Our Team
Rasha Abdel Rahman
Principal Investigator
Psychology
Julten Abdelhalim
Academic Coordination
Helene Ackermann
Doctoral Researcher
Psychology
Alan Akbik
Principal Investigator
Machine Learning
Ayesha Alam
Student Assistant
Robert Arlinghaus
Principal Investigator
Behavioral Biology, Ichthyology
Felix Baier
Student Assistant
Palina Bartashevich
Postdoctoral Researcher
Computer Mathematics
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
Marcel Brass
Principal Investigator
Psychology
Oliver Brock
Principal Investigator
Robotics
Michael Brück
Lab Manager
Dafna Burema
Postdoctoral Researcher
Sociology
Valerii Chirkov
Doctoral Researcher
Dimitri Coelho Mollo
Principal Investigator
Philosophy of AI
Asieh Daneshi
Postdoctoral Researcher
Biomedical Engineering, CS
Furkan Davulcu
Doctoral Researcher
Robotics
Félicie Dhellemmes
Postdoctoral Researcher
Behavioral Ecology, Biology
Tobias Drewlani
Doctoral Researcher
Sociology
Sean Ehlman
External Collaborator
Behavioral Ecology
Anna Eiserbeck
Postdoctoral Researcher
Psychology
Ghadi El Hasbani
Student Assistant
Guillermo Gallego
Principal Investigator
Computer Vision
Bojana Grujičić
Doctoral Researcher
Verena Hafner
Principal Investigator
Developmental Robotics
Ole Hall
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Vision
Heiko Hamann
Principal Investigator
Robotics, Swarm Robotics
Nina Hanning
External Collaborator
Neurocognitive Psychology
John-Dylan Haynes
Principal Investigator
Cognitive Neuroscience
Olaf Hellwich
Principal Investigator
Computer Vision
Eitan Hemed
Postdoctoral Researcher
Anne Herms
Finances
Ralph Hertwig
Principal Investigator
Psychology, Cognitive Science
Vanessa Hiess
Visiting Fellow
Katharina Hohlbaum
External Collaborator
Veterinary Science
Susanne Hölzemann
Finances
Heiko Hübert
External Collaborator
Robotics
Doruk Isik
Student Assistant
Anne Jaap
Postdoctoral Researcher
Behavioral Biology
Haowei Ji
Student Assistant
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
Roghaye Keshavarzi
Student Assistant
Kiki Cockatoo
Cockatoo in Residence
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
Anna Lange
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Science
Rebecca Lazarides
Principal Investigator
Educational Science
Valentin Lecheval
Postdoctoral Researcher
Collective Behavior, Ethology
Lars Lewejohann
Principal Investigator
Behavioral Biology
Xing Li
Doctoral Researcher
Robotics
Falk Lieder
Principal Investigator
Computational Cognitive Science
Niels Lilienthal
Student Assistant
Jonas Ludwig
Visiting Fellow
Marianne Maertens
Principal Investigator
Psychology
Heinrich Mellmann
Research Assistant
Vito Mengers
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Science, Robotics
Elena Merdjanovska
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Science
David Mezey
Doctoral Researcher
Theoretical Biology
Paul Mieske
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ashwin Moongathottathil James
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
Principal Investigator
Psychology
Michael Pauen
Principal Investigator
Philosophy of Mind
Niels Pinkwart
Principal Investigator
Computer Science
Max Ploner
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Science
Sebastian Pohl
Student Assistant
Nina Poth
External Collaborator
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Firuza Rahimova
Student Assistant
Jörg Raisch
Principal Investigator
Control
Mohsen Raoufi
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Science
Lubna Rashid
Visiting Fellow
Julia Rodriguez Buritica
Principal Investigator
Martin Rolfs
Principal Investigator
Psychology
Pawel Romanczuk
Principal Investigator
Behavioral Biology
Stephan Rosenzweig
IT
Tamal Roy
Postdoctoral Researcher
Behavioral Ecology, Biology
Qu Runfeng
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Vision
Mahdieh Sadat Mirmohammad
Student Assistant
Abdullah Sardogan
Student Assistant
Philipp Sauer
Lab Manager
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
Yunus Sevinchan
Postdoctoral Researcher
Physics
Olga Shurygina
Doctoral Researcher
Psychology
Henning Sprekeler
Principal Investigator
Computational Neuroscience
Solveig Steinhardt
Press & Communication
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
Jain Vijish Kumar
IT
Carla Vollmoeller
Student Assistant
Alice von Auersperg
Principal Investigator
Behavioral Biology
Kathleen Waak
Managing Director
Elke U. Weber
Visiting Fellow
Max Wolf
Principal Investigator
Behavioral Biology
Pu Xu
Research Assistant
Robotics
Magdalena Yordanova
Doctoral Researcher
Computer Engineering, Robotics
Falk Young de Lacerda Tavares
Student Assistant
Oussama Zenkri
Doctoral Researcher
Robotics
Yating Zheng
Postdoctoral Researcher
Swarm Robotics
Sabine Ammon
Former Principal Investigator
Philosophy
