Short-term fellows

The DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1372 “Magnetoreception and Navigation of Vertebrates” at the University of Oldenburg offers two to three short-term fellowships per year for Master's degree holders and PhD candidates to excellent researchers who are interested in doing research within one dedicated project of the CRC.


These visiting research fellowships are intended to foster external collaboration and will allow external PhD students or students holding a Master’s degree to work within the CRC framework. The fellowships are tax-exempt and will be granted ideally for 6 to 12 months, covering a basic amount of 1,365 EUR plus child support, if applicable.


If you are interested in a short-term fellowship in one of our projects, keep your eyes open on the "open positions" or contact us under irtg_sfb1372[at]uol.de.

Current fellows



Dionessa Biton


January 1 - December 31, 2024 

in Sig05 Cryptochrome-based magnetoreception


Currently, I am working on modelling the dynamics of the electron transfer chain inside the cryptochrome which is used for magnetoreception in avian migration using machine learning frameworks.


Diya Das


April 16 - July 15 & October 1 - December 31, 2024

in Sig02 Magnetic imaging of putative magnetoreceptors


Orientation and navigation cues used by highly migratory elasmobranchs around volcanic islands in the open ocean



Past fellows


Johanna Wegmann


October 1, 2023 - March 31, 2024

in Fel02 Neuroethology of insect navigation and magnetoreception

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