PhD Student

  • David Moreno Martinez

    David Moreno Martinez

    David is the morphologist in the group. He studies how functional morphology of ants influences their immunity. Read more

  • Tanvi Madaan

    Tanvi Madaan

    Tanvi studies how infections shape collective nutritional choices. Read more

  • Lukas Lindorfer

    Lukas Lindorfer

    Lukas is interested in observing which host behaviours promote pathogen spread through the colony, and how disinfection of the ant nest counteracts the risk of disease. Read more

  • Florian Strahodinsky

    Florian Strahodinsky

    Our PhD student Flo has been passionate about ants since his childhood. This makes him the expert for all questions about ant rearing. He studies the interaction of ants and… Read more

  • Linda Sartoris

    Linda Sartoris

    Linda is interested in how colony organization affects sanitary care and disease transmission. Besides she is very active in the sustainability group of the institute. Read more