Andreas Fischer PhD MPM
Team Leader, Assistant Professor
My passion is to make the invisible world of chemical communication visible by combining behavioral ecology with metabolomics. We tackle challenges in sexual selection, urban ecology, and develop the foundation for a pesticide-free future.
Vedanti Mahimkar B.Sc. M.Sc.
M.Sc. Candidate
Focusing on the olfactory component of multimodal signaling in Pisaura mirabilis, this project uses behavioral assays to confirm the role of the female’s sex pheromone. It examines how chemical cues on dragline silk elicit and modulate the male’s vibratory courtship.
Egon Oswald
B.Sc. Candidate
Shedding light on a ‚dark taxon‘, by exploring the understudied sensory world of the house centipede (Scutigera). I use behavioral experiments to test the role of chemical communication
Frederik Berndt
B.Sc. Candidate
Exploring sexual conflict in Latrodectus, this project aims to identify the pheromone males use to manipulate female attractiveness, chemically guarding them from rivals to ensure their own paternity.
Denise Becker B.Sc.
Research Assistant
Managing the husbandry of our study animals and keeping taps that everything runs smoothly
Alumni (B.Sc. and M.Sc.)
Mia F. Schumacher B.Sc.
Carmen Noske M.Sc.
Layla Gould B.Sc.
Elaine Hau B.Sc.
Jiamin Bai B.Sc.
Khushi Aulakh B.Sc.
Jocelyn Visser B.Sc.
Jane Vurdela B.Sc.
Natalie De Vita B.Sc.
Aryan Monfared B.Sc.
April Preston B.Sc.
Kelvin Lau B.Sc.
Ky Tran B.Sc.
Andrea C. Roman-Torres B.Sc.
Signe MacLennan B.Sc.
Nastaran Bahar B.Sc.
Deby Mcintosh B.Sc.
Jordan Stewart B.Sc.
Akshit Suri B.Sc.
Rachel Morris B.Sc.
Sula Fernando B.Sc.
T’ea Dong B.Sc.
Faize Faroon B.Sc.
Sarah Moniz de Sa B.Sc.
Yerin Lee B.Sc.
Dino Goh B.Sc.
Jamie Varney B.Sc.
Neilofar Amiri B.Sc.
Emmanuel Hung B.Sc.
John Forsynth B.Sc.
…and all the many short-term interns and volunteers over the years – THANK YOU – ….
Animal Metabolomics & Ecology 