Dr. Dr. Casper Kooi

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsSensory and Behavioural Biology,Ecology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems
Keywordsevolution, behaviour, flower colour, pollination, colour vision

Current contact address

CountryNetherlands
CityGroningen
InstitutionUniversity of Groningen
InstituteFaculty of Science and Engineering

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang RösslerLehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie (Zoologie II), Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2022

Programme(s)

2022Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2025Dietz, Spaethe, van der Kooi: Dynamic visual effects enhance flower conspicuousness but compromise color perception. In: Science Advances, 11, 2025,
2016van der Kooi et al How to colour a flower: on the optical principles of flower coloration. In: Proceedings B, 283, 2016, 20160429