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Assistant Professor Behavioural Ecology Group





Alexander Kotrschal



I am a Biologist with a strong interest in both Animal Behaviour and Evolution. My topics range from phenotypic plasticity of behaviour and physiology to the evolution of brain size and cognitive ability. I predominantly work with fish - be it cichlids from Lake Tanganyika, Salmon from Canada and Sweden, or Guppies from Trinidad - but also work with Chinese frogs, wild house mice, domestic cats, dogs, or 1400 species of birds.

I was involved in a large-scale experiment in which we experimentally investigate brain size evolution of vertebrates and another artificial selection experiemnt in which we determined the mechanistic basis of social evolution. Currently, together with three amazing postdocs at Stockholm University Regina Vega Trejo, David Mitchell, and Catarina Vila Pouca we investigate the role of predation and other factors in cognitive and brain evolution. If you are interested in joining this project please get in touch.


I am an Associate Editor for Evolutionary Ecology and got the Niko Tinbergen Award in 2016.


You can find copies of my papers on my Research Gate site: Kotrschal ResearchGate


I am also on google.scholar: Kotrschal GoogleScholar


Opportunities for students: We have a fancy new fish lab in which we test just how smart fish actually are. If you feel more adventurous there is also the possibilty to join one of our field trips to Trinidad (no special requirements) or Zambia (SCUBA diving experience necessary).


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expertise profile



Artificial selection

Behavioural biology

Cognition

Evolution

Fish



Bhe research projects



THE evolution of cognition


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BETWEEN TWO OCEANS: LIONFISH COGNITION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE


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ECO2 PROJECT


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Education




For thesis and internship opportunities have a look at our thesis page or contact Alexander Kotrschal for further details.



Life History and Evolution
BHE-50306


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Behavioural Ecology
BHE-30306


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Methods in Behavioural Biology
BHE-51303


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Alexanders Publications


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Social media



Alexander Kotrschal on Twitter



Alexander Kotrschal



Assistant professor

Behaviour Ecology group
Department of Animal Sciences
Wageningen University
Zodiac building
Room B0039
alexander.kotrschal@wur.nl
+31 (0) 614317505


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