• CV

    Education

    Ph.D. studies at the Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology, University of Münster
    Master of Science in Biosciences, University of Münster
    Bachelor of Sciene in Biosciences, University of Münster

    Positions

    PhD student at the Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Münster
    Research assistant at the Institute for Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn
    Environmental educator in the Nature camp of Klax Berlin gGmbH, Klocksin
    Research intern on Bioacoustic research and rehabilitation of harbour seals at the Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre, Pieterburen (Netherlands)
    External module (field assistant) with Prof. Dr. Jens Krause (Humboldt University Berlin; Leibniz-Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries) in Tabasco/Chiapas (Mexico)

  • Publications

    • Verga, Laura; Sroka, Marlene G. U.; Varola, Mila; Villanueva, Stella; Ravignani, Andrea. . ‘Spontaneous rhythm discrimination in a mammalian vocal learner.’ Biology Letters 18, No. 10. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0316.
    • Varola, Mila; Verga, Laura; Sroka, Marlene Gunda Ursel; Villanueva, Stella; Charrier, Isabelle; Ravignani, Andrea. . ‘Can harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) discriminate familiar conspecific calls after long periods of separation?’ PeerJ 9: e12431. doi: 10.7717/peerj.12431.
    • Peuß R, Wensing KU, Woestmann L, Eggert H, Milutinović B, Sroka MGU, Scharsack JP, Kurtz J, Armitage SAO. . ‘Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1: testing for a role in insect immunity, behaviour and reproduction.’ Royal Society Open Science 3, No. 4: 160138.