PhD students

Fedor Cellarius, MSc      Uni Oldenburg & SFB 1372  | Bat magnetic orientation and navigation

Master & Bachelor students

Nicole Jordan, BSc      Uni Oldenburg & SFB 1372  | Migratory bat orientation, ontogeny and evironmental stressors

Selina Hemmer, BSc   TU München | Phenology of autumn bat migration at the Baltic Sea coast | cosupervisor: Dr U. Firzlaff, TUM

Jonas Beer, BSc            Uni Oldenburg | Individual-based migratory bat orientation behaviour

Egita Leikarte, BSc      Uni Latvia | Phenology of spring bat migration at the Baltic Sea coast | cosupervisor: Dr V. Vintulis, Latvia Uni

Jake Elliott                   Bangor Uni | Bat orientation tracking  | supervisor: Prof Richard A. Holland, Bangor Uni

Students & project assistants

Annika Benndorf, BSc    Uni Oldenburg | Research and teaching assistant | Bat monitoring

Former students, project assistants & guests

Jaclyn Niehues, Bsc    Uni Oldenburg & SFB 1372  | Research assistant | Methods of bat migration monitoring

Eimo Gerjets, BSc        Uni Oldenburg | Research assistant | Animal magnetic behaviour

Ronja Westphal, BSc Uni Oldenburg | Research assistant | Bat catching & keeping

Pegah Negahdar, MSc    Uni Oldenburg & SFB 1372  | Migratory bat magnetic sensing

Roberts Jansons    Uni Latvia  | BDHK Projekt Grant 2022 | Butterfly navigation

Tobias Woldt, MSc    Uni Oldenburg  | Migratory bat monitoring | AG Neurosensorik

Alise Elksne, BSc    Uni Latvia  | Migratory bat orientation | collaborator: Dr. G. Petersons, Latvia Uni Appl. Sci. & Tech., LV

publications:

Lindecke O, Elksne A, Holland RA, Pētersons G, Voigt CC. Experienced migratory bats integrate the sun's position at dusk for navigation at night. Current Biology 29: 1369-1373.e3 (2019). pdf incl. supplement | ResearchGate

Lindecke O, Elksne A, Holland RA, Pētersons G, Voigt CC. Orientation and flight behaviour identify the Soprano pipistrelle as a migratory bat species at the Baltic Sea coast. Journal of Zoology 308: 56-65 (2019). pdf | ResearchGate

Postdocs / Guest Scientists

Dr William Schneider  Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant | collaboration with Bangor Uni, UK

publications:

Schneider WT, Holland RA, Keiss O, Lindecke O. Migratory bats are sensitive to magnetic inclination during the compass calibration period. (2023) pdf

Schneider WT, Packmor F, Lindecke O, Holland RA. Sense of doubt: Inaccurate and alternate locations of virtual magnetic displacements may give a distorted view of animal magnetoreception ability.  Communications Biology 6: 187 (2023). pdf  + suppl pdf  

Schneider WT, Holland RA, Lindecke O. Over 50 years of behavioural evidence on the magnetic sense in animals - What has been learnt and how? The European Physical Journal Special Topics (2023). pdf