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Prof. Dr. Judith Korb

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Prof. Dr.
Judith Korb

Institute of Biology I

Group: Evolution & Ecology: From Ecology to Genes
www.bio1.uni-freiburg.de

Phone: +49 (0)761 203-2546

judith.korb@biologie.uni-freiburg.de

 

Focus of research

  • Social Evolution: cooperation & conflict
  • Evolution of Ageing
  • Community ecology of West African termites 

CV

  • Since 2013 Full Professor (W3), Evolution & Ecology, Univ. Freiburg
  • 2008-2013 Full Professor (W3) Behavioral Biology, Univ. Osnabrück
  • 200-2008 Scientific Assistant, Univ. Regensburg
  • 2004 Habilitation in Zoology, Univ. Regensburg
  • 2000-2004 Emmy Noether Group Leader (DFG), Univ. Regensburg
  • 1999-2000 Research Fellow (German Science Foundation, DFG), CSIRO, Canberra & Darwin, Australia
  • 1997-1998 Postdoctoral Fellow of the DAAD, University of Würzburg & Côte d’Ivoire
  • 1994-1997 PhD, University of Würzburg
  • 1987-1993 Studies of Biology (Diplom), University of Würzburg

Selected publications

  • Elsner D, Meusemann K, Korb J (2018) Longevity and transposon defense, the case of termite reproductives. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 115:5504-5509.
  • Hoffmann K, Gowin J, Hartfelder K, Korb J (2014) The scent of royalty: a P450 gene signals reproductive status in a social insect. Mol Biol Evol 31:2689-2696.
  • Korb J, Foster KR (2010) Ecological competition favours cooperation in termite societies. Ecol Lett 13:754-760.
  • Korb J, Weil T, Hoffmann K, Foster KR, Rehli M (2009) A gene necessary for reproductive suppression in termites. Science 324:758.
  • Korb J, Heinze J (2008) Ecology of Social Evolution. Springer Press, Heidelberg

 

[Link to complete publications list]

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