Interns

Chiara Thomas                       “Methods in tropical biology at the Comoé research station” (6 months)

Janina Schäfer                         “Night-raiding behaviour in Megaponera analis” (1 month)

Natasha Szombathy               “Presence of brood pheromone in the clonal raider ant Ooceraea biroi” (1 month)

Hugo Dacier                           “Evolution of amputation behaviour & wound care in the genus Camponotus”

Tom Viguier                          „Analysis of the social hierarchy in Dinoponera grandis”

Eoin Corcoran                       „Effects of timing on amputation efficiency in Camponotus maculatus”

Bachelor of Science Thesis

Elenora Neugebauer               “Raiding composition and position fidelity in Megaponera analis”

Jonas Stiegler                         “Mechanisms inducing helping behaviour in the termitophagous ant species Megaponera analis”

Charlotte Wenz                      “Central place foraging theory applied to the termite hunting ant Megaponera analis”

Philip Hönle                           “Optimal trail choice and learning in the termite raiding ant Megaponera analis”

Marten Wehrhahn                  “Treatment and mortality causes of injured nestmates in the termite hunting ant Megaponera analis”

Florens Fischer                       “Emigration behaviour and mechanisms in Megaponera analis”

Marius Pohl                            “Population- and sociogenetic investigation in Megaponera analis”

Vera Mayer                            “Orientation mechanisms of Megaponera analis during raids”

Nils C. Schumacher               “Ant diversity and population dynamics in the Comoé National Park”

Florian Loidolt                       “Food site selection mechanisms in Megaponera analis”

Marleen Schultheiss               „Task dependend cuticular hydrocarbon profiles in Megaponera analis“

Chantal Heckwolf                  „Differences in CHC profiles of Raidleaders, Raiders and Scouts in Megaponera analis“

Paula Schmidt                        „Auswirkungen von Hitzestress auf kutikuläre Kohlenwassterstoffprofile bei tropischen Ameisen“

Yannick Herrmann                 “Nocturnal orientation mechanisms in scouts of Megaponera analis”

Paulina Kuhn                         “Migrationsverhalten und Mechanismen in Megaponera analis“

Marisa Mathison                    „Absence of rescue behavior in two north American Ant species, Myrmica alaskensis and Formica incerta“

Louis Puille                            “Wound care behaviour in Eciton burchellii”

Corinna Schenten                   “Wound care behaviour in leafcutter ants”

Theresa Schulze                     “Wound care and amputation behaviour in Camponotus mus”

Alina Koeters                         “Rescue behaviour and injury risks of german ants”

Christina Reith                       “Injury ratios of german ants”

Dominic Enzner                     „Differences in leaf litter ant community between the dry and rainy season in the Comoé National Park“

Anna Müller                           “Ant-plant wound care interactions in tropical pseudomyrmex-acacia systems”

Philipp Seitlinger                   “Wound care behaviour in Eciton army ants”

Wilhelm Splitthof                  “Field hospitals in Eciton army ants”

Franziska Engelhard              “Wound care behaviour in german ants”

Pia Wapler                   “Prey dependent injury risks in Eciton army ants”

Master of Science Thesis

Marius Pohl                            “Socio- and populationgenetic analyses of two west African ponerine species (Megaponera analis and Paltothyreus tarsatus)”

Andrei Dascalu                      “Antimicrobial wound care in Megaponera analis”

Dany Buffat                           “Social wound care in the Camponotus genus – a new strategy”

Lehramt – Zulassungsarbeit (biology teacher final thesis)

Florian Seibel                         „Wound care and amputation behaviour in Camponotus maculatus”

Corinna Schenten                   “Foraging and wound care behaviour in leafcutter ants in Costa Rica”

Visiting Scientists

Dr. Matteo Rossi – Rockefeller University – Laboratory of Social Evolution and Behavior (New York, USA) – Aggregation pheromones in Ooceraea biroi

Dr. Tiphaine Bailly – Rockefeller University – Laboratory of Social Evolution and Behavior (New York, USA) – Nestmate recognition and trail pheromones in Ooceraea biroi

Narmin I. Beydizada – PhD student – Masaryk University – Department of botany and Zoology (Brno, Czech Republic) – Woundcare behaviour in Cataglyphis nodus