Supervised Projects

only PhD and projects equivalent to MPhil listed

since 2022 William Robson, PhD project (LJMU): Thermal imaging of birds as a rapid assessment tool for monitoring impacts of environmental change; supervisory team: Dr Ross MacLeod, Dr Julia Nowack, Dr Claudia Mettke-Hoffmann

2016-2020 Marie Ragger, MSc project (Vetmed Vienna): The influence of temperature on feeding behaviour and telomere dynamics in hibernating garden dormice; supervisory team: Dr Sylvain Giroud, Dr Julia Nowack, Prof Dr Thomas Ruf; link to published work

2017-2019 Magdalena Spießberger, MSc project (Vetmed Vienna): Effects of early life performance on telomere dynamics in wild boar piglets (Sus scrofa); supervisory team: Dr Julia Nowack, Prof Dr Thomas Ruf, Dr Sebastian Vetter; link to published work

2017-2019 Leonie Arnold, Diplom thesis (Vetmed Vienna): Teat order and allosuckling in wild boar; supervisory team: Dr Julia Nowack, Dr Sebastian Vetter, Prof Dr Joseph Troxler; link to published work

2016-2018 Iris Tarmann, MSc project (Vetmed Vienna): Hibernation dynamics of garden dormice; supervisory team: Dr Julia Nowack, Dr Sylvain Giroud, Prof Dr Thomas Ruf; link to published work

2012-2016 Juan Scheun, PhD project (University of Pretoria): Reproductive pattern and its endocrine correlates in the African lesser bushbaby; supervisory team: Prof Dr Andre Ganswindt, Dr Julia Nowack, Prof Dr Nigel Bennett; links to published work 1, 2, 3, 4, 5