Theses
Department Evolutionary Neuroethology
Thesis - PhD (36)
2025
Thesis - PhD
Evolution of sex-pheromone receptors in Drosophila. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)
Thesis - PhD
Social cues in Drosophila oviposition: influence of conspecific and allospecific signal. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2025)
2024
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Resourcefulness in scarcity: navigational strategies of the desert ant, Cataglyphis fortis. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
Thesis - PhD
Characterization of Drosophila olfactory sensory neuron performance. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
Thesis - PhD
Learning to survive and thrive: oviposition learning and memory in gravid Manduca sexta and Drosophila melanogaster. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
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Exploring the olfactory neuroecology of non-model drosophilids. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
Thesis - PhD
Non-canonical sensory biology of antennal cells in insect olfaction. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
Thesis - PhD
Insect chemosensory receptor genes: expression, expansion and functional evolution. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
2023
Thesis - PhD
Neural circuit architecture and evolutionary adaptations in the Drosophila olfactory system. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2023)
2022
Thesis - PhD
Insect olfactory learning in the context of feeding and oviposition. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2022)
Thesis - PhD
Characterization and regulation of insect odorant receptors. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2022)
2020
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Wired for love: Evolutionary Neurobiology of Sexual Communication in Drosophila. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2020)
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Exploring unknown avenues of intra- and interspecies communication in Drosophila. Dissertation, 201 pp., Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2020)
2018
Thesis - PhD
Navigational mechanisms of the desert ant Cataglyphis fortis. Dissertation, 83 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2018)
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How individual olfactory receptors affect olfactory guided behavior in Drosophila. Dissertation, 197 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2018)
2017
Thesis - PhD
The chemosensory ecology of a foraging hawkmoth. Dissertation, 121 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2017)
Thesis - PhD
Key Players - Functional analysis of Manduca sexta Odorant receptors. Dissertation, 177 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2017)
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Functional properties of Drosophila melanogaster olfactory sensory neurons. Dissertation, 124 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2017)
2016
Thesis - PhD
Olfactory-directed behavior in Drosophila. Dissertation, 130 pp., Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2016)
Thesis - PhD
Chemosensory receptors in the tobacco hawkmoth Manduca sexta. Dissertation, 178 pp., Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2016)