Research Focus
- Behavioral ecology, population demography and adaptations to climate change
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Academic Education
- PhD in the department Applied Zoology and Nature Conservation, University of Greifswald, Germany
- M.Sc. in ´Ecology, Evolution and Conservation` at the University of Potsdam, Germany
- B.Sc. in ´Biology of Organisms` at the University of Osnabrueck, Germany
Positions
- Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Münster
- Certification Data Scientist, neuefische GmbH
- Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Abteilung Angewandte Zoologie und Naturschutz, Universität Greifswald
- Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Abteilung Angewandte Zoologie und Naturschutz, Universität Greifswald
- Bundesfreiwilligen Dienst, ´Biologische Station Ravensberg´, Herford
- Biologin für artenschutzrechtliche Prüfung, Planungsbüro ´gutschker & dongus`
Research Articles (Journals)
- Mundinger Alexander, Mundinger Carolin. . “Artificial Intelligence in Senology - Where Do We Stand and What Are the Future Horizons?” European Journal of Breast Health, № 20 (2) doi: 10.4274/ejbh.galenos.2024.2023-12-13.
- Mundinger, Carolin, Wolf, Janis M., Gogarten, Jan F., Fierz, Marcel, Scheuerlein, Alexander, and Kerth, Gerald. . “Artificially raised roost temperatures lead to larger body sizes in wild bats.” Current biology, № 33 (18) doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.004.
- Mundinger, Carolin, van Schaik, Jaap, Scheuerlein, Alexander, and Kerth, Gerald. . “Heat over heritability: Increasing body size in response to global warming is not stabilized by genetic effects in Bechstein's bats.” Global Change Biology, № 29 (17) doi: 10.1111/gcb.16824.
- Mundinger, Carolin, Fleischer, Toni, Scheuerlein, Alexander, and Kerth, Gerald. . “Global warming leads to larger bats with a faster life history pace in the long-lived Bechstein's bat (<i>Myotis bechsteinii</i>).” Communications biology, № 5 (1) doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03611-6.
- Maenner, Lisa, Mundinger, Carolin, and Haase, Martin. . “Stay in shape: Assessing the adaptive potential of shell morphology and its sensitivity to temperature in the invasive New Zealand mud snail <i>Potamopyrgus antipodarum</i> through phenotypic plasticity and natural selection in Europe.” Ecology and Evolution, № 12 (10) doi: 10.1002/ece3.9314.
- Mundinger, Carolin, Scheuerlein, Alexander, and Kerth, Gerald. . “Long-term study shows that increasing body size in response to warmer summers is associated with a higher mortality risk in a long-lived bat species.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, № 288 (1952) doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0508.