People
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​Are you a potential PhD student or postdoc interested in joining the lab? Contact us here. We'd love to hear from you.
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​Jonathan Henshaw

​I did my PhD with Hanna Kokko and Michael Jennions at the Australian National University, followed by a postdoc with Adam Jones at the University of Idaho. I've been a Junior Professor at the University of Freiburg since April 2020.

Outside of work, I like birding, diving, hanging out with my family, and finding new ways to combine these activities.

​My Erdős number is 5.

​Karoline Fritzsche (Postdoc)

I'm interested in sexual selection and the evolution of mating systems, particularly in species with intense mating competition among females.
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I did my PhD on sex-role-reversed beetles (genus Megabruchidius) at Uppsala University, followed by postdocs working on cichlids at the University of Graz and killifish at the University of Idaho. 

Stephan Lohmar (PhD student)

​I finished my master studies in biology at the University of Freiburg with a thesis on the structuring mechanisms of termite communities in the savanna of the Ivory Coast. I am interested in major evolutionary transitions, especially the transition from organism to superorganism.

Stephan is co-supervised by Prof. Judith Korb.

Mohammadali Dashtbali (PhD student)

​I did my master studies on mathematical modelling of infectious disease and control of such diseases using a differential game approach at Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Iran.

I am interested in evolutionary biology, evolutionary game theory, sexual selection, simulation modelling, mathematical biology and genetics.

Anna Waffender (Master's student)

Before coming to Freiburg for my Master’s degree, I finished my Bachelor’s degree in biology at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz with a thesis on strain competition between defensive bacterial symbionts of Lagria beetles. For my Master’s thesis here in Freiburg, I am developing simulation models relating to sexual selection.

Kartikey Awasthi (Master's student)

I am a Master's student from India (at IISER, Mohali) studying theoretical modelling of social behaviours like parental care. I am fascinated with almost all topics of evolutionary theory and behavioural ecology ranging from sexual selection to eusociality. I greatly enjoy learning new things and teaching juniors. 

Outside academia, you can chat with me about linguistics, history of science, animated movies, mythology, and basically anything!​

Paula Weddeling (Master's student)

After finishing my Bachelor thesis in aquatic ecotoxicology in Heidelberg, I came to Freiburg for my Masters in order to focus on ecology and evolutionary biology. Now I’m working on my thesis, simulating the evolution of “honest signalling” in sex-role reversed systems.

I enjoy learning how to create simulations, but also love to spend a day doing field work!

​Carola Sigle (Technician)

I finished my biology degree in 2001 with a thesis on life-history variation in Anodonta mussels. Since 2004, I've worked as a technician at the University of Freiburg, providing assistance with both teaching and research. I enjoy supervising students in their lab courses.

Former members

Mehregan Ebrahimi (Postdoc)

I did my PhD on behavioural ecology of endangered pygmy bluetongue lizard with late Prof. Mike Bull at Flinders University, South Australia, followed by an assistant professor position at Shiraz University, Iran.  


I am interested in behavioural response of animals to changing environments, with particular focus on the impact of climate change on behaviour.