People
Current members
Natalia Estramil (PhD) Parent-offspring conflict in canaries: individual plasticity, genetic basis and co-adaptation.
Carsten Lucass (PhD) Conflict and co-adaptation: the evolution of parental care in a wild bird species.
Anke Vermeulen (PhD) Sources of individual variation in immune traits (co-supervised)
Nolwenn Fresneau (PhD) Evolutionary and ecological perspectives on bird family life
Raissa de Boer (PhD) A quantitative genetic approach to study the mechanisms and functions of bird song
Elsa Wouters (Master) Mate choice, parental investment and parent-offspring co-adaptation (co-supervised)
Former members
Vivian Goerlich (Post-doc) (2009) Heritability of yolk hormone deposition (now: University of Bielefeld, Germany)
Samantha Farrell (PhD) (2012) Sexual conflict over parental care and its consequences for offspring development.
Jonas Vergauwen (PhD thesis defended 2013) Think outside the egg: Integrating pre- and postnatal maternal effects.
Numerous students have contributed to my work during numerous field seasons, and without their help a lot of experiments would not have been possible to such extent! I enjoyed working with each of them and hope they learned as much as I did when working with them.
If you are interested in joining any of my ongoing research projects for a Post-doc, PhD, MSc or assistantship, just e-mail me, and I will see what can be done about it.
Former master students and title of their thesis:
Sofie Boonen (2009)
Family conflicts in canaries
Jonas Vergauwen (2007)
Does testosterone increase attractiveness? On the function of maternal hormones in birds.
In Groningen:
Nynke Detmar (2005)
Long-term effects of embryonic testosterone exposure on social and aggressive behavior of the black-headed gull.
Alice Kasprzik (2004), co-supervised by Prof. Gabriele Uhl, University of Bonn (now at: University of Greifswald):
Are maternal yolk hormones immunosuppressive? An experimental study in black-headed gulls Larus ridibundus.
Fanny Stavasius (2004)
Testosterone sensitisation in juvenile black-headed gulls.
Sebastian Dusseljee (2003):
The effect of testosterone on begging behaviour and growth in black-headed gull Larus ridibundus chicks.
Hilco G. Jansma (2002)
The effect of prenatal exposure to testosterone on begging behaviour in black-headed gull Larus ridibundus chicks.
Durk Venema (2002)
Factors influencing sex ratios, survival and reproductive success in black-headed gulls Larus ridibundus.
Jenny de Vries (2001)
Sex-specific differences in the begging behaviour: a study in black-headed gulls Larus ridibundus.
Grietje Zijlstra (2000)
Maternal yolk hormones and brood sex ratios in black-headed gulls Larus ridibundus.
Traineeships (and topic):
Annelies Jacobs (2012) Parental care in canaries
Joannes Van Cann (2012) Endocrine control of begging in blue tits
Jolien Verhelst (2011) Male-male competition in canaries
Billy Dries (2011) Parental care in canaries
Nicole Lammers (2011) Nutritional stress
Thomas Minne (2010-11) Eco-immunology in starlings
Tom Smets (2008) Social dominance in canaries
Julie Demeulenmeester (2007) Song activity in starlings
Elisabeth Erauw, Geert Van den Heuvel, Jonas Vergauwen (2006) Field assistant starling project
In Madrid:
Kinga Deptuch (2005) Field assistant spotless starling project
In Groningen:
Cas Eikenaar (2000) Field assistant black-headed gull project