General contact
Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology
Savoyenstraße 1, A-1160 Wien
Tel: +43 (1) 25077-7900
Fax: +43 (1) 25077-7941
Email FIWIOffice hours of the Institute
Reception: Mo - Fr, 9 am -12 am and 1 pm -4 pm T: +43 (1) 25077-7102
Library: Renate Hengsberger +43 (1) 25077-7343
Acceptance of carrion: Mo - Fr: 8 am - 4 pm, Contact: Dr. Anna Kübber-Heiss T: +43 (1) 25077-7160
PhD position in the project "Voice Prints: Individual Signatures and Recognition"
We are looking for a PhD Candidate for research at the Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology on the topic of ultrasonic vocalizations and social recognition in wild house mice. This project is a collaborative effort between our laboratory (Sarah Zala & Dustin Penn) and Peter Balazs at the Acoustics Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Application deadline: 15 February 2023. Desired starting date 1 April 2023
Looking for candidates for Master´s thesis
Testing the Membrane Pacemaker Hypothesis according to early-life conditions in a small heterotherm (with Priv.Doz.Dr. Sylvain Giroud and Dr. Alba Hykollari)
Duration 6-8 months, start flexible, latest January 2023
Effect of age on telomere length and between-tissues comparison in the garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) (with Priv. Doz. Dr. Sylvain Giroud and Dr. Steve Smith)
Duration about 6 months, start flexible, latest January 2023
Alpine pastures and tourism: conflict potential (with Dr. Herbert Hoi, KLIVV)
Duration ca. May to September 2023 - inkl. employment contract at Vetmeduni! - must speak German!