Ulrike Scherer
Photo: SCIoI
Ulrike Scherer is a biologist with a special interest in the ecology and evolution of behavior. In her previous work, Ulrike focused on sexual selection and the evolution of personality differences (MSc and PhD work). Within the scope of the SCIoI cluster, Ulrike wants to understand how individuals develop intelligent (i.e. efficient, goal-oriented, adaptive) behavior using a clonal fish species, the amazon molly, as a model organism.
Projects
Ulrike Scherer is member of:
• Project 21: Developing exploration behavior
• Project 58: From exploring basic maze elements to algorithmic rules for the escape room
• Project 58: From exploring basic maze elements to algorithmic rules for the escape room
Publications +
Bierbach, D., Schutz, C., Scherer, U., & Pacher, K. (2025). Standards for scientific fish keeping: Poeciliid fishes with special focus on the guppy (Poecilia reticulata) and mollies (P. mexicana, P. latipinna, P. formosa, Cyprinodontiformes, Poeciliidae). Bulletin of Fish Biology, 20. https://doi.org/10.53188/BFB0010
Scherer, U., Niemelä, P., & Schuett, W. (2025). Male activity under risk predicts paternal care and reproductive success in a bi-parental cichlid. Behavioral Ecology, 36(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf021
Ehlman, S., Scherer, U., Bierbach, D., Stärk, L., Beese, M., & Wolf, M. (2024). Developmental arcs of plasticity in whole movement repertoires of a clonal fish. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.07.570540
Ehlman, S., Scherer, U., Bierbach, D., Francisco, F., Laskowski, K., Krause, J., & Wolf, M. (2023). Leverging big data to uncover the eco-evolutionary factors shaping behavioural development. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.2115
Scherer, U., Laskowki, K., Kressler, M., Ehlman, S. M., Wolf, M., & Bierbach, D. (2023). Perceived predation risk affects the development of among-individual behavioral variation in a naturally clonal freshwater fish. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.25.568653
Scherer, U., Niemelä, P., & Schuett, W. (2023). Male boldness and female parental care predict reproductive success in a bi- parental cichlid, the rainbow krib (Pelvicachromis pulcher). bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.23.568478
Scherer, U., Ehlman, S. M., Bierbach, D., Krause, J., & Wolf, M. (2023). Reproductive individuality of clonal fish raised in near-identical environments and its link to early-life behavioral individuality. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43069-6
Ehlman, S., Scherer, U., & Wolf, M. (2022). Developmental feedbacks and the emergence of individuality. Royal Society Open Science. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221189
Thursday Morning Talk -
Ulrike Scherer and Sean Ehlman (Science of Intelligence)
External Event -
20th Conference of the Gesellschaft Für Ichthyologie (GfI)
