Prof. Dr. Mark E. Hauber

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsEcology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions,Sensory and Behavioural Biology
KeywordsSocial recognition systems, Species recognition, Neuroethology, Coevolution, Ornithology

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityUrbana
InstitutionUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
InstituteDepartment of Animal Biology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Oliver KrügerFakultät für Biologie, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2022

Programme(s)

2021Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Hauber is an outstanding behavioural ecologist and one of the world-leading scientists in the field of co-evolution. He has shaped the way we think about the evolution of host-parasite systems in birds and beyond. Shifting gears between behavioral, developmental, physiological, and molecular tools, he is studying the social and genetic consequences of species recognition in avian brood parasites, such as cuckoos, cowbirds and whydahs, and their hosts. During his stay in Germany, he will work on comparative and meta-analytical projects in avian brood parasitism.