The DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1372 “Magnetoreception and Navigation of Vertebrates” at the University of Oldenburg offers two to three short-term fellowships per year for Master's degree holders and PhD candidates to excellent researchers who are interested in doing research within one dedicated project of the CRC.
These visiting research fellowships are intended to foster external collaboration and will allow external PhD students or students holding a Master’s degree to work within the CRC framework. The fellowships are tax-exempt and will be granted ideally for 6 to 12 months, covering a basic amount of 1,468 EUR plus child support, if applicable.
If you are interested in a short-term fellowship in one of our projects, keep your eyes open on the "open positions" or contact us under irtg_sfb1372[at]uol.de.
Yibo Ma
September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2026
in FeI02 “Neuroethology of insect navigation and magnetoreception”
I am investigating whether the magnetic compass in desert ants can operate independently of UV/blue light, with the aim of exploring the underlying mechanisms to determine whether the phenotype of their magnetoreceptive behavior aligns more closely with the radical-pair hypothesis or the magnetite hypothesis.
María Jesús García Bianco
January 15, 2025 - January 15, 2026
in Nav07 "Causes and consequences of variation in the migratory phenotype in a long-lived seabird"
I am currently studying the mercury contamination concentration and the stable isotope values of terns wintering along different parts of the west-African coastline. I will also be involved in the fieldwork at the Banter See common tern colony in Wilhelmshaven.
Jeremy Evans
October 1, 2024 - August 31, 2025
in Nav05 A genomic approach to migration and navigation in birds
I am involved with monitoring a partial migratory songbird population, the European Robin. We are looking into the genetic and environmental factors associated with migratory behavior.
Dionessa Biton
January 1 - December 31, 2024
in Sig05 Cryptochrome-based magnetoreception
Currently, I am working on modelling the dynamics of the electron transfer chain inside the cryptochrome which is used for magnetoreception in avian migration using machine learning frameworks.
Diya Das
April 16 - July 15 & October 1 - December 31, 2024
in Sig02 Magnetic imaging of putative magnetoreceptors
Orientation and navigation cues used by highly migratory elasmobranchs around volcanic islands in the open ocean
Johanna Wegmann
October 1, 2023 - March 31, 2024
in Fel02 Neuroethology of insect navigation and magnetoreception
