Evolutionary Biology

I'm a behavioural and evolutionary ecologist particularly interested in how variation is maintained. I'm a field ornithologist by training who spent a substantial amount of time studying dominance hierarchies during my PhD. I believe science is a cumulative process, and that evidence synthesis is essential to scientific progress. For my postdoctoral project, I conducted systematic reviews and meta-analyses to understand behavioural individualization as part of the DFG-funded SFB-TRR 212: NC³ project.

In my current position as Principal Investigator at the Department of Evolutionary Biology, I combine evidence synthesis, meta-research, and empirical studies to answer outstanding questions in ecology and evolution. I strongly support open science and am currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (SORTEE). I am always happy to share my thoughts about all these topics in workshops and talks. Please, feel free to connect via Twitter or email (alfredo.sanchez-tojar$$$at$$$uni-bielefeld.de).

Current lab members:

• Shreya Dimri (PhD student)
• Júlio M. G. Segovia (Postdoc researcher)
• Tuba Rizvi (PhD student)
• Emma Cyplik (BSc thesis)
• Hannah Wilhelm (MSc thesis)
• Chiara Flaskamp (Student helper)
• Lars Schumacher (Projektmodul)
• Yigit Yargili (Student helper)

Past lab members:

• Bent Bollgönn (Projektmodul, Student helper)
• Lucia Mentesana (Postdoc researcher)
• Aya Bezine (Student helper, Projektmodul)
• Marit Praetz (Researchmodul)
• Oliver Heerwig (Student helper)
• Vedant Dixit (Student helper)
• Bora Kim (MSc thesis)

For more information and updates about the lab, please see here. Are you searching for topics for a Projektmodul, Researchmodul, or Bachelor/Master thesis? Are you interested in the work we conduct and would you like to apply for third-party funding to do a PhD or a Postdoc? Please, get in touch to discuss possibilities.