Team

I am a mathematician turned ecologist. I obtained a Diplom (former German equivalent to MSc) in Mathematics from Bielefeld University, Germany, and did my PhD at the University of Alberta, Canada, on mathematical/statistical methodology of animal movement modelling and data analysis. I am driven by ecological questions, but on the way to answering these I get as much excited by methodological challenges.

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Jennifer is a statistician with a special interest in ecological applications. She obtained her Master’s degree (MSc) in Statistical Science from Bielefeld University, where she subsequently worked as a PhD student and gained experience in the analysis of animal movement data. Her PhD thesis focussed on state architectures in hidden Markov models and inferring information about the underlying latent states. As a postdoc Jennifer is now searching for methods to study fine-scale interactions between individuals.

Statistician discovering the world of ecology. Rafael holds a bachelor’s in mathematics and economics (double degree bachelor) and a master’s degree in applied statistics, both from the University of Göttingen. His research focuses mainly on spatial and
spatiotemporal models applied to high frequency animal movement data. Rafael is also interested in Bayesian statistical methods like INLA and MCMC.

Thesis topic:
Space use and behavioural niches in a small-rodent community

Thesis topic:
Land use of two ecologically similar open habitat passerine species in the Northwest Uckermark.

Jan is our honorary lab member. Working as IT admin and technician for the Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation group led by Prof. Florian Jeltsch, he also helps us with his expertise. Jan is particularly involved in running the ATLAS telemetry system that we use for our empirical research.