Studying how animals learn, use information strategically, and evaluate their options
Animal Comparative Economics lab
The ACE team
Team Leader
Leads all ACE research projects, and is also involved in a wide variety of behavioural ecology projects.
Post-doctoral researcher
Studies individual and collective cognition in ants - nutritional balance, tool use, self-control, inference, and more!
Post-doctoral researcher
Applying advanced techniques to invasive ant field control trials.
Doctoral researcher
Studies how plants may be using behavioural economics to manipulate pollinators - in our case bumblebees.
Doctoral researcher
Studies how preference can be steered in Argentine ants using behavioural economics and comparative psychology. Works closely with Thomas Wagner.
Doctoral researcher
Studies how preference can be steered in Argentine ants using behavioural economics and comparative psychology. Works closely with Henrique Galante.
Cosmina Werneke
Research assistant
More sucrose solutioned needed? No problem.
Stuff needs 3D printing?
She's on it.
Experiment needs finished? Cosmina's got your back.
She's a lab hero.
MSc & BSc students
Moana Vorjans - MSc thesis
Insect pain - do ants experience Neuropathic Allodynia?
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Theresa Ranieri - MSc thesis
Attractiveness of municipal flowers to wild bees
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Angelina Hacker- MSc thesis
Attractiveness of municipal flowers to diverse insects
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Luisa Sturm - BSc thesis
Odour-based algorithmic learning in ants
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Lukas Wagner - BSc thesis
Food competition between native and invasive ants
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Alumni
PhD student alumni
Dr. Stephanie Wendt
Dr. Massimo de Agro (also a Post-doc alumnus)
Katharina Wenig
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MSc and BSc students
Alexandra Koch
St. Popp (but probably his parents call him Stefan)
Caroline Hübner
Jack Beckwith
Daniel Grimwade
Pragya Kumar
Stealth Human
Chiara Matschunas
Melanie Kabas
Rebecca Paintner
Laura Neubauer
Stefanie Kau
Paula Streckenbach
Yannick Hartmann
Melina Kienitz (now back as a research assistant!)
Benedikt Haas
Moritz Forster
Bruna Sette-Niederhageboeck
Lena Rohmig
Countless 3- and 6-week practical students: you know who you are!
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