Friederike Steenken, M.Sc.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Henrik Mouritsen
AG Neurosensorik/Animal Navigation, IBU
Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Carl-von-Ossietzky-Strasse 9-11
D-26129 Oldenburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 441 798 3081
+49 (0) 441 798 3095
email: henrik.mouritsen(at)uni-oldenburg.de
Personal Assistant
Nadine Ruthenberg
Phone: +49 (0) 441 798 3149
Email: nadine.ruthenberg[at]uol.de
Friederike Steenken, M.Sc.
Friederike Steenken, M-Sc.
Education and Scientific Career
October 2015 – present: PhD – studies at Department of Neurosciences, University of Oldenburg, Germany, AG Cochlea and Auditory Brainstem Physiology (Group leader: Prof. Dr. C. Köppl).
June 2013 – September 2015: Master student at Department of Biology, University of Oldenburg, Germany, AG Animal Navigation/"Neurosensorik" (Group leader: Prof. Dr. H. Mouritsen).
Projects:
"Lagena associated magnetoreception in Blackcaps"
"Functionality of the inclination compass of Blackcaps"
2012 – 2015: Studies of Biological Sciences (Master), University of Oldenburg.
Focus: Neurosensory Science and Behaviour, Ornithology, Neurobiology
Master thesis: „Untersuchungen zur Rolle der Lagena als möglichen Sensor für Magnetfeldwahrnehmung und zum funktionalen Bereich des Inklinationskompasses von Mönchsgrasmücken (Sylvia atricapilla)“ (AG Animal Navigation/"Neurosensorik" (Group leader: Prof. Dr. H. Mouritsen).
2009 – 2012: Studies of Biological Sciences (Bachelor), University of Oldenburg.
Focus: Neurobiology and Behaviour.
Bachelor thesis: „Elektrophysiologische Korrelate der auditorischen Veränderungswahrnehmung“ (AG Biological Psychology, Group leader: Prof. Dr. C. M. Thiel).
2002 – 2009: Mariengymnasium Jever
Publications
2015: Nele Lefeldt, David Dreyer, Nils-Lasse Schneider, Friederike Steenken & Henrik Mouritsen, 2015. Migratory blackcaps tested in Emlen funnels can orient at 85 degrees but not at 88 degrees magnetic inclination. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 218, pp. 206-211, doi:10.1242/jeb.107235