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Personal data

 

 

Svenja Engels

 

Dept. of Biology, University of Oldenburg,
D-26111 Oldenburg, Germa­ny.
Tel.: +49 (0)441 798 3381
Fax: +49 (0)441 798 3284
email:
svenja.engels@uni-oldenburg.de

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work

 

01/2009 - present

PhD student at Dept. of Biology, University of Oldenburg, Germany, AG "Neurosensorik" (Group leader: Prof. Dr. H. Mouritsen),

Project: Magnetic compass orientation of migratory birds

 

08 -09/2006

internship at the Biologische Station Westliches Ruhrgebiet e.V.

 

 

 

 

Education

 

04/2008

Graduation: Diplom-Biologin (M.Sc.) at Ruhr-University Bochum

Thesis: Raumnutzung und interspezifische Interaktionen zwischen Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi, Aepyceros melampus, Tragelaphus angasi und Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi in der Gemeinschaftshaltung.

Dept. of Biology- Ethology (Prof. Dr. W. Kirchner)

 

10/2005 – 04/2008

study of Biology at Ruhr-University Bochum

focus on Zoology and Ethology

 

10/2003 – 09/2005

Study of Biology at University of Oldenburg

 

06/2003

Graduated from Herbartgymnasium Oldenburg

 

 

 

 

Publications

Zapka M, Heyers D, Hein CM, Engels S, Schneider NL, Hans J, Weiler S, Dreyer D, Kishkinev D, Wild JM, Mouritsen H. Visual but not trigeminal mediation of magnetic compass information in a migratory bird. Nature 461: 1274-1277 (2009).

 

 

Engels S, Sulkowski K, Weigelt H. Untersuchungen zur Wechselwirkung von Äsung und Deckung beim Rehwild in einem Naherholungsgebiet in NRW. Öko Jagd 4: 17-20 (2006).