2019-2026: Speaker of SFB 1372 “Magnetoreception and navigation in vertebrates”.

2017-2019: Deputy director of the Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg

2015-2017: Director of the Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences.

2013-2015: Deputy director of the Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences.

2007-:         Permanent Full Professor (W3, “verbeamtet”) at University of Oldenburg, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences.

2006-2015: W2 Lichtenberg-Professor (VW-Stiftung) at University of Oldenburg, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences.

2002-2006: Leader of my own independent research group (Volkswagen Nachwuchsgruppe) at the University of Oldenburg, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Germany.

1999-2001: Visiting scientist (postdoc) at Department of Psychology, Queen’s University, Canada, financed,by a three-year research grant from The Carlsberg Foundation.

1998:          Research assistant at Centre for Sound Communication at Odense University, Denmark, Sept-Dec, financed by the Danish National Research Foundation.

2005: Habilitation in “Biology” from the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany.

1998: Ph.D. in Biology from Odense University, Denmark (Supervisor Prof. Ole Næsbye Larsen).

1996: Master of Science (Cand. Scient.) in Biology and Chemistry from Odense University, Denmark

2023:           Elected Foreign Fellow the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund, Sweden.

2019-2025:  Appointed as Visiting Professor in Chemistry at the University of Oxford, UK.

2019:           “Wissenschaftspreis Niedersachsen” (Category 1; 25,000 € as a private prize).

2019-2026:  Initiator and speaker of SFB 1372: “Magnetoreception and Navigation in Vertebrates” (ca. 8 million Euro +overheads).

2019-2025:  ERC Synergy grant “Quantum Birds” (ca. 8.6 million Euro).

2016:           Elected a fellow of The Royal Institute of Navigation for “Outstanding multidisciplinary contributions to the fields of magnetoreception and animal navigation”.

2014:           Prize for Excellence in Research awarded by the “Universitätsgesellschaft Oldenburg”(5,000 € as a private prize). Given out to a natural scientist at the University of Oldenburg every 4 years.

2011:           Eric Kandel Young Neuroscientist Award 2011 (50,000 € as a private prize + 25,000 € for establishing a new collaboration).

2006-2015:  “Lichtenbergprofessur” from the VolkswagenStiftung (ca. 1.8 million euro).

2006-2007:  Offered professorial positions at University of Manchester (Senior Lectureship), University of Bayreuth (W3), University of Kiel (W3), and University of Oldenburg (W3).

2003:           Invited candidate at the Max-Planck search-colloquium “Birds as Model Organisms in Integrative Biological Research” at Seewiesen, Germany.

2002-2007:  Volkswagen Nachwuchgruppe from the VolkswagenStiftung (1.60 million euro).

1999-2001:  Personal (postdoc) research fellowship from the Carlsberg Foundation (1.1 million dkr).

1994-1998:  Personally awarded Ph.D. fellowship from Odense University (1.36 million dkr).
                    Additional research funding (ca. 300,000 dkr) was provided by the Danish National Research Foundation (Grundforskningsfonden) through a grant to my supervisor, Prof. Ole Næsbye Larsen.

1994:           Travel award as EU’s official representative at the 45^th International Science and Engineering Fair in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

1994:           First prize winner (5,000 euro) of the 5^th EU Competition for Young Scientists in Berlin (European wide ‘Jugend Forscht’ final). In total, more than 20,000 young scientists participated.

1993:           Læge Frk. Else Mogensens Fond: 5,000 dkr (given to the best students at Odense University).

1993:           Overall winner of the national Danish competition for young scientists for the second time.

1989:           Overall winner of the national Danish competition for young scientists (First prize 20,000 dkr).

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(The papers I consider to be my best are written in italics.)

2024

Bassetto, M., Reichl, T., Kobylkov, D., Kattnig, D. R., Winklhofer, M., Hore, P. J., Mouritsen, H. (2024) Magnetic field responses in Drosophila - Bassetto et al. reply. Nature 629, E6-E7. doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07321-3.

Günther A, Haverkamp S, Irsen S, Watkins PV, Dedek K, Mouritsen H, Briggman KL. Species–specific circuitry of double cone photoreceptors in two avian retinas. Commun Biol. 2024 Aug 14;7(1):992. doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06697-2.

Langebrake, C., Manthey, G., Frederiksen, A., Lugo Ramos, J. S., Dutheil, J. Y., Chetverikova, R., Solov'yov, I. A., Mouritsen, H., & Liedvogel, M. (2024) Adaptive evolution and loss of a putative magnetoreceptor in passerines. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 291, 20232308. doi:10.1098/rspb.2023.2308

2023

Balaji V, Haverkamp S, Seth PK, Günther A, Mendoza E, Schmidt J, Herrmann M, Pfeiffer LL, Němec P, Scharff C, Mouritsen H, Dedek K (2023) Immunohistochemical characterization of bipolar cells in four distantly related avian species. J Comp Neurol. 531(4):561-581. doi.org/10.1002/cne.25443

Bassetto, M., Reichl, T., Kobylkov, D., Kattnig, D. R., Winklhofer, M., Hore, P. J., Mouritsen, H. (2023) No evidence for magnetic field effects on the behaviour of Drosophila. Nature 620, 595–599. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06397-7

Frederiksen, A., Langebrake, C., Hanić, M., Manthey, G., Mouritsen, H., Liedvogel, M., Solov’yov, I. A. (2023) Mutational Study of the Tryptophan Tetrad Important for Electron Transfer in European Robin Cryptochrome 4a. ACS omega159, 105102. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.3c02963

Golesworthy, M. J., Zollitsch, T., Luo, J., Selby, D., Jarocha, L. E., Henbest, K. B., Paré-Labrosse, O., Bartölke, R., Schmidt, J., Xu, J., Mouritsen, H., Hore, P. J., Timmel, C. R., Mackenzie, S. R. (2023) Singlet-triplet dephasing in radical pairs in avian cryptochromes leads to time-dependent magnetic field effects. Journal of Chemical Physics 159, 105102. doi: 10.1063/5.0166675

Hanić, M., Antill, L. M., Gehrckens, A. S., Schmidt, J., Görtemaker, K., Bartölke, R., El-Baba, T. J., Xu, J., Koch, K. W., Mouritsen, H., Benesch, J. L. P., Hore, P. J., & Solov'yov, I. A. (2023). Dimerization of European Robin Cryptochrome 4a. The journal of physical chemistry. B, 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c01305. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c01305

Leberecht, B., Wong, S. Y., Satish, B., Döge, S., Hindman, J., Venkatraman, L., Apte, S., Haase, K., Musielak, I., Dautaj, G., Solov'yov, I. A., Winklhofer, M., Mouritsen, H., & Hore, P. J. (2023). Upper bound for broadband radiofrequency field disruption of magnetic compass orientation in night-migratory songbirds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(28), e2301153120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301153120

Pažėra GJ, Benjamin P, Mouritsen H, Hore PJ. Isotope Substitution Effects on the Magnetic Compass Properties of Cryptochrome-Based Radical Pairs: A Computational Study. J Phys Chem B. 2023;127(4):838-845. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c05335

Spieker, L., Curdt, F., Bally, A., Janzen, N., Kraemer, P., Leberecht, B., Kingsford, M.J., Mouritsen, H., Winklhofer, M. & Gerlach, G., 2023: Coral reef fish larvae show no evidence for map-based navigation after physical displacement. iScience, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.10695

Timmer D, Frederiksen A, Lünemann DC, Thomas AR, Xu J, Bartölke R, Schmidt J, Kubař T, De Sio A, Solov'yov IA, Mouritsen H, Lienau C. Tracking the Electron Transfer Cascade in European Robin Cryptochrome 4 Mutants. J Am Chem Soc. 2023;145(21):11566-11578. doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c00442

Wynn, J., Leberecht, B., Liedvogel, M., Burnus, L., Chetverikova, R., Döge, S., Karwinkel, T., Kobylkov, D., Xu, J., Mouritsen, H. (2023) Naive songbirds show seasonally appropriate spring orientation in the laboratory despite having never completed first migration. Biology Letters 19, 20220478. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0478

2022

Chetverikova, R., Dautaj, G., Schwigon, L., Dedek, K., & Mouritsen, H. (2022). Double cones in the avian retina form an oriented mosaic which might facilitate magnetoreception and/or polarized light sensing. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 19(189), 20210877. doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5921943

Einwich, A., Seth, P. K., Bartölke, R., Bolte, P., Feederle, R., Dedek, K., & Mouritsen, H. (2022). Localisation of cryptochrome 2 in the avian retina. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 208(1), 69-81. doi.org/10.1007/s00359-021-01506-1 

Haase, K., Musielak, I., Warmuth-Moles, L., Leberecht, B., Zolotareva, A., Mouritsen, H., & Heyers, D. (2022). In Search for the Avian Trigeminal Magnetic Sensor: Distribution of Peripheral and Central Terminals of Ophthalmic Sensory Neurons in the Night-Migratory Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla). Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 16. doi.org/10.3389/fnana.2022.853401

Hanić, M., Schuhmann, F., Frederiksen, A., Langebrake, C., Manthey, G., Liedvogel, M., ... & Solov’yov, I. A. (2022). Computational Reconstruction and Analysis of Structural Models of Avian Cryptochrome 4. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c00878

Heyers, D., Musielak, I., Haase, K. et al. Morphology, biochemistry and connectivity of Cluster N and the hippocampal formation in a migratory bird. Brain Struct Funct 227, 2731–2749 (2022). doi.org/10.1007/s00429-022-02566-y 

Kobylkov, D., Musielak, I., Haase, K., Rook, N., von Eugen, K., Dedek, K., Güntürkün, O., Mouritsen, H., & Heyers, D. (2022). Morphology of the "prefrontal" nidopallium caudolaterale in the long-distance night-migratory Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla). Neuroscience letters, 789, 136869. doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136869 

Leberecht, B., Kobylkov, D., Karwinkel, T., Döge, S., Burnus, L., Wong, S. Y., Apte, S., Haase, K., Musielak, I., Chetverikova, R., Dautaj, G., Bassetto, M., Winklhofer, M., Hore, P. J., Mouritsen, H. (2022). Broadband 75–85 MHz radiofrequency fields disrupt magnetic compass orientation in night-migratory songbirds consistent with a flavin-based radical pair magnetoreceptor. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 208(1), 97-106. doi.org/10.1007/s00359-021-01537-8

Wynn, J., Padget, O., Mouritsen, H., Morford, J., Jaggers, P., & Guilford, T. (2022). Magnetic stop signs signal a European songbird’s arrival at the breeding site after migration. Science, 375(6579), 446-449.  doi.org/10.1126/science.abj4210

2021

Wong, S. Y., Wei, Y., Mouritsen, H., Solov'yov, I. A., & Hore, P. J. (2021). Cryptochrome magnetoreception: four tryptophans could be better than three. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 18(184), 20210601. doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0601

Spiecker, L., Leberecht, B., Langebrake, C., Laurien, M., Apte, S. R., Mouritsen, H., ... & Liedvogel, M. (2021). Endless skies and open seas–how birds and fish navigate. Neuroforum, 27(3), 127-139. doi.org/10.1515/nf-2021-0009

Lünemann, D. C., Thomas, A. R., Xu, J., Bartölke, R., Mouritsen, H., De Sio, A., & Lienau, C. (2021). Distinguishing between coherent and incoherent signals in excitation-emission spectroscopy. Optics express, 29(15), 24326-24337. doi.org/10.1364/OE.428850

Xu, J., Jarocha, L. E., Zollitsch, T., Konowalczyk, M., Henbest, K. B., Richert, S., ... & Hore, P. J. (2021). Magnetic sensitivity of cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird. Nature, 594(7864), 535-540. doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03618-9

→ This paper was the cover story of the 24^th of June 2021 issue of Nature.

Dreyer, D., Frost, B., Mouritsen, H., Lefèvre, A., Menz, M., & Warrant, E. (2021). A guide for using flight simulators to study the sensory basis of long-distance migration in insects. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 119. doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2021.678936

Günther, A., Dedek, K., Haverkamp, S., Irsen, S., Briggman, K.L. and Mouritsen, H. (2021) Double cones and the diverse connectivity of photoreceptors and bipolar cells in an avian retina. Journal of Neuroscience, 41(23):5015–5028. doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2495-20.2021

→ This paper was the cover story of the 9^th of June 2021 issue of Journal of Neuroscience.

Bolte*, P., Einwich*, A., Seth, P. K., Chetverikova, R., Heyers, D., Wojahn, I., ... & Mouritsen, H. (2021). Cryptochrome 1a localisation in light-and dark-adapted retinae of several migratory and non-migratory bird species: no signs of light-dependent activation. Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 33(3), 248-272. doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2020.1870571

Kishkinev, D., Packmor, F., Zechmeister, T., Winkler, H. C., Chernetsov, N., Mouritsen, H., & Holland, R. A. (2021). Navigation by extrapolation of geomagnetic cues in a migratory songbird. Current Biology, 31(7), 1563-1569. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.051

2020

Feng, S., Stiller, J., Deng, Y., Armstrong, J., ….., Mouritsen H, ……, Zhang, G. (2020) Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics. Nature 587, 252-257. doi: /10.1038/s41586-020-2873-9

Einwich, A., Dedek, K., Seth, P. K., Laubinger, S., Mouritsen H (2020) A novel isoform of cryptochrome 4 (Cry4b) is expressed in the retina of a night-migratory songbird. Scientific Reports 10, 15794. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72579-2

Wynn, J., Padget, O., Mouritsen H, Chris Perrins, C., Guilford, T. (2020) Natal imprinting to the Earth’s magnetic field in a pelagic seabird. Current Biology 30, R802-R804. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.039

Chernetsov N, Pakhomov A, Davydov A, Cellarius F, Mouritsen H (2020) No evidence for the use of magnetic declination for migratory navigation in two songbird species. PLoS ONE 15, e0232136. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232136

Wu, H., Scholten, A., Einwich, A., Mouritsen, H., Koch, K-W. (2020) Protein-protein interaction of the putative magnetoreceptor cryptochrome 4 expressed in the avian retina. Sci Rep 10, 7364. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64429-y

Kobylkov, D., Schwarze, S., Michalik, B., Winklhofer, M., Mouritsen, H., Heyers, D. (2020) A newly identified trigeminal brain pathway in a night-migratory bird could be dedicated to transmitting magnetic map information. Proc. R. Soc. B 287, 20192788. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2788.

2019

Kobylkov, D., Wynn, J., Winklhofer, M., Chetverikova, R., Xu, J., Hiscock, H., Hore, P. J., Mouritsen, H. (2019) Electromagnetic 0.1–100 kHz noise does not disrupt orientation in a night-migrating songbird implying a spin coherence lifetime of less than 10 µs. J. Royal Soc. Interface 20190716. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2019.0716.

Zoltowski, B. D., Chelliah, Y., Wickramaratne, A., Jarocha L., Karki, N., Xu, W., Mouritsen, H., Hore, P. J., Hibbs, R. E., Green, C. B., Takahashi. J. S. (2019) Chemical and Structural Analysis of a Photoactive Vertebrate Cryptochrome from Pigeon. PNAS 116, 19449-19457. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1907875116.

2018

Engels, S., Treiber, C. D., Salzer, M. D., Michalik, A., Ushakova, L., Keays, D. A., Mouritsen, H., Heyers, D. (2018) Lidocaine is a nocebo treatment for trigeminally mediated magnetic orientation in birds. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 15: 20180124. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2018.0124

Pakhomov, A., Anashina, A., Heyers, D., Kobylkov, D., Mouritsen, H., Chernetsov, N. (2018) Magnetic map navigation in a migratory songbird requires trigeminal input. Scientific Reports 8, 11975.

Dreyer, D., Frost B. J., Mouritsen, H., Günther, A., Green, K., Whitehouse, M., Johnsen, S., Heinze, S. Warrant, E. (2018) The Earth's magnetic field and visual landmarks steer migratory flight behaviour in the nocturnal Australian Bogong moth. Current Biology 28, 2160–2166. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.030

Mouritsen, H. (2018) Long-distance navigation and magnetoreception in migratory animals. Nature 558, 50-59. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0176-1

Günther*, A., Einwich*, A., Sjulstok, E., Feederle, R., Bolte, P., Koch, K-W., Solov’yov, I. A., Mouritsen, H. (2018) Double-cone localization and seasonal expression pattern suggest a role in Magnetoreception for European robin cryptochrome 4. Current Biology 28, 211–223. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.12.003

2017

Worster, S., Mouritsen, H., Hore, P. J. (2017) A light-dependent magnetoreception mechanism insensitive to light intensity and polarization. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 14, 20170405. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2017.0405

Hiscock, H. G., Mouritsen, H., Manolopoulos, D. E., Hore, P. J. (2017) Disruption of magnetic compass orientation in migratory birds by radiofrequency electromagnetic fields. Biophysical Journal 113, 1475–1484. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.07.031

Chernetsov, N., Pakhomov, A., Kobylkov, D., Kishkinev, D., Holland, R.A., Mouritsen, H. (2017) Migratory Eurasian reed warblers can use magnetic declination to solve the longitude problem. Current Biology 27, 2647-2651. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.024

Heyers, D., Elbers, D., Bulte, M., Bairlein, F., Mouritsen, H. (2017) The magnetic map sense and its use in fine-tuning the migration programme of birds. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 203, 491-497. doi: 10.1007/s00359-017-1164-x.

Elbers, D., Bulte, M., Bairlein, F., Mouritsen, H., Heyers, D. (2017) Magnetic activation in the brain of the migratory northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe). Journal of Comparative Physiology A 203, 591-600. doi: 10.1007/s00359-017-1167-7.

Bulte, M., Heyers, D., Mouritsen, H., Bairlein, F. (2017) Geomagnetic information modulates nocturnal migratory restlessness but not fueling in a long distance migratory songbird. Journal of Avian Biology 48, 75–82.

2016

Bottesch, M., Gerlach, G., Halbach, M., Bally, A., Kingsford, M. J., Mouritsen, H. (2016) Coral reef fish larvae can use a magnetic compass that might help them return to their natal reef. Current Biology 26, R1266-R1267. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.051

Schwarze, S., Steenken, F., Thiele, N., Kobylkov, D., Lefeldt, N., Dreyer, D., Schneider, N-L., Mouritsen, H. (2016) Migratory blackcaps can use their magnetic compass at 5 degrees inclination, but are completely random at 0 degrees inclination. Scientific Reports 6, 33805.

Bender, M., Mouritsen, H., Christoffers, J. (2016) A robust synthesis of 7,8-didemethyl-8-hydroxy-5-deazariboflavin. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 12, 912-917.

Hore, P. J., Mouritsen, H. (2016) The radical-pair mechanism of magnetoreception. Annual Review of Biophysics 45, 299–344. doi: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-032116-094545

Warrant E., Frost B. J., Green, K., Mouritsen, H., Dreyer, D., Adden, A., Brauburger, K., Heinze, S. (2016) The Australian Bogong moth Agrotis infusa: A long-distance nocturnal navigator. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 10, 77. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00077

Hiscock, H. G., Worster, S., Kattnig, D. R., Steers, C., Jin, Y., Manolopoulos, D. E., Mouritsen, H., Hore, P. J. (2016) The quantum needle of the avian magnetic compass. PNAS 113, 4634–4639. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1600341113.

→ This paper was the cover story of the 26^th of April 2016 issue of PNAS.

Schwarze, S., Schneider, N-L., Reichl, T., Dreyer, D., Lefeldt, N., Engels, S., Baker, N., Hore, P. J., Mouritsen, H. (2016) Weak broadband electromagnetic fields are more disruptive to magnetic compass orientation in a night-migratory songbird (Erithacus rubecula) than strong narrow-band fields. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 10, 55. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00055

Bolte, P., Bleibaum, F., Einwich, A., Günther, A., Liedvogel, M., Heyers, D., Depping, A., Wöhlbrand, L., Rabus, R., Janssen‐Bienhold, U., Mouritsen, H. (2016) Localisation of the Putative Magnetoreceptor Cryptochrome 1b in the Retinae of Migratory Birds and Homing Pigeons. PLoS ONE 11: e0147819. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147819

Mouritsen, H., Heyers, D., Güntürkün, O. (2016) The Neural Basis of Long-Distance Navigation in Birds. Annual Review of Physiology 78, 133-154. doi:10.1146/annurev-physiol-021115-105054.

2015

Kishkinev, D., Chernetsov, N., Pakhomov, A., Heyers, D., Mouritsen, H. (2015) Eurasian reed warblers compensate for virtual magnetic displacement. Current Biology 25, R822-R824. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.012

Alert, B., Michalik, A., Thiele, N., Bottesch, M., Mouritsen, H. (2015) Re-calibration of the magnetic compass in hand-raised European robins (Erithacus rubecula). Scientific Reports 5, 14323. doi:10.1038/srep14323

Alert, B., Michalik, A., Helduser, S., Mouritsen, H., Güntürkün, O. (2015) Perceptual strategies of pigeons to detect a rotational centre – A hint for star compass learning? PLOS ONE 10(3): e0119919. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119919.

Lefeldt, N., Dreyer, D., Steenken, F., Schneider, N.-L. & Mouritsen, H. (2015) Migratory blackcaps tested in Emlen funnels can orient at 85 but not at 88 degrees magnetic inclination. J. Exp. Biol. 218, 206-211. doi:10.1242/jeb.107235

Lefeldt, N., Heyers, D., Schneider, N.-L., Engels, S., Elbers, D. & Mouritsen, H. (2014) Magnetic field-driven induction of ZENK in the trigeminal system of pigeons (Columba livia). J. Royal Soc. Interface 11, 20140777 doi: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0777

2014

Engels*, S., Schneider*, N.-L., Lefeldt, N., Hein, C. M., Zapka, M., Michalik, A., Elbers, D., Kittel, A., Hore, P. J. & Mouritsen, H. (2014) Anthropogenic electromagnetic noise disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory bird. Nature 509, 353-356. doi: 10.1038/nature13290

→ This paper was the cover story of the 15^th of May 2014 issue of Nature. It was reported on in >500 different newspapers and at least 20 different radio channels and live on BBC World News TV at 19:15 on the 8^th of May 2014 and in German and Danish television.

Michalik, A., Alert, B., Engels, S., Lefeldt, N. & Mouritsen, H. (2014) Star compass learning: how long does it take? J. Ornithol. 155, 225-234. doi: 10.1007/s10336-013-1004-x

2013

Mouritsen, H., Derbyshire, R., Stalleicken, J., Mouritsen, O.Ø., Frost, B.J. & Norris, R.D. (2013) Reply to Oberhauser et al.: The experimental evidence is clear. Monarch butterflies are almost certainly not true navigators. PNAS 110, E3681, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1309282110

Jarvis ED, Yu J, Rivas MV, Horita H, Feenders G, Whitney O, Jarvis SC, Jarvis ER, Kubikova L, Puck AEP, Siang-Bakshi C, Martin S, McElroy M, Hara E, Howard J, Pfenning A, Mouritsen H, Chen C-C, Wada K (2013) A global view of the functional molecular organization of the avian cerebrum: mirror images and functional columns. J. Comp. Neurol. 521, 3614–3665, doi: 10.1002/cne.23404

Kishkinev, D., Chernetsov, N., Heyers, D. & Mouritsen, H. (2013) Migratory reed warblers need intact trigeminal nerves to correct for a 1,000 km eastward displacement. PLOS ONE 8, e65847.

Mouritsen, H., Atema, J., Kingsford, M. & Gerlach, G. (2013) Sun Compass Orientation Helps Coral Reef Fish Larvae Return to their Natal Reef. PLOS ONE 8, e66039.

Mouritsen, H., Derbyshire, R., Stalleicken, J., Mouritsen, O.Ø., Frost, B.J. & Norris, R.D. (2013) An experimental displacement and over 50 years of tag-recoveries show that monarch butterflies are not true navigators. PNAS 110, 7348-7353. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1221701110

2012

Engels, S., Hein, C.M., Lefeldt, N., Prior, H. & Mouritsen, H. (2012) Night-Migratory Songbirds Possess a Magnetic Compass in Both Eyes. PLOS ONE 7, e43271. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043271.

Kishkinev, D., Mouritsen, H. & Mora, C.V. (2012) An attempt to develop an operant conditioning paradigm to test for magnetic discrimination behaviour in a migratory songbird. J. Ornithology 153, 1165-1177. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0847-x.

Mouritsen, H. (2012) Sensory biology: search for the compass needles. Nature 484, 320-321 (News and Views). DOI:10.1038/484320a

Mouritsen, H. & Hore, P. J. (2012) The magnetic retina: light-dependent and trigeminal magnetoreception in migratory birds. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 22, 343-352. DOI:10.1016/j.conb.2012.01.005

2011

Guilford, T., Åkesson, S., Gagliardo, A., Holland, R.A., Mouritsen, H., Muheim, R., Wiltschko, R., Wiltschko, W. & Bingman, V.P. (2011) Migratory navigation in birds: new opportunities in an era of fast-developing tracking technology. J. Exp. Biol. 214, 3705-3712. DOI:10.1242/jeb.051292

Hein, C. M., Engels, S., Kishkinev, D. & Mouritsen, H. (2011) Robins have a magnetic compass in both eyes. Nature 471, E11-E12. DOI:10.1038/nature09875.

Hein, C. M., Zapka, M. & Mouritsen, H. (2011) Weather significantly influences the migratory behaviour of night-migratory songbirds tested indoors in orientation cages. Journal of Ornithology 152, 27-35. DOI:10.1007/s10336-010-0540-x

2010

Kishkinev, D., Chernetsov, N. & Mouritsen, H. (2010) A double clock or jetlag mechanism is unlikely to be involved in detection of east-west displacements in a long-distance avian migrant. Auk 127, 773−780. DOI:10.1525/auk.2010.10032

Zapka, M., Heyers, D., Liedvogel, M., Jarvis, E.D. & Mouritsen, H. (2010) Night-time neuronal activation of Cluster N in a day- and night-migrating songbird. European Journal of Neuroscience 32, 619-624. DOI:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07311.x

Solov’yov, I. A. Mouritsen, H. & Schulten, K. (2010) Acuity of a cryptochrome and vision-based magnetoreception system in birds. Biophysical Journal 99, 40-49. DOI:10.1016/j.bpj.2010.03.053

Heyers, D., Zapka, M., Hoffmeister, M., Wild, J. M. & Mouritsen, H. (2010) Magnetic field changes activate the trigeminal brainstem complex in a migratory bird. PNAS 107, 9394-9399. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0907068107

Falkenberg, G., Fleissner, Ge., Schuchardt, K., Kuehbacher, M., Thalau, P., Mouritsen, H., Heyers, D., Wellenreuther, G. & Fleissner, Gue. (2010) Avian Magnetoreception: Elaborate Iron Mineral Containing Dendrites in the Upper Beak Seem to Be a Common Feature of Birds. PLoS ONE 5, e9231. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0009231

Ritz, T., Ahmad, M., Mouritsen, H., Wiltschko, R. & Wiltschko, W. (2010) Photoreceptor-based magnetoreception: optimal design of receptor molecules, cells, and neuronal processing. J. Royal. Soc. Interface 7, S135-S146. DOI:10.1098/rsif.2009.0456.focus

Liedvogel M. & Mouritsen, H. (2010) Cryptochromes – a potential magnetoreceptor: what do we know and what do we want to know? J. Royal. Soc. Interface 7, S147-S162. DOI:10.1098/rsif.2009.0411.focus

Hein, C. M., Zapka, M., Heyers, D., Kutzschbauch, S., Schneider, N.-L. & Mouritsen, H. (2010) Night-migratory garden warblers can orient with their magnetic compass using the left, the right or both eyes. J. Royal. Soc. Interface 7, S227-S233. DOI:10.1098/rsif.2009.0376.focus

2009

Zapka, M., Heyers, D., Hein, C. M., Engels, S., Schneider, N.-L., Hans, J., Weiler, S., Dreyer, D., Kishkinev, D., Wild, J. M. & Mouritsen, H. (2009) Visual but not trigeminal mediation of magnetic compass information in a migratory bird. Nature 461, 1274-1277. DOI:10.1038/nature08528

Mouritsen, H., Feenders, G., Hegemann, A. & Liedvogel, M. (2009) Thermal paper can replace typewriter correction paper in Emlen funnels. J. Ornithol. 150, 713-715. DOI:10.1007/s10336-009-0421-3

2008

Chapman, J.W., Reynolds, D.R., Mouritsen, H., Hill, J.H., Riley, J.R., Sivell, D., Smith, A.D. & Woiwod, I.P. (2008) Wind Selection and Drift Compensation Optimize Migratory Pathways in a High-flying Moth. Current Biology 18, 514-518. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.080

Heyers D., Manns M., Luksch H., Güntürkün O., & Mouritsen H. (2008) Calcium-binding proteins label functional streams of the visual system in a songbird. Brain Research Bulletin 75, 348-355. DOI:10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.10.029

Feenders, G., Liedvogel, M., Rivas, M., Zapka, M., Horita, H., Hara, E., Wada, K., Mouritsen, H. & Jarvis, E.D. (2008) Molecular Mapping of Movement-Associated Areas in the Avian Brain: A Motor Theory for Vocal Learning Origin. PLoS ONE, 3, e1768. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0001768

Chernetsov, N., Kishkinev, D. & Mouritsen, H. (2008) A long-distance avian migrant compensates for longitudinal displacement during spring migration. Current Biology 18, 188-190. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.018

2007

Liedvogel M., Maeda K., Henbest K., Schleicher E., Simon T., Timmel C.R., Hore P.J. & Mouritsen, H. (2007) Chemical Magnetoreception: Bird Cryptochrome 1a is Excited by Blue Light and Forms Long-Lived Radical-Pairs. PLoS ONE 2: e1106. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0001106

Heyers D., Manns M., Luksch H., Güntürkün O. & Mouritsen H. (2007) A visual pathway links brain structures active during magnetic compass orientation in migratory birds. PLoS ONE 2: e937. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0000937

Liedvogel, M., Feenders, G., Wada, K., Troje, N.F., Jarvis, E. D. & Mouritsen, H. (2007) Lateralized activation of Cluster N in the brains of migratory songbirds. European Journal of Neuroscience 25, 1166-1173. DOI:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05350.x

Sohle, I.S., Robertson, C.J.R., Nicholls, D.G., Mouritsen, H., Frost, B. & Moller, H. (2007) Satellite tracking of sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) during their pre-laying 'exodus' and incubation. Notornis 54, 180-188.

2006

Frost, B.J. & Mouritsen, H. (2006) The neural mechanisms of long distance animal navigation. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 16, 481-488. DOI:10.1016/j.conb.2006.06.005

Stalleicken, J., Labhart, T., & Mouritsen, H. (2006) Physiological characterization of the compound eye in monarch butterflies with focus on the dorsal rim area. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 192, 321-331. DOI:10.1007/s00359-005-0073-6

2005

Mouritsen, H. & Ritz, T. (2005) Magnetoreception and it use in bird navigation. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 15, 406-414. DOI:10.1016/j.conb.2006.06.005

Piersma, T., Pérez-Tris, J., Mouritsen, H., Bauchinger, U. & Bairlein, F. (2005) Is there a “migratory syndrome” common to all migrant birds? Annals of the New York Academy of the Sciences 1046, 282-293. DOI:10.1196/annals.1343.026

Mouritsen, H., Feenders, G., Liedvogel, M., Wada, K. & Jarvis, E. D. (2005) Night Vision Brain Area in Migratory Songbirds. PNAS 102, 8339-8344. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0409575102

Stalleicken, J., Mukhida, M., Labhart, T., Wehner, R., Frost, B. J. & Mouritsen, H. (2005) Do monarch butterflies use polarized skylight for orientation? Journal of Experimental Biology 208, 2399-2408.

2004

Mouritsen, H., Feenders, G., Liedvogel, M. & Kropp, W. (2004) Migratory birds use head scans to detect the direction of the Earth’s magnetic field. Current Biology 14, 1946-1949. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2004.10.025

Mouritsen, H., Janssen-Bienhold, U., Liedvogel, M., Feenders, G., Stalleicken, J., Dirks, P. & Weiler, R. (2004) Cryptochromes and neuronal-activity markers colocalize in the retina of migratory birds during magnetic orientation. PNAS 101, 14294-14299. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0405968101 [See also Science 306, 432-434 and Nature Review Neuroscience 5, 827]

Cochran, W. W., Mouritsen, H. & Wikelski, M. (2004) Migrating songbirds recalibrate their magnetic compass daily from twilight cues. Science 304, 405-408. DOI:10.1126/science.1095844

2003

Mouritsen, H. (2003) Spatiotemporal orientation strategies of long-distance migrants. In: Berthold, P., Gwinner, E. & Sonnenschein, E. (eds.) "Avian Migration", pp. 493-513, Springer Verlag, Berlin.

Mouritsen, H., Huyvaert, K.P., Frost, B.J. & Andersson, D. (2003) Waved Albatrosses can navigate with strong magnets attached to their head. Journal of Experimental Biology 206, 4155-4166. DOI:10.1242/jeb.00650

Andersson, D.J., Huyvaert, K.P., Wood, D.R., Gillikin, C.L., Frost, B.J. & Mouritsen, H. (2003) At-sea distribution of Waved Albatrosses and the Galapagos Marine Reserve. Biological Conservation, 110, 367-373.

2002

Mouritsen, H. & Frost, B.J. (2002) Virtual migration in tethered flying monarch butterflies reveals their orientation mechanisms. PNAS 99, 10162-10166. DOI:10.1073/pnas.152137299

2001

Mouritsen, H. & Larsen, O.N. (2001) Migrating songbirds tested in computer-controlled Emlen funnels use stellar cues for a time-independent compass. Journal of Experimental Biology 204, 3855-3865.

Mouritsen, H. (2001) Ringing recoveries contain hidden information about orientation mechanisms. Ardea 89, 31-42.

Mouritsen, H. (2001) Navigation in birds and other animals. Journal of Image and Vision Computing 19, 713-731.

2000

Mouritsen, H. & Mouritsen, O. (2000) A mathematical expectation model for bird navigation based on the clock-and-compass strategy. Journal of Theoretical Biology 207, 283-291. DOI:10.1006/jtbi.2000.2171

Mouritsen, H. (2000) Yes, the clock-and-compass strategy can explain the distribution of ringing recoveries: reply to Thorup et al. Animal Behaviour 60, F9-F14. DOI:10.1006/anbe.2000.1455

1998

Mouritsen, H. (1998) How do young night migrating passerines use their compasses for orientation during migration? Proceedings of the 22^nd International Ornithological Congress pp. 934-955.

Mouritsen, H. & Larsen, O.N. (1998) Migrating young Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca do not compensate for geographical displacements. Journal of Experimental Biology 201, 2927-2934.

Mouritsen, H. (1998) Modelling migration: the clock-and-compass model can explain the distribution of ringing recoveries. Animal Behaviour 56, 899-907.

Mouritsen, H. (1998) Redstarts, Phoenicurus phoenicurus, can orient in a true-zero magnetic field. Animal Behaviour 55, 1311-1324.

Mouritsen, H. (2022) Magnetoreception in Birds and Its Use for Long-Distance Migration. In: C. G. Scanes & S. Dridi (eds.): Sturkie’s Avian Physiology. Academic Press. pp. 233-256. ISBN: 978-0-12-819770-7.

Mouritsen, H. (2013) The Magnetic Senses. In: C.G. Galizia, P.-M. Lledo (eds.), Neurosciences -From Molecule to Behavior: A University Textbook, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-10769-6_20, © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 427-443.

Mouritsen, H. (2015) Magnetoreception in Birds and Its Use for Long-Distance Migration. In: C. Scanes (ed.): Sturkie’s Avian Physiology. Elsevier. pp. 113-133. ISBN: 978-0-12-407160-5.

Hore, P., Mouritsen, H. (2022) The Quantum Nature of Bird Migration. Scientific American 326 (4), 27-31.

Spiecker, L., Leberecht, B., Langebrake, C., Laurien, M., Apte, S. R., Mouritsen, H., Gerlach, G., Liedvogel, M. (2021) Endless skies and open seas – how birds and fish navigate. Neuroforum 27 (3), 127-139.

Mouritsen, H. (2021) Magnetoreception and navigation in vertebrates from quantum mechanics to neuroscience and behaviour. Neuroforum 27 (3), 123-125.

Mouritsen, H. (2019) Danish Postal History 1875-1907. Six volumes handbound handbook on the postal history of Denmark and the Universal Postal Union 01/Jan/1875-30/Sep/1907 published by The Global Philatelic Network, The Danish Philatelic Federation, and The Copenhagen Philatelic Club, 2500 pages.

Lefeldt, N., Schwarze, S. & Mouritsen, H. (2014) Migratory bird orientation: 10,000 miles without TomTom? Der Falke 60 (English translation), pp. 12-15.

Lefeldt, N., Schwarze, S. & Mouritsen, H. (2013) Orientierung bei Zugvögeln: 10 000 Meilen ohne TomTom®? Der Falke 60, pp. 12-15.

Mouritsen, H. "A career in free public research – a risky future with poor perspectives?" Paper written for the EU commission on the problems facing young scientists today and on why natural sciences educations experience recruitment problems, 6 pp.

Mouritsen, H. "Trækfuglenes orienteringsmekanismer". In: Kyhn, G. (ed.): Carlsbergfondet Aarsskrift 2000, Winther Grafik, Copenhagen, pp. 28-35. [in Danish]

Mouritsen, H. "Compasses and orientational strategies of night migrating passerines" Ph.D. thesis, Department of Biology, Odense University, Denmark.

Mouritsen, H. "Trækfugle er dumme maskiner" Nyt fra Odense Universitet, 4/1998: 4-6.  [in Danish]

Danielsen, F., Balete, D.S., Christensen, T.D., Heegaard, M., Jakobsen, O.F., Jensen, A., Lund, T.and Poulsen, M.K. With contributions from Altamirano, R., Cruz, V., Diesmos, A., Manamtam, A.S., Mallari, N., Mouritsen, H., Reyes, G. and Schoyen, K.S. "Conservation of Biological Diversity in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Isabela and southern Cagayan Province, The Philippines". DENR-BirdLife International, Manila, and DOF, Copenhagen.

Balete, D.S., Christensen, T.D., Cruz, V. Heegaard, M., Lund, T. and Mouritsen, H.  "A research of biological diversity in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Isabela and Cagayan Provinces, The Philippines, March-May 1992", Danish Ornithological Society, Copenhagen.

Mouritsen, H. "Fuglelivet i Gravlev Ådal" Book published by the author in 200 copies, 86 pp. [in Danish]

2020-: Developed the concept for a new field course to the Western Ghats endemism hotspot in southwestern India for Biology and Landscape Ecology master students in Oldenburg.

2012-: Developed two new courses for the new DFG Graduate school “Molecular Basis of sensory biology”. Both brings together teachers from our physics department and our biology department to promote the multidisplinary skills of our students and are titled “The physics and biology of sensory stimuli and systems”.

2012: Taught a 2-week field course at two “Organization of Tropical Studies” stations in Costa Rica for 21 students from University of Oldenburg.

2009-2019: Lectures in the basic biology course for 1^st year students at University of Oldenburg.

2007-: Conceptually developed and teach the course: “Advanced presentation skills and body language” for doctoral students from all faculties at University of Oldenburg.

2005-: Arranged and gave lectures in "Neuroethology" at University of Oldenburg.

2005-: Arranged and gave lectures in "Ornithology" at University of Oldenburg.

2004-2008: Arranged and gave seminar "Bird migration and navigation" at University of Oldenburg.

2003-2008: Arranged and gave practical course "Animal Navigation" at University of Oldenburg.

2003-2004: Guest lectures in the "Basic Biology" course at Odense University.

1995-1998: Lectures, tutorials and lab exercises in the (Animal) Physiology A and Animal Behaviour

                   courses of Odense University (graduate and undergraduate students).

1994-1998: Tutorials and a few lectures in the Population Biology course of Odense University

                   (undergraduate students).

1989-1995: Lectures at Støvring folk high school in "The Nature of Himmerland".

1989-1990: Private teacher in mathematics (high school students).

2024: Chairman of the hiring committee “Entomology”.

2021: Chairman of the hiring committee “Migration Ecology”.

2019: Chairman of the hiring committee “Ornithology”.

2017-2019: Deputy director of the Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences.

2015-2017: Director of the Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences at the University of Oldenburg.

2013-2015: Deputy director of the Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences.

2014: Chairman of the hiring committee “Sensory Biology of Animals”.

2013-2017: Deputy speaker of the DFG Graduate School “Molecular Basis of Sensory Biology”

12.2012-02.2013: Acting director of the Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences.

2011-: Member of the “Institutsrat” of the Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences.

2009-: Chairman of the “Zulassungsausschuss” of the Ph.D. School “Neurosensory Sciences and Systems”.

2012-: “Promotionsausschuss” member for neurosciences.

2008-: Various other committees.

Journals: Nature, Science, PNAS, Current Biology, Nature sub-journals, Proceedings of the Royal Society London, J. Royal Society Interface, Biophysical Journal, Physics Review Letters, New Journal of Physics, PLOS, J. Experimental Biology, Animal Behaviour, J. Comparative Physiology A, European Journal of Neuroscience and many other journals.

Funding agencies: DFG, ERC, Wellcome Trust, Danish Research Council, Masden Fund (NZ), The Royal Society London, and many others.

2004-: Subject editor (orientation and navigation) for Journal of Ornithology.

2004-2010: Served as a judge for the National Danish Competition for Young Scientists (Danish "Jugend

                    Forscht" final).

2002: Invited speaker at the "Life in Science – Science in Life" conference arranged by the Danish EU

          chairmanship in order to recommend to the EU commission, which European-wide measures should

          be taken to stop the current drop in recruitment to the hard natural sciences.

1999: Appointed as a judge for the 10^th EU Competition for Young Scientists (European-wide "Jugend

          Forscht" final) in Thessalonica, Greece.

1998: Invited to a conference in Brussels in order to advise the European Commissioners on Education and

          Research on how to promote the development and carriers of young scientists.

2020: Invited speaker at the “31. Edgar Lüscher Seminar” in Klosters, Switzerland. Talk title: “The quantum robin: Radical-pair based magnetoreception in night-migratory songbirds”.

2019: Invited speaker at the “Strahlenschutzkommission” of Germany in Bonn on the effects of non-ionizing irradiation on the navigational abilities of birds.

2019: Invited speaker at the International Workshop: ‘Environmental effects of electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields’ at Munich, Germany.

2019: Invited plenary speaker at the Spin Chemistry Meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia.

2018: Invited as a plenary speaker at the 27^th International Ornithological Congress in Vancouver Canada.

2018: Invited talk at the Chemistry Department, University of Oxford, UK.

2018: Invited department seminar at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense.

2018: One of the three main organizers and speaker at the FENS Winterschool on “Animal Navigation” at Obergurgl, Austria.

2017: Gave invited seminar talk at Münster University, Germany.

2017: Gave invited seminar talk at Osnabrück University, Germany.

2017: Gave invited seminar talk at Odense University, Denmark.

2016: Invited speaker at the 114th International Titisee Conference on "The molecules and mechanisms of magneto-, thermo-, and mechanosensation" in Titisee, Germany.

2016: Invited symposium speaker at the XXV International Congress of Entomology 2016 in Orlando, Florida.

2016: Invited speaker at the Neurizons conference in Göttingen, Germany.

2016: Invited speaker at the 113th International Titisee Conference on "Building tools for quantifying brain and behaviour" in Titisee, Germany.

2016: Our group gave 3 different talks at the „Royal Institute of Navigation“ conference in Egham, Great Britain. I personally gave one of them this time. Twelwe scientists at this meeting represented my group. Furthermore, three former Ph.D. students gave talks representing other working groups where they now work, and one was the organizer of the whole conference. This is the most important conference worldwide on animal navigation research held every 3 years.

2016: Invited symposium speaker at the 12th world congress of the International Society of Neuroethology, Montevideo, Uruguay.

2016: Invited discussion leader at the 51st Winterseminar in Klosters, Switzerland.

2015: Gave invited seminar talk at the Cotton Research Institute, Narrabri, Australia.

2015: Invited talk at the 113. Congress of the „Deutsche Opthalmologen Gesellschaft“ in Berlin.

2015: Invited plenary speaker at the 16^th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology 2015 in Aveiro, Portugal.

2015: Invited plenary speaker at the Quantum Effects in Biological Systems 2015 conference in Florence, Italy. The talk was open to the public and given in Palazzo Vecchio, Salone dei Cinquecento (!).

2015: Invited speaker at the Gordon Conference on Neuroethology in Italy.

2015: Invited talk at the „New Frontiers for Quantum Technology in Biological and Bio-Inspired Systems“ meeting at Cambridge University, UK.

2015: Invited talk at Biophysics department at the Jacob’s University, Bremen.

2015: Invited participant at the ESF Forward Look FarQBio in Brussels, Belgium.

2015: Invited 45 min. talk at the 50th Winterseminar in Klosters, Switzerland.

2014: Two 45 min. talks at a meeting arranged by the Peter Hore group at The University of Oxford.

2014: Invited to give the 2014 Johannes-Müller-Vorlesung at Die Freie Universität Berlin.

2014: Invited to give symposium talk at the 16th International Congress on Photobiology in Cordoba, Argentina.

2014: Invited to give a talk at the Royal Society London: “When senses takes flight” in September 2014.

2014: Gave invited talk at the 4th International Caesar Conference on "Sensory Systems – from Molecule to Function" on the occasion of Prof. Benjamin Kaupp’s 65 year birthday, Caesar, Bonn.

2013: Gave invited plenary talk at the 547. WEH-Seminar on “Directed movements of cells & organisms, Bad Honnef, Germany.

2013: Gave invited seminar talk at the Cotton Research Institute, Narrabri, Australia.

2013: Gave invited plenary talk at the Quantum Effects in Biological Systems conference at the IMP, Vienna, Austria.

2013: Gave invited seminar talk at the Queensland Brain Institute, Brisbane, Australia.

2013: Our group gave 3 different talks at the „Royal Institute of Navigation“ conference in Egham, Great Britain. This is the most important conference worldwide on animal navigation research held every three years. Ten scientists at this meeting represented my group.

2013: Gave invited public lecture at the “Caesarium”: Der sechste Sinn der Tiere, Caesar, Bonn.

2013: Gave invited seminar talk at the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford.

2012: Invited talk on „The magnetic senses“ at The University of Costa Rica in San Jose, Costa Rica.

2012: Several group members including myself gave talks at the symposium on magnetoreception at the 6th European Conference on Behavioural Biology 2012 in Essen Germany.

2012: Invited plenary speaker at the „Quantum Effects in Biological Systems” (QuEBS) conference at University of Berkeley, California, USA.

2011: Invited plenary speaker at course for elite students on the topic of circadian clocks and their control of migration in Meerut, India.

2011: Invited speaker at the „Physiological basis of magnetic navigation in birds and other animals: combining biophysics and behavioural studies“ conference in Taihu Bay, China.

2011: Invited speaker at the meeting on „Animal Migration“ arranged by the Wallenberg Foundation in Sweden.

2011: Our group gave 3 different talks at the „Royal Institute of Navigation“ conference in Reading, Great Britain, and I functioned as a chairman of one of the symposia. This is the most important conference worldwide on animal navigation research held every three years. Eleven scientists at this meeting represented my group.

2010: Symposium organiser and speaker at the International Ornithological Congress (IOC 2010), Campos de Jordao, Brazil.

2010: Invited plenary speaker at the Gordon Conference „Bioelectromagnetics“, University of New England, Maine, USA

2010: Invited talk and invited working group participant in MIGRATE Symposium at MPI für Ornithologie, Radolfzell.

2010: Invited to give a seminar at the Chemistry Department at University of Oxford, Great Britain.

2010: Invited talk (30 min) at the DPG (Deutsche Physiker Gesellschaft)-Tagung in Regensburg.

2007-2009: >20 different talks at various conferences including plenary talks at two Gordon Conferences.

2006: Invited as a main speaker at the Gordon Conference “Bioelectrochemistry” in Aussois, France.

2006: Speaker and symposium organizer at the International Ornithological Congress in Hamburg.

2006: Symposium speaker and substitute organizer of a symposium on “Retinal Processing - not just for

          vision!” at the FENS (European Society for Neurosciences meeting) in Vienna, Austria.

2006: Invited speaker at "German-American Frontiers of Science" (GAFOS) meeting in Potsdam

         arranged by the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung.

2006: Gave colloquium talks at the Universtity of Vienna, Austria; Universtity of Marburg, Germany;

          and University of Kiel, Germany.

2005: Gave colloquium talks at the Universtity of Kassel, Germany; Rodhampsted Research, Herpenden,

          Great Britain; and MPI for Limnologie in Plön, Germany.

2005: Invited to give a lecture titled "Cryptochromes and their possible role in the magnetic compass

          of migratory birds" at the Spin Chemistry Meeting 2005 at Oxford University.

2005: Gave talk titled "Magnetic compass orientation in birds and its physiological basis" at the Royal

          Institute of Navigation Meeting at Reading University, Great Britain.

2004: Chaired and spoke at a symposium titled: "Seeing on the move" together with Prof. Rüdiger

          Wehner at the International Society of Neuroethology conference 2004. [see Science 306, 432-434].

2004: Invited symposium speaker at the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft Tagung in Rostock 2004.

2004: Gave invited seminar on "How do birds find their way? -behavioural and physiological mechanisms"

          at RWTH Aachen, Germany.

2003: Invited symposium speaker at the 4th Conference of the European Ornithologists’ Union in Chemnitz,

         Germany (first presentation of our albatross work).

2003: Gave invited lecture on "Bird orientation mechanisms" at the Royal Academy of Sciences in

          Copenhagen, Denmark.

2003: Gave invited seminar on "Celestial orientation in birds and butterflies" at University of Salt Lake City,

          USA.

2003: Gave talk at Department of Engineering at University of Illinois, USA.

2003: Gave talk as an invited candidate at the Max-Planck search-colloquium "Birds as Model Organisms

          in Integrative Biological Research" at Seewiesen, Germany.

2003: Gave invited Colloquia talk on bird orientation mechanisms at the Zoological Institute at University of

          Zürich, Switzerland.

2002: Gave invited Colloquia talk: "Virtual migration in tethered flying monarch butterflies reveals their

          orientation mechanisms" at Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltenphysiologie, Andechs, Germany.

2002: Presented the paper: "A carrier in free public research – a risky future with poor perspectives?" written

          on invitation from the EU commission on the problems facing young scientists today and on why

          natural sciences educations experience recruitment problems, 6 pp.

2002: Chaired the the oral session on migration and gave oral presentation "How do night migrating passeri-

          nes use the stars for navigation?" at the 22nd International Ornithological Conference in China.

2001: Gave invited talk on "Spatiotemporal orientation strategies of long-distance migrants" at the Sympo-

          sium on Avian Migration at the Max-Planck Research Centre for Ornithology, Konstanz, Germany.

2000: Presented poster at the ESF Workshop on Optimal Migration in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

2000: Gave invited seminar at Duke University, North Carolina, USA.

2000: Gave invited seminar at Wake Forest University, North Carolina, USA.

2000: Field research on Galapagos in collaboration with Dr. Dave Anderson, Wake Forest University, USA.

2000: Field research in New Zealand in collaboration with Dr. Henrik Moller, Otago University, New

           Zealand.

1999: Gave invited symposium talk on "Ringing recoveries contain hidden information about orientation

          mechanisms." at the "Bird Ringing 100 Years"-conference on Helgoland, Germany.

1999: Gave invited plenary talk on "Navigation in birds and other animals", at the 1999 IEEE Computer

          Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition in Colorado, USA.

1999: Gave talk on "The orientation programmes of night migrating passerines", at University of Otago,

           New Zealand.

1999: Gave talk on "The orientation programmes of night migrating passerines", at Department of Biology

          and at Department of Psychology, Queen’s University, Canada.

1998: Talks on "How migratory birds find their way", at the universities of Odense, Aarhus, and

          Copenhagen, Denmark.

1998: Gave talk on "The orientation programmes of night migrating passerines", as an invited symposium         

          speaker at the 22^nd International Ornithological Conference in South Africa.

1998: Gave talk on "The orientation programmes of night migrating passerines", at RWTH Aachen.

1997: Gave talk on "Magnetic-stellar cue-conflict experiments with night migrating passerines", and visited

          lab of Roswitha and Wolfgang Wiltschko at Johan Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main.

1997: Presented poster on "Mathematical modelling of migration", at the Optimal migration conference at

          Lund University.

1997: Presented poster on "Mathematical modelling of migration", at the RIN 1997 meeting in Oxford.

Since the topic of bird migration and the avian magnetic sensing capabilities seems to be inherently interesting to the public, we often get a lot of scientific and popular press attention, when we publish new findings. Below is a short list of representative examples (I have given up long ago recording all press reports about our research).

3 minutes and 8 minutes live interviews on BBC World TV 19:00 News and feature on CBC countrywide news.

ZDF daily news, ca. 1:30 Minutes, prime time news (October 2009); Zapka et al. 2009 (Location of the magnetic compass in the brain) NDR DAS! (09/Jun/2008); 3:30 Minutes, about Feenders et al. 2008 (Language development in the brain)

Danmarks Radio “Knowledge” (National Danish Television 18/Sep/2007); 35:00 minutes; About all aspects of our research.

Two of my PNAS papers were featured in Science’s News section.

Article about my paper in JEB 2001 was written up in the "New Scientist" 9 Feb 2002 issue and another

article about my PNAS 2002 paper appeared in the 13 July 2002 issue.

8 minute program about or monarch navigation research on "Abenteuer Erde" Hessischer Rundfunk, WDR,

and 3sat TV, and 5 minutes live interview in the news on an American television station.

2 different 3 minute features on monarch navigation and bird navigation research in "DAS!" on NDR TV.

6 minute feature on Bayerische Rundfunk TV on our bird navigation research.

20 minutes programme about my research on local Danish television: TV Nord.

Short news spots on CNN, CBC (Canadian TV), national Danish television, both DR’s "TV-avisen", TV2’s

"Nyhederne".

Several radio interviews on various radio programs including BBC World Service, BBC National, MDR

INFO, SWR and other local and national Danish, British and German radio stations.

Full page articles in current science sections of the "The Independent", "Washington Post" and three major Danish newspapers: "Politiken", "Jyllandsposten" and "Berlingske Tidende".

Several 1-2 page articles in "Ingenøren" and "Jyllandsposten" special issues on research by young scientists.

Smaller news articles in "Die Welt", "Süddeutsche Zeitung", "Frankfurter Allgemeine", "FOCUS", "Der Spiegel", "Berliner Zeitung", “The Guardian”, "The Independent",  "The New York Times" and several others.

1986-1989: Prepared report: "The Birdlife of Gravlev Ådal" This work won me the first prize of 20,000 dkr in Jyllandsposten’s research competition for young scientists and inventors (Danish "Jugend Forscht").

1992: Participation in a scientific expedition to the rain forests of the Sierra Madre Mountains of Luzon, The Philippines (five month). The expedition was supported by Birdlife International and the World Bank. The aim of the expedition was to pinpoint the most important rain forest areas for conservation of bio-diversity in the Philippines.

1993-1994: Prepared report: "The effect of daily activity changes on population density estimates of rain forest birds derived from transect counts." based on the results from the above-mentioned expedition. The work won me the first prize of 15,000 dkr in Jyllandsposten’s research competition for young scientists and inventors and a first prize of 5,000 ECU in the 5^th EU Competition for Young Scientists (European-wide "Jugend Forscht" final. In total, more than 20,000 young scientists participated European-wide). Also, I won a travel award as EU’s official representative at the 45^th International Science and Engineering Fair in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Active field ornithologist over the last 40+ years (life-list ca. 4,000 bird species) and experienced bird ringer (have banded approximately 6,000 birds ranging from albatrosses to hummingbirds).

A keen interest and curiosity about nature in general, and birds and other animals in particular. 

Nature photographer (pictures used in my teaching).

Safari guide in Kenya for two weeks every two to three years until I got children.

Postal historian and philatelist. Signatory of “The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists” (the highest honour one can receive in international philately - there are only 85 living signatories worldwide), Research Medal of the European Federation of Philatelic Societies for the best philatelic book issued in Europe in 2019, International FIP judge in postal history, international large gold medals in three different classes: Traditional philately, postal history, and postal stationery. Grand Prix International at IBRA 2009 in Essen Germany.

Languages: Danish, English and German.