Sebastian Pohl
Science (Life Sciences)
Lecturer
Email: sebastian.pohl@yale-nus.edu.sg
Dr Sebastian Pohl graduated from the University of Freiburg, Germany. His thesis examined the reproductive behaviour of burying beetles. For his doctoral research at the University of Munich, Germany, he investigated decision making in slave-making ants. Dr Pohl worked as a postdoctoral research fellow on population genetic analyses of lycaenid butterflies and ants, in a joint project at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Harvard University, USA.
Dr Pohl is a behavioural ecologist and evolutionary biologist. He combines field work, behavioural experiments, and genetic analyses to investigate the evolution of insect behaviour. At Yale-NUS College, Dr Pohl investigates differential gene expression associated with fighting behaviour in stalk-eyed flies, together with Dr Philip Johns. In addition, he studies the evolution of behavioural patterns in stick insects in a project with Assistant Professor of Science Eunice Tan.
Pohl S, Frederickson ME, Elgar MA, Pierce NE, 2016. Colony diet influences ant worker foraging and attendance of myrmecophilous lycaenid caterpillars. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 4:114. doi:10.3389/fevo.2016.00114
Pohl S, Foitzik S, 2013. Parasite scouting and host defence behaviours are influenced by colony size in the slave-making ant Protomognathus americanus. Insectes Sociaux, 60:293-301. doi:10.1007/s00040-013-0293-7
von Beeren C, Pohl S, Witte V, 2012. On the use of adaptive resemblance terms in chemical ecology. Psyche vol. 2012, Article ID 635761, 7 pages. doi:10.1155/2012/635761
Pohl S, Witte V, Foitzik S, 2011. Division of labor and slave raid initiation in slave-making ants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65:2029-2036. doi:10.1007/s00265-011-1212-4
Pohl S, Foitzik S, 2011. Slave-making ants prefer larger, better defended host colonies. Animal Behaviour, 81:61-68. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.09.006
Animal Behaviour
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