PhD Students in Animal Ecology

 

 

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Kaarin

Kaarin Hein

PhD Student

kaarin.hein@ut.ee

Study subject
Fitness consequences of avian personalities in variable environments
Supervisor V. Tilgar

Teaching at university
Supervisor for a Bachelor's thesis

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Grete

Grete Alt

PhD Student

grt@ut.ee

Study subject
The role of feather bacteria in birds: a new frontier opened by molecular and microbiological techniques
Supervisors R. Mänd, M. Mägi

Teaching at university
Read lectures in ornithology, supervised Bachelor's and Master's theses.

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Mari-Ann

Mari-Ann Lind

PhD Student

mari-ann.lind@ut.ee

Study subject
Internal constraints on energy processing and their consequences: an integrative study of stress, digestion and antimicrobial defenses in greenfinches
Supervisor P. Hõrak

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Markus

Markus Valge

PhD Student

markus.valge@hotmail.com

Study subject
Testing the predictions of life-history theory on anthropometric data.
Supervisor P. Hõrak

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Velda

Velda Lauringson

PhD Student

velda.lauringson@ut.ee

Study subject
Interactions between somatic growth, pubertal maturation and cognitive development of adolescents from the life-history perspective.
Supervisors P. Hõrak, G. Veldre

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Riin

Riin Viigipuu

PhD Student

riin@viigipuu.ee

Study subject
Understanding the anthropogenic noise effects to avian behaviour and fitness in free-living populations
Supervisor V. Tilgar

Teaching at university
Has given a field practicum of bird recognizing and participated in a practicum of data collection methods  

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Ciara

Ciara Danielle Baines

PhD Student (jointly with Estonian Marine Institute)

ciara.baines@ut.ee

Study subject
Natural adaptations to oncogenic aquatic environments: a study of contemporary evolution in Baltic Sea, using flounders and their cell lines
Supervisors T. Sepp ja L. Saks

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Merilin

Merilin Raudna-Kristoffersen

PhD Student 

merilin.raudna@gmail.com

Study subject
Distribution of microplastics in the marine environment and its long-term effects on aquatic organisms on the example of the zebrafish Danio rerio.
Supervisors: R. Kreitsberg, M. Heinlaan, A. Ivask.

 

Lõpuaktus

Bachelor’s degree graduation ceremony 2024

PhD theses completed

PhD theses defended