We lecture and teach seminars and practical courses in zoology, evolutionary biology, molecular and behavioral ecology. We also offer workshops in statistical analyses using R and molecular methods.
- 54102 “Übungen zur Zytologie und Anatomie der Tiere“ (lectures & practicals for BSc/Lehramt)
- 54106 “Zoologische Exkursionen - aquatisch“ (excursions for BSc/Lehramt)
- 54113 “Vorlesung Evolutionsbiologie” (12 part lecture series for BSc/MSc/Lehramt)
- 54128 „Wahlpflichtpraktikum Molekulare Ökologie & Evolutionsbiologie“ (seminar & practicals for BSc/Lehramt)
- 54512 “Evolution of Cooperative Life” and “Senescence & Death” (seminars for BSc/MSc/Lehramt)
- 54528/36/43 “Molecular Ecology and Evolution of Social Insects” (lab practicals for BSc/MSc/Lehramt)
- “Introduction to statistics with R“ (one day workshop for all levels)
“Introduction to qPCR” (one day workshop for all levels)
Topics for theses projects in our group include, but are not limited to, aging, behavior, chemical ecology, developmental plasticity, endosymbiosis, morphometrics, phylogenetics and phylogenomics. Some recent theses completed in our group dealt with:
“Effect of Candidatus Westeberhardia cardiocondylae and Wolbachia sp. endosymbionts on life-history traits of Cardiocondyla obscurior”, Ç. Ün, PhD thesis (2025)
“Local adaptation and social behavior in the coffee berry borer beetle Hypothenemus hampei”, A. Myrie, PhD thesis (2024)
“Defying Senescence: The causes of death and the costs of living of ant queens”, LM Jaimes-Niño, PhD thesis (2023)
"Die Rolle von miRNAs bei der Kastendetermination der Ameise Cardiocondyla obscurior", B. Dofka, MSc thesis (2022)
"Wolbachia infection in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior", J. Wallner, MSc thesis (2018)
"Larval hunger signalling in Formica ants", M. Pegnier, MSc thesis (2018) completed for Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France – co-supervised with Prof. H. Helanterä, University of Oulu, Finland
"The effects of population origin and colony social structure on male morph determination in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior", F. Garben, BSc thesis (2025)
"Cooperation and conflict in queens of the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior", N. Kerscher, BSc thesis (2023)
“Productivity and sub-social behavior of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei”, B. Treml, BSc thesis (2021)