About me and our group
© Nadja Geiger
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I'm a behavioral and evolutionary ecologist leading an Emmy Noether Group at the University of Bonn (BIOB, Section II - Animal Diversity). I'm also an affiliated scientist with the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz.
My groups' research interests include animal coloration, sensory ecology and behavior with an emphasis on anti-predator adaptations as well as animal sleep. Natural observations and curiosity are the foundation of our research questions. We experimentally test the function of signals and/or behavior using integrative and interdisciplinary approaches in both the field and in lab settings. We work on visual signals, cognition and anti-predator behavior of jumping spiders (Salticidae) and are constantly mind-blown by their perceptual and cognitive abilities. We are slowly but steadily venturing into the ecology of fear and the ecology of sleep. Since our discovery of an REM sleep-like state in spiders, the focus of our group is to further establish (REM) sleep across spiders, looking at architecture, function, ecology and evolution of sleep in these arthropods, particularly of REM sleep. Check out this website for more information about ongoing and past research and feel free to reach out if you have any questions. We are always looking for collaborations across disciplines and especially across the globe! Whenever possible we love hosting interns as well as BA and MA students. |
Here is a great short video summarizing our ongoing work by Luke Groskin for the Scientific American
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