Prof. Dr. Sonia Kleindorfer

Head

Dr. Josef Hemetsberger

Vice Head

Email: josef.hemetsberger[at]univie.ac.at

Prof. Dr. Thomas Bugnyar

Vice Head

Head of Research Group "Ravens"

Current Head of the Department of Cognitive Biology

Email: thomas.bugnyar[at]univie.ac.at

Ao. Prof. Dr. Eva Millesi

Vice Head

Head of the Department of Behavioural Biology

Email: eva.millesi[at]univie.ac.at

Dr. Didone Frigerio

Head of Research Group "GreyBis4socs" - Greylag geese and Northern bald ibis as models for social systems

Principle Investigator of the Following Projects:

"Visible Science"

"GRASS: Greylag geese as a model for animal social systems - Modulation of circannual behavioural and foraging patterns by social factors: the Greylag goose (Anser anser) as a model"

"NBI goes Citizen Science - Involving young and old citizen scientists in monitoring habitat use of the critically endangered Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)"

Email: didone.frigerio[at]univie.ac.at

Georgine Szipl, PhD

Research Group "GreyBis4socs"

Project: "GRASS: Greylag geese as a model for animal social systems - Modulation of circannual behavioural and foraging patterns by social factors: the Greylag goose (Anser anser) as a model"

Email: georgine.szipl[at]univie.ac.at

Matthias-Claudio Loretto, PhD

Research Group "Ravens"

Project: "Fission-fusion dynamics and social cognition in wild ravens"

Email: matthias-claudio.loretto[at]univie.ac.at

Verena Pühringer-Sturmayr, MSc

Research Group "GreyBis4socs"

Project title: "Between optimal choice and site fidelity foraging habitats in Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita), a critically endangered bird species"

Project: "NBI goes Citizen Science - Involving young and old citizen scientists in monitoring habitat use of the critically endangered Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)"

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Kurt Kotrschal & Dr. Didone Frigerio

Mail: verena.puehringer-sturmayr[at]univie.ac.at

Mario Gallego-Abenza, MSc

Research Group "Ravens"

Project Title: "Social communication and foraging in free-ranging ravens"

Project: "Fission-fusion dynamics and social cognition in wild ravens"

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bugnyar & Matthias-Claudio Loretto, PhD

Email: mario.gallego-abenza[at]univie.ac.at

Marie Depenau, BSc

Project title: "Social behaviour and stress response in juvenile Greylag geese"

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Kurt Kotrschal & Dr. Didone Frigerio

Friederike Böhm, BSc

Research Group "Ravens"

Project title: "Meat and Greed - Effect of pair bond quality on breeding success in Corvus corax and Corvus corone"

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bugnyar

Teresa Schaer, BSc

Research Group "Ravens"

Project title: "Gastrointestinal parasites in common ravens (Corvus corax)"

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bugnyar & Matthias-Claudio Loretto, PhD

Christiane Steinbacher, BSc

Research Group "Ravens"

Project title: "Social integration of juvenile ravens into a non-breeding group"

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bugnyar & Matthias-Claudio Loretto, PhD

Ines Mayer, BSc

Research Group "Ravens"

Project title: "Intentions behind food calling behaviour in free-ranging ravens"

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bugnyar

Sabrina Jungheim, BSc

Research Group "Wolf Science Center"

Project title: "Wolves changing enclosures - effects on spatio-temporal patterns"

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Kurt Kotrschal

Fabio Ribelli, BSc

Research Group "Ravens"

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bugnyar

Katrin Herzhauser

Research Group "Ravens"

Project title: "Development of social behaviour in juvenile ravens: testing effects on object play and food access"

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bugnyar & Matthias-Claudio Loretto, PhD

Mag. Gudrun Gegendorfer

Research Group "GreyBis4socs"

Projects: "Visible Science" &

"GRASS: Greylag geese as a model for animal social systems - Modulation of circannual behavioural and foraging patterns by social factors: the Greylag goose (Anser anser) as a model"

Julia Rittenschober, BSc

Research Group "GreyBis4socs"

Projects: "Visible Science" &

"GRASS: Greylag geese as a model for animal social systems - Modulation of circannual behavioural and foraging patterns by social factors: the Greylag goose (Anser anser) as a model"

Eva-Maria Körmer, BSc

Research Group "GreyBis4socs"

Project: "Quo volis Geronticus eremita?"

Jana Nácarová, Mgr

Research Group "Ravens"

Project title: "Reaction of ravens to heterospecific alarm calls"

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bugnyar

Michaela Syrová, Mgr

Research Group "Ravens"

Project title: "Reaction of ravens to heterospecific alarm calls"

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bugnyar

Larissa Schwaiger

Research group: "GreyBis4socs"

Voluntary environmental year

Felix Steinmaurer

Michael Auinger

Dr. Jorg Massen

Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna

Email: jorg.massen[at]univie.ac.at

Prof. Dott. Leonida Fusani, MPhil PhD

Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna

Email: leonida.fusani[at]univie.ac.at