BEHAVIOUR, ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
BEHAVIOUR, ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
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In our research group we answer questions on reproductive trait evolution, mating strategies and sexual communication in arthropods, with a particular focus on understanding how our fast-changing environment affects reproductive dynamics, pillar for population growth and persistence. To this end we apply a wide range of methods, including laboratory assays, molecular tools, field observations and experimental evolution, working with spider and insect study systems.
In our research group we answer questions on reproductive trait evolution, mating strategies and sexual communication in arthropods, with a particular focus on understanding how our fast-changing environment affects reproductive dynamics, pillar for population growth and persistence. To this end we apply a wide range of methods, including laboratory assays, molecular tools, field observations and experimental evolution, working with spider and insect study systems.
MEET OUR TEAM!
MEET OUR TEAM!
Prof. CRISTINA TUNI, PI
Prof. CRISTINA TUNI, PI
I am an evolutionary behavioural biologist broadly interested in sexual selection and animal reproduction with a particular interest in 6-to-8 legged creatures.
Today at the University of Turin (Italy), after several years working at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany), a post-doc and PhD studies completed at Aarhus University (Denmark) and a Msc in Biology from the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy) ... obtained ages ago!
YASMIN NAZ AKYÜREK, PHD STUDENT
YASMIN NAZ AKYÜREK, PHD STUDENT
I am interested in animal behaviour and evolutionary biology, especially in the interplay between ecological factors and behaviour. My research focuses on investigating the impact of heatwaves on the reproductive behaviour of insects from both, temperate and tropical regions. Working primarily with field crickets, but cockroaches are fun as well!
VITTORIO FERRERO, PHD STUDENT
VITTORIO FERRERO, PHD STUDENT
I’m interested in how emerging technologies can help us understand and protect animals in the wild. My work combines bioacoustics, image analysis, and environmental sensing to study how anthropogenic changes affect animal behaviour and reproduction. I’m particularly drawn to research that bridges ecology, technology and conservation, always aiming for applied outcomes that can make a real difference in the field.
MALAY PANDEY, PhD STUDENT
MALAY PANDEY, PhD STUDENT
Spending time in nature has always been close to my heart. Learning about ecological systems—and asking and addressing questions about them—is my way of interacting with these systems and contributing to conservation. My PhD research will explore the impacts of heatwaves on fertility and behaviour in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus.
KARENDEEP SIDHU, POSTDOC
KARENDEEP SIDHU, POSTDOC
I am interested in eco-evo interactions and how they play out in animal behaviour.
My research focuses on the interplay between sexual selection and temperature primarily through looking at interactions between heatwaves, reproductive behaviours, and fitness. I have worked on Trinidadian guppies, Burying beetles and now am focusing on feild crickets.
BERTA CANAL DOMENECH,POSTDOC
BERTA CANAL DOMENECH,POSTDOC
I am interested in the effects of temperature on insect fitness from both an ecological and an evolutionary point of view.
My research focuses on investigating how heat stress influences sexual selection, reproductive behavior, and physiological performance.
PAST GROUP MEMBERS
PAST GROUP MEMBERS
MICHELLE BEYER, PhD STUDENT & POST DOC
MICHELLE BEYER, PhD STUDENT & POST DOC
Chemical comminication in the spider Pisaura mirabilis
MAGDALENA MATZKE, PhD STUDENT
MAGDALENA MATZKE, PhD STUDENT
Pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection: their role in trait evolution in field crickets
PAOLO GHISLANDI, PhD STUDENT
PAOLO GHISLANDI, PhD STUDENT
Sexual selection and ARTs in the nursery web spider Pisaura mirabilis
@the LMU
@the LMU
KARDELEN ÖZGÜN ULUDAG. Now PhD student at Hamburg University
MSC THESIS: Silk line following behaviour in a spider.
MORGAN OBERWEISER. Now PhD student at Greifswald University
LEHRE@LMU FELLOW: Mandibles vs. testes. Evolutionary trade-offs?
MICHELE VICO.
MSC THESIS: Silk line following behaviour in a spider.
APOSTOLOS ANGELAKAKIS
MSC THESIS: The effects of heatwaves on the reproduction of the spider Parasteatoda tepidarorium.
JULIA MANGLIERS
BSC THESIS: Is male silk attractive?
DANIEL HEIMERL
MSC THESIS: Effects of adult sex ratios on male mating strategies
APOSTOLOS ANGELAKAKIS
BSC THESIS: The mating system of the common house spider
KAYLIE WALSH, STEPHANIE SEDLMAIR, ALIKI DIMOPOLOU
BSC THESIS. Testing the effects of heatwaves on male courtship behaviour, male-male aggressiveness and on fitness outcome in the field cricket.
AURORA ROSSI
STUDENT ASSISTANT: animal care, behaviour, sperm assays
MAŸLIS LAILLER
MSC THESIS: Female silk-bound signalling and male mate search in a spider
MURPHY MORTIER
MSC THESIS: Condition dependent chemical silk release in a cursorial spider
MARLENA STALTER
BSC THESIS: does anthropogenic noise affect singing in crickets?
...AND MANY MORE!
...AND MANY MORE!
VISITING PhD
VISITING PhD
Martina Magris, Pavla Dudova, Nijat Narimanov, Tejinder Singh Chechi, Narmin Beydizada
MsC THESIS
Besta Dimitrova, Magdalena Matzke, Ana Maria Bastidas, Michelle BeyerMsC THESIS
Undergraduates @LMU
Bianca Brundl, Elisa Schenkel, Christina Dollinger, Daniel Heimerl, Karoline Wacker, Katharina Platzdasch, Magdalena Matzke, Carla Madueno Florian, Yvonne Fritz, Sarah Schulte-Doinghaus, Larissa Tschetsch, Michelle Beyer, Sabrina Weber, Saoirse Mcmahon, Garance Despreaux, Aurora Rossi, Morgan Oberweiser, Kardelen Özgün Uludag, Vangelis-Loukas Mizerakis, Ana Maria Bastidas, Jessica Bacon, Amanda Munoz, Jhoniel Perdigon Ferreira, Alexander Hutfluss, Diana Robledo, Jed Kempf, Jinxi XiuUndergraduates @LMU
LEHRE@LMU AWARDS
Aurora Rossi, Sarah Schulte-Doinghaus, Magdalena Matzke, Sabrina Weber, Jhoniel Perdigon Ferreira, Patricia VeladoLEHRE@LMU AWARDS
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