Prof. Patrizia Agostinis
Biological and related sciences, Health, Cell Biology, Cellular signaling, Cancer biology, Cancer therapy
Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Panama
Biological and related sciences
Behavioural biology, evolutionary biology, ecology, zoology
Acoustic communication in mammals
Co-evolution of social and vocal complexity
Cognition and social learning
Emigration and immigration behaviours in mammalian societies
Biolinguistics
Heisenberg Fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG), 2015
Walter Arndt Habilitation Prize from the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (German Zoological Association), 2015
Fritz Frank Dissertation Prize from the German Society for Mammalian Biology, 2010
Graduate fellowship from the German National Academic Foundation, 2005 – 2008
English, German, Spanish
Burchardt LS, Knörnschild M (2020) Comparison of methods for rhythm analysis of complex animals’ acoustic signals. PLoS Computational Biology, 16(4), p.e1007755.
Wirthlin M, Chang EF, Knörnschild M, Krubitzer LA, Mello CV, Miller CT, Pfenning AR, Vernes SC, Tchernichovski O, Yartsev MM (2019) A Modular Approach to Vocal Learning: Disentangling the Diversity of a Complex Behavioral Trait. Neuron 104(1): 87-99.
Knörnschild M, Fernandez AA, Nagy M (2019) Vocal information and the navigation of social decisions in bats: Is social complexity linked to vocal complexity? Functional Ecology 34:322–331.
Knörnschild M, Fernandez AA, Nagy M (2019) Vocal information and the navigation of social decisions in bats: Is social complexity linked to vocal complexity? Functional Ecology 34:322–331.
Tschapka M, Gonzalez-Terrazas TP, Knörnschild M (2015) Nectar uptake in a mammal using a novel pumping tongue mechanism. Science Advances, 1: e1500525.
Knörnschild M (2014) Vocal production learning in bats. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 28: 80-85. Invited review.
Knörnschild M, Jung K, Nagy M, Metz M, Kalko EKV (2012) Bat echolocation calls facilitate social communication. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279(1748): 4827-4835.
Knörnschild M, Nagy M, Metz M, Mayer F, von Helversen O (2012) Learned vocal group signatures in the polygynous bat Saccopteryx bilineata. Animal Behaviour 84(4): 671-679.
Knörnschild M, Nagy M, Metz M, Mayer F, von Helversen O (2010) Complex vocal imitation during ontogeny in a bat. Biology Letters 6(2): 156-159.
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Biological and related sciences, Health, Cell Biology, Cellular signaling, Cancer biology, Cancer therapy
Biological and related sciences, Molecular biology, molecular microbiology, biochemistry, membrane protein biochemistry
Biological and related sciences, Evolutionary biology, Animal behaviour, Gender studies, Science studies
Biological and related sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Microscopy