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.

Xiaoyan Long (Postdoc)

I did my PhD with Weissing Franjo, Jan Komdeur and Tamas Szekely at the University of Groningen. Since June 2022, I have been a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Freiburg. I have broad research interests, including parental care, mate choice, cooperation and conflict, and competition. Moreover, I have extensive experience in theoretical modelling, phylogenetic analysis and fieldwork.

Email: ​xiaoyan.long@biologie.uni-freiburg.de

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.

Email: stephan.lohmar@biologie.uni-freiburg.de

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.

Email: ​mohammadali.dashtbali@biologie.uni-freiburg.de

Anna Waffender (Research assistant)

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, I developed simulation models relating to sexual selection. I am now working as a research assistant to collect data for a review of sex differences in animals.

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!​

Marilena Almeida (Master's student)

I have been enjoying life as a biology student in Freiburg for five years now, and my interest in evolution has grown more and more. In my Bachelor's thesis and on a field trip to the Ivory Coast, I already studied the ecology and evolution of termites and was infected with Prof. Korb's passion. For my Master's thesis, I am now enthusiastically learning how to build evolutionary models. 

In my free time I like to travel. I love getting to know new cultures in cities and trying new food, but I enjoy hiking in nature just as much.

​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

​Karoline Fritzsche (Postdoc)

Karo worked on sexual selection and the evolution of mating systems, particularly in species with intense mating competition among females.
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She now works as a pharmaceutical representative for Pfizer.

Mehregan Ebrahimi (Postdoc)

Mehregan worked on modelling the evolutionary responses of animals to changing environments, using Drosophila suzukii as a model species.

Paula Weddeling (Master's student)

Paula did her Master's thesis on simulating the evolution of “honest signalling” in sex-role reversed systems.