Antje Girndt

Curriculum Vitae

Dec 2009 Diplom in Biology, University of Potsdam and Humboldt University, Germany

2009 Visiting Researcher, University of Oklahoma, USA

2008 Internship Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Germany

2007-2008 Student Research Assistant, Museum of Natural History Berlin, Germany

2006 Internship, Max-Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

Oct 2004 - Mar 2007 Vordiplom in Biology, University of Rostock

PhD Advisory Committee

Bart Kempenaers, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology; link

Tom Pizzari, University of Oxford; link

Wolfgang Forstmeier, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology; link

Kim Teltscher, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology; link

Moritz Hertel, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology; link

Research Interests & Goals

I am interested in the evolutionary ecology of mating behaviour. While I have previously looked at mate choice behaviour and analysed the outcome of copulation events in fish, my work now focuses on avian reproductive biology prior to fertilisation (sperm competition and cryptic female choice). I will use physiological and molecular technologies, as well as experimental work, to enhance our understanding of female sperm storage in birds.

Publications

Girndt A, Riesch R, Schröder C, Schlupp I, Plath M, Tiedemann R. in press. Multiple paternity in different populations of the sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna). Animal Biology. 

Bierbach D, Girndt A, Hamfler S, Klein M, Mücksch F, Penshorn M, Schwinn M, Zimmer C, Schlupp I, Streit B, Plath M. 2011. Male fish use prior knowledge about rivals to adjust their mate choice. Biology Letters 7: 349-351. abstract

Awards & Scholarships

2011/12 IMPRS for Organismal Biology Scholarship

2009 DAAD scholarship for research at University of Oklahoma, USA

Hometown

Güstrow, Germany

Address

Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Behavioral Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics

Fon: +49 8157 932-234

E-mail: agirndt(at)orn.mpg.de