Our Team
Rasha Abdel Rahman
Principal Investigator
Psychology
Julten Abdelhalim
Academic Coordination
Helene Ackermann
Doctoral Researcher
Psychology
Alan Akbik
Principal Investigator
Machine Learning
Robert Arlinghaus
Principal Investigator
Behavioral Biology, Ichtyology
Felix Baier
Student Assistant
Palina Bartashevich
Postdoctoral Researcher
Computer Mathematics
Aravind Battaje
Doctoral Researcher
Robotics
Sascha Bauer
IT
Valeria Becattini
Communication Assistant
Marvin Beese
Student Assistant
Pia Bideau
External Collaborator
Computer Vision, Robotics
David Bierbach
Postdoctoral Researcher
Behavioral Biology, Fish Behavior
Conrad Blau
Student Assistant
Florian Bolenz
Postdoctoral Researcher
Psychology, Cognitive Science
Mark Boon
Doctoral Researcher
Computational Neuroscience
Marcel Brass
Principal Investigator
Psychology
Oliver Brock
Principal Investigator
Robotics
Michael Brück
Lab Manager
Dafna Burema
Postdoctoral Researcher
Sociology
Alicia Burns
Postdoctoral Researcher
Biology
Valerii Chirkov
Doctoral Researcher
Dimitri Coelho Mollo
Principal Investigator
Philosophy of AI
Asieh Daneshi
Postdoctoral Researcher
Biomedical Engineering, CS
Furkan Davulcu
Doctoral Researcher
Robotics
Dominik Deffner
Postdoctoral Researcher
Behavioral Science
Félicie Dhellemmes
Postdoctoral Researcher
Behavioral Ecology, Biology
Tobias Drewlani
Doctoral Researcher
Sociology
Sean Ehlman
External Collaborator
Behavioral Ecology
Anna Eiserbeck
Doctoral Researcher
Psychology
Stevie Filbert Febryanto
Student Assistant
Jonas Frenkel
Doctoral Researcher
Human-Robot Interaction
Guillermo Gallego
Principal Investigator
Computer Vision
Kai Görgen
Postdoctoral Researcher
Cognitive Science
Carmen Haake
Student Assistant
Verena Hafner
Principal Investigator
Developmental Robotics
Ole Hall
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Vision
Friedhelm Hamann
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Science
Heiko Hamann
Principal Investigator
Robotics, Swarm Robotics
Malik-Manel Hashim
Student Assistant
John-Dylan Haynes
Principal Investigator
Cognitive Neuroscience
Olaf Hellwich
Principal Investigator
Computer Vision
Anne Herms
Finances
Ralph Hertwig
Principal Investigator
Psychology, Cognitive Science
Katharina Hohlbaum
External Collaborator
Veterinary Science
Susanne Hölzemann
Finances
Anne Jaap
Postdoctoral Researcher
Behavioral Biology
Eric J. Johnson
Visiting Fellow
Marten Kaas
Postdoctoral Researcher
Philosophy
Alex Kacelnik
Principal Investigator
Behavioral Biology
Antje Kaczmarek
Front Office
Lena Kähler
Student Assistant
Mathis Kaiser
Lab Manager
Maryam Karimian
Postdoctoral Researcher
Comput. Cognitive Neuroscience
Bassel Katamish
Doctoral Researcher
Comput. Engineering, Control
Kiki Cockatoo
Cockatoo in Residence
Anna Klenova
Postdoctoral Researcher
Behavioral Biology
Dimosthenis Kontogiorgos
External Collaborator
Human Robot Interaction
Jens Krause
Principal Investigator
Behavioral Biology
Lujain Kretzschmar
Diversity
Ralf Kurvers
Principal Investigator
Behavioral Biology
Miriam Kyselo
Principal Investigator
Philosophy of Cognition
Tim Landgraf
Former Principal Investigator
Robotics
Benjamin Lang
Doctoral Researcher
Biosciences, Molecular Biology
Anna Lange
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Science
Rebecca Lazarides
Principal Investigator
Educational Science
Valentin Lecheval
Postdoctoral Researcher
Collective Behavior, Ethology
Svetlana Levit
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Science
Lars Lewejohann
Principal Investigator
Behavioral Biology
Xing Li
Doctoral Researcher
Robotics
Zhehao Liang
Student Assistant
Falk Lieder
Principal Investigator
Computational Cognitive Science
Niels Lilienthal
Student Assistant
Jonas Ludwig
Visiting Fellow
Marianne Maertens
Principal Investigator
Psychology
Vito Mengers
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Science, Robotics
Elena Merdjanovska
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Science
David Mezey
Doctoral Researcher
Theoretical Biology
Paul Mieske
Postdoctoral Researcher
Anne Nassauer
Principal Investigator
Sociology
Huu Duc Nguyen
Doctoral Researcher
Robotics
Alexios Nompilakis
Communication Assistant
Arianna Novati
Postdoctoral Researcher
Biology, Neurobiology
Klaus Obermayer
Principal Investigator
Computational Neuroscience, Machine Learning
Anton Ohler
Student Assistant
Konstantin Olschofsky
Project Manager
Maria Ott
Press & Communication
Julie Ouerfelli-Ethier
Postdoctoral Researcher
Computer Vision
Thorsten Pachur
Former Principal Investigator
Psychology
Michael Pauen
Principal Investigator
Philosophy of Mind
Leonie-Iva Pawlak
Student Assistant
Uroš Petković
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Science
Niels Pinkwart
Principal Investigator
Computer Science
Max Ploner
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Science
Sebastian Pohl
Student Assistant
Nina Poth
External Collaborator
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Jörg Raisch
Principal Investigator
Control
Mohsen Raoufi
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Science
Lubna Rashid
Visiting Fellow
Martin Rolfs
Principal Investigator
Psychology
Pawel Romanczuk
Principal Investigator
Behavioral Biology
Stephan Rosenzweig
IT
Nicolas Roth
Doctoral Researcher
Computational Neuroscience
Tamal Roy
Postdoctoral Researcher
Behavioral Ecology, Biology
Qu Runfeng
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Vision
Abdullah Sardogan
Student Assistant
Ulrike Scherer
Postdoctoral Researcher
Behavioral Ecology, Biology
Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer
Principal Investigator
Sociology
Friedrich Schüßler
Postdoctoral Researcher
Neuroscience, Physics, Ethology
Christopher Schutz
Lab Manager/Animal Care
Richard Schweitzer
External Collaborator
Behavioral Science
Thomas Seel
External Collaborator
Yunus Sevinchan
Postdoctoral Researcher
Physics
Olga Shurygina
Doctoral Researcher
Psychology
Heiner Spieß
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Science
Henning Sprekeler
Principal Investigator
Computational Neuroscience
Solveig Steinhardt
Press & Communication
Volha Taliaronak
Student Assistant
Josh Tenenbaum
Principal Investigator
Comp. Cognitive Neuroscience
Christa Thöne-Reineke
Principal Investigator
Behavioral Biology
Marc Toussaint
Principal Investigator
Robotics
Sole Traverso
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Science
Arian Trieb
Visiting Fellow
Quang Tung Nguyen
Student Assistant
Carla Vollmoeller
Student Assistant
Alice von Auersperg
Principal Investigator
Behavioral Biology
Kathleen Waak
Managing Director
Elke U. Weber
Visiting Fellow
Rosa Wolf
Student Assistant
Max Wolf
Principal Investigator
Behavioral Biology
Pu Xu
Doctoral Researcher
Robotics
Magdalena Yordanova
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Engineering
Hae Seon Yun
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Science
Oussama Zenkri
Doctoral Researcher
Robotics
Yating Zheng
Postdoctoral Researcher
Swarm Robotics
Sabine Ammon
Former Principal Investigator
Philosophy
