Dr. Thiemo Karwinkel
Dr. Thiemo Karwinkel
Post Doc
Migration of songbirds
Orientation & navigation of birds
Magnetic field perception in birds
Curriculum vitae
Academic career
since 2023
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oldenburg in the working group of Prof. Schmaljohann about the conflict potential of songbird migration with Offshore wind farms. „OWP‐Vogelzug“
2023
Postdoctoral researcher at Institute of Avian Research "Vogelwarte Helgoland" in the working group of Dr. Ommo Hüppop in cooperation with Prof. Schmaljohann from University of Oldenburg about the conflict potential of songbird migration with Offshore wind farms "TRACKBIRD"
2019-2022
PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in the working group of Prof. Heiko Schmaljohann & Prof. Franz Bairlein within the SFB1372 "Mangetoreception & navigation in vertebrates" with the title: "Assessing magnetoreception and orientation/navigation hypotheses in free flying bird" at Institute of Avian Research "Vogelwarte Helgoland" & University of Oldenburg
Education
2019-2023
Doctoral study Programs "Neurosensory Science & Systems" & "Environmental Sciences and Biodiversity" in the Graduate School OLTECH of the University of Oldenburg
2017-2019
Master of Science Biology at University of Oldenburg/Institute of Avian Research "Vogelwarte Helgoland" with focus on Ornithology. Master thesis at University of Gießen in the working group of Prof. Petra Quillfeldt with the title: "Year-round spatiotemporal distribution pattern of long-tailed ducks with an evaluation of geolocator data processing for sea ducks."
2016-2017
Volunteering civil service year at Greifswalder Oie Bird banding station
2015-2016
started Master of Science „Biodiversiy and Ecology“ at University of Greifswald with focus on Physiology, Mire Ecology and Zoology
2012-2015
Bachelor of Science Biology at University of Greifswald Germany with focus on Physiology
2012
High School degree at Gymnasium Hammonense in Hamm (Westf.), Germany
Selected Talks & Conference contributions
2023
talk at a Hans Kristiansson Symposium „Evolution and genetics of long-distance migration“ (Lund, Sweden)
talk at 11th RIN (Royal institute of Navigation) Conference on Animal Navigation (London, UK)
talk at the 15th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society
2022
talk at the bird festival "Helgoländer Vogeltage" of the ornithological society (OAG) Helgoland (Germany)
talk at the 155th annual conference of the German ornithological Socienty (DO-G, Wilhelmshaven, Germany) - winner of the 3rd price for young scientists talks
poster at the 155th annual conference of the German ornithological Socienty (DO-G, Wilhelmshaven, Germany)
talk at the International Ornithological Congress (IOC, online)
talk at the society for the protection of the nature Reserve "Rieselfelder Münster" (Germany)
2021
poster at Navigation conference of the Royal Society of Navigation (RIN, online)
2020
talk at Nature and Biodiversity Union (NABU) Northrhine-Westphalia (online)
talk at ornithological Colloquium of the Institute of Avian Research "Vogelwarte Helgoland" (Wilhelmshaven, Germany)
talk at Nature and Biodiversity Union (NABU) Hamm (Germany)
Fieldwork experiences
2017-2022
seven bird migration seasons (each 6-12 weeks) with scientific work at Helgoland bird observatory "Vogelwarte Helgoland" with bird banding, experimental work and radio tracking.
2016-2017
one year volunteer at Greifswalder Oie bird banding station
since 2020
bird ringing licence contributing data in several bird banding projects to the ringing center "Vogelwarte Helgoland"
2018
3 month summer Expedition to Tobseda, Arctic Russia for research on Long-tailed ducks (Clangula Hyemalis)
since 2012
continous contribution to local, national and international bird monitoring & education programms (water bird count, breeding bird census, Seabirds at Sea monitoring, public bird excursions, didactics in ornithology etc.)
Lectures
Summer term 2024
Publications
Eikenaar, C., Ostolani, A., Hessler, S., Ye, E.Y., Karwinkel, T. & Isaksson, C. (2023) Stopovers serve physiological recovery in migratory songbirds. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1086/726788
Wynn, J., Leberecht, B., Liedvogel, M., Burnus, L., Chetverikova, R., Döge, S., Karwinkel, T., Kobylokov, 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(2), 20220478. https://www.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0478
Eikenaar, C., Ostolani, A., Brust, V., Karwinkel, T., Schmaljohann, H., & Isaksson, C. (2023). The oxidative balance and stopover departure decisions in a medium-and a long-distance migrant. Movement Ecology, 11(1), 7. https://www.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-023-00372-7
Karwinkel, T., Winklhofer, M., Janner, L. E., Brust, V., Hüppop, O., Bairlein, F., & Schmaljohann, H. (2022). A magnetic pulse does not affect free-flight navigation behaviour of a medium-distance songbird migrant in spring. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(19), jeb244473. https://www.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244473
Karwinkel, T., Winklhofer, M., Christoph, P., Allenstein, D., Hüppop, O., Brust, V., Bairlein, F., & Schmaljohann, H. (2022). No apparent effect of a magnetic pulse on free-flight behaviour in northern wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe) at a stopover site. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 19(187), 20210805. https://www.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0805
Leberecht, B., Kobylkov, D., Karwinkel, T., Döge, S., Burnus, L., Wong, S. Y., Apte, S., Haase, K., Musielak, I., Chetverrikova, R., Dautaj, G., Basetto, 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. https://www.doi.org/10.1007/s00359-021-01537-8
Eikenaar, C., Karwinkel, T., & Hessler, S. (2021). Changes in fat mass affect the motivation to migrate in northern wheatears. Journal of Avian Biology, 52(6). https://www.doi.org/10.1111/jav.02736
Karwinkel, T., Pollet, I. L., Vardeh, S., Kruckenberg, H., Glazov, P., Loshchagina, J., Kondratyev, A., Merkel, B., Bellebaum, J. & Quillfeldt, P. (2020). Year-round spatiotemporal distribution pattern of a threatened sea duck species breeding on Kolguev Island, south-eastern Barents Sea. BMC ecology, 20(1), 1-13. https://www.doi.org/10.1186/s12898-020-00299-2
non-peer reviewed publications
Bellebaum, J., Eichhorn, G., Karwinkel, T., Kruckenberg, H., Glazov, P., Kondratyev, A., Korner, P., Larsson, K., Loshchagina, J., Markones, N., Masello, J., Morkūnas, J., Pollet, I., Quillfeldt, P., Sokolov, A., Sokolov, V., Tritscher, D.
& Vardeh, S.(2022) Von der Ostsee in die Tundra? Aktuelle Erkenntnisse zum Rückgang der Eisente
Clangula hyemalis. Konferenzbeiträge Vogelwarte 60(4):318-319 http://www.do-g.de/fileadmin/do-g_dokumente/pg_spechte/Vogelwarte_Jg._60_2022-4_DO-G_erschienen_07.05.23.pdf
Karwinkel, T. & Carius, F. (2022) EU-Vogelschutzgebiet/NSG Voslapper Groden Nord in Wilhelmshaven: Überplanung für industrielle Nutzung? Konferenzbeiträge Vogelwarte 60(4):343-344 http://www.do-g.de/fileadmin/do-g_dokumente/pg_spechte/Vogelwarte_Jg._60_2022-4_DO-G_erschienen_07.05.23.pdf
Karwinkel, T., Börgmann, K., Carius, F. (2022) Voslapper Groden-Nord: Hospizarbeit
für ein EU-Vogelschutzgebiet. Natur- und Umweltschutz, Zeitschrift der Naturschutz- und Forschungsgemeinschaft Der Mellumrat e.V. 21(2) 40-46 https://www.mellumrat.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Mellumrat-2-2022-kompakt-2.pdf
Leberecht, B., Wong, S.Y., Kobylkov, D., Karwinkel, T., Döge, S., Burnus, L., Hindman, J., Apte, S., Haase, K., Musielak, I., Chetverikova, R., Dautaj, G., Bassetto, M., Solov’yov, I.A., Winklhofer, M., Hore, P.J. & Mouritsen, H. (2022) The upper bound of electrosmog affecting the avian magnetic compass. Konferenzbeiträge Vogelwarte 60(4):298 http://www.do-g.de/fileadmin/do-g_dokumente/pg_spechte/Vogelwarte_Jg._60_2022-4_DO-G_erschienen_07.05.23.pdf
Schmaljohann, H., Karwinkel, T. (2020). Neues über das Wanderverhalten des Gelbbrauen-Laubsängers Phylloscopus inornatus. Ornithologischer Jahresbericht Helgoland 30 (2020): 106-111 https://www.oag-helgoland.de/index.php/jahresbericht-der-oag/
Binder, J. & Karwinkel, T., (2020) Das Pardies im Meer. STØRK NAJU Jugendmagazin "Vielfalt" 2-5. https://www.naju.de/f%C3%BCr-jugendliche/jugendmagazin/