Professor Sonia Kleindorfer

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Research Biography

Prof. Sonia Kleindorfer is an organismal systems biologist with a research focus on how animal behaviour shapes evolutionary dynamics in birds and parasites. She did her university study at University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor: Biological Basis of Behaviour), University of Vienna (PhD: Zoology) and University of Washington School of Medicine (Postdoc).

Research Interests

My interdisciplinary research addresses the role of prenatal experience for phenotypic variation, which I study in birds. The research program spans the fields of animal behaviour, evolutionary biology, ontogeny, cognitive biology, and neurobiology. I explore fundamental principles of biological organisation to discover mechanisms of information processing established during ontogeny and functional outcomes of in-nest experience that affect survival.

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisions:
  • Animal Behaviour (15)
Associate Supervisions:
  • Animal Behavioural and Molecular Ecology (2)

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Zoology , University of Vienna

15 Apr 19916 Nov 1995

Award Date: 6 Nov 1995

Bachelor of Arts, Biological Basis of Behavior, University of Pennsylvania

5 Sept 198430 May 1988

Award Date: 30 May 1988

Research Areas

  • Ecology and conservation
  • Environmental health

Supervisory Interests

  • Animal behaviour
  • Biodiversity conservation
  • Behavioural ecology
  • Molecular ecology

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