal learning. 2nd Symposium on
Acoustic Communication by Animals, Corvallis, USA. Knörnschild M, von Helversen O (2007) Isolation calls and their role during vocal repertoire ontogeny in the greater sac-winged bat, Saccopteryx bilineata. 14. International Bat Research Conference (IBRC) and 37. North American Symposium on Bat Research (NASBR). Merída, Mexico. Invited Speaker. Knörnschild M, von Helversen O (2007) Emotional prosody in social vocalizations of the greater sac-winged bat, Saccopteryx bilineata. International Symposium on the Evolution of Emotional Communication (EEC), Hannover, Germany. Knörnschild M, von Helversen O
(2007) When twins sound alike – isolation call variation in the Noctule Bat,
Nyctalus noctula. Graduate Meeting of the DZG Group Behavioural Ecology, Göttingen, Germany. Invited Seminars Knörnschild M (2012) Social communication in Saccopteryx bilineata. EES Graduate Program, LMU Munich, Germany. Knörnschild M (2012) Bat social interactions. Cento de Investigación Jenaro Herrera, IIAP Iquitos, Peru. Knörnschild M (2011) Vocal production learning in bats. Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Germany. Knörnschild M, Nagy M, von Helversen O (2010) Vocal learning in bats - the case study Saccopteryx bilineata. Behavioral Ecology Lab, Free University of Berlin, Germany. Knörnschild M, Nagy M, von Helversen O (2009) Different forms of vocal learning in a bat. Behaviour Discussion Group, University of St. Andrews, UK.
Knörnschild M, von
Helversen O (2008) Mother-pup
communication and vocal repertoire ontogeny in the sac-winged bat, Saccopteryx bilineata. Max Planck
Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany. Awards, Grants, and Scholarships Post-doc 2012: research grant (‘Evolution and adaptive significance of vocal learning in bats’) from the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung, Germany 2010 - 2011: travel grant from the DAAD 2010: Affirmative Action for Women Award from the University of Ulm 2010: Fritz-Frank-Award from the German Society for Mammalian Biology 2009: start-up grant from the University of Ulm Ph. D. 2009: travel grant from the University of Erlangen 2005 - 2008:
German Merit Foundation Scholarship 2007: travel grant from the DFG M. Sc. 1999 - 2005: Bayerische Hochbegabtenförderung/DAAD
Scholarship 2000 - 2001: OLB/EWE and Waskönig Award for
Excellent Grades Professional Activities Ad hoc reviewer for Biology Letters, Behavioural Ecology, Animal
Behaviour, Animal Cognition, Journal of Mammalogy, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Acta Chiropterologica, Folia Zoologica Symposium organizer for the 15th IBRC in Prague, 2010 ('Social and vocal complexity in bats') German Merit Foundation committee member (selection of new students) Selected Press Coverage
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