| University education | |
| 1966-1971 | studies of biology at the university of Freiburg; Diploma (Diplom-Biologe) 1971. Thesis:"Über die Lokalisation von Phytochrom und Flavin in partikulärem Material aus homogenisierten Mais (Zea mays L.) Koleoptilen". (Localisation of phytochrome and flavine in particulate material from homogenized corn coleoptiles). (Supervisor: Prof Dr. R. Hertel) |
| Dr. rer. nat. 1975 | from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich. Thesis:"Paarbindung und individuelles Erkennen bei Wellensittichen (Melopsittacus undulatus)". (Pair bonding and individual recognition in budgerigars). (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. W. Wickler) |
| Habilitation 1985 | Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich; Venia legendi for Zoology |
| Employment | |
| 1976 and 1977 | Post-Doc in Galapagos (finaced by the Max-Planck Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, Seewiesen, Germany. |
| 1978-1990 | Assistant Researcher at the Max-Planck Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, Seewiesen; September 1982-February 1983: Visiting Scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Physiological Research Laboratory, in La Jolla, USA |
| 1990-present | Full professor, Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensforschung (Chair of Animal Behavior) at the University of Bielefeld, Germany |
| Scientific Member | |
| Deutsche Ornithologische Gesellschaft,
Ethologische Gesellschaft, Association for the Study of Animal Behavior
(Council member 1994-1996); American Society for Behavioral Ecology; Council
member of the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos; Member of the
IUCN Seal Specialist Group
Associate Editor (1994-1997) of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology) (thereafter Advisory Editor) |