Dr. Andreas Berghänel
Main scientific interests
- Evolution of social relationships
- Social cognition
- Hormone - behavior interactions
Academic career
- 2003 – 2009 Study of Biology at Universities of Mainz, Jena and Leipzig
- Focus on Behavioural ecology, Behavioural physiology and Neurobiology
Diploma Thesis at the CRC Evolution of Social Behaviour, University of Göttingen and Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig „Socioecology and socio-endocrinology of male social relationships Barbary macaques”
- Focus on Behavioural ecology, Behavioural physiology and Neurobiology
- 2009 – 2011 Independent research associate
- CRC Evolution of Social Behaviour, Göttingen
- 2011 – present PhD-Position
- CRC Evolution of Social Behaviour, Göttingen
Leibnitz Graduate School for the Foundations of Primate Social Behaviour, thesis „Infant development and sociality in Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis), and the influences of prenatal maternal stress, postnatal maternal style and male care”
- CRC Evolution of Social Behaviour, Göttingen
Additional studies
- Psychology (Social and biological psychology)
- Degree Awarded: Magister minor (M.Sc. minor)
- Philosophy (Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of biology)
- Degree Aspired: Magister minor (M.A. minor)
Publications
- Berghänel A, Heistermann M, Schülke O and Ostner J (2017) Prenatal stress accelerates offspring growth to compensate for reduced maternal investment across mammals, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 114 (50) E10658-E10666
- Rathke E, Berghänel A, Bissonette A, Ostner J & Schülke O (2017) Age-dependent change of coalitionary strategy in male Barbary macaques, Primate Biology 4, 1-7
- Berghänel A, Heistermann M, Schülke O and Ostner J (2016) Prenatal stress effects in a wild, long-lived primate: predictive adaptive responses in an unpredictable environment, Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 283, 20161304
- Minge C, Berghänel A, Schülke O & Ostner J (2016) Patterns and consequences of male-infant relationships in wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis), International Journal of Primatology, dx.doi.org/10.1107/s10764-016-9904-2
- Berghänel A, Schülke O & Ostner J (2015) Locomotor play drives motor skill acquisition at the expense of growth: a life history trade-off, Science advances 1, e1500451. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500451
- Berghänel A, Schülke O & Ostner J (2010) Coalition formation among Barbary macaque males – the influence of scramble competition. Animal Behaviour 80, 675-682
- Berghänel A, Ostner J, Schröder U & Schülke O (2011) Social bonds predict future cooperation in male Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus). Animal Behaviour 81, 1109-1116
- Berghänel A, Ostner J & Schülke O (2011) Coalitions destabilize dyadic dominance relationships in male Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus). Behaviour 148, 1256-1274