Herr Dr. Martin Strube-Bloss

Academic Career

• Since 2019 Research Associate, University of Bielefeld, Department of Behavioral Cybernetics, with Prof. Dr. Volker Dürr

• 2017-2021 Leading the Multi-modal Integration Group, Biozentrum Universität Würzburg (Germany), Department of Behavioral Physiology & Sociobiology

• 2013-2019 Research Assistant (Akademischer Rat), Biocenter University of Würzburg (Germany), Department of Behavioral Physiology & Sociobiology, with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rössler

• 2010-2013 Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena (Germany), Department of Neuroethology, with Dr. Silke Sachse and Prof. Dr. Bill Hansson

• 2008-2010 Postdoctoral Researcher Associated (FSC), Arizona State University, Tempe (USA), School of Life Sciences, with Prof. Dr. Brian H. Smith

• 2005-2008 PhD thesis, Free University of Berlin (Germany), Department of Neurobiology AND Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Randolf Menzel

• 2005 Diploma in Biology, Free University of Berlin (Germany), Department of Neurobiology

Scientific Activities

• 2019 Organizer Symposium: "Behavioral decisions based on multimodal information" at the 13th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society (with Basil el Jundi, Würzburg)

• 2017 Organizer European Symposium for Insect Taste and Olfaction (ESITO), in Villasimius, Italy (with Claudia Groh and Wolfgang Rössler, Würzburg)

• 2015 Organizer II. International Symposium and Workshop "Frontiers in Insect Behavior, Social Organization & Evolution", Arizona State University – University of Würzburg (with Claudia Groh and Wolfgang Rössler, Würzburg, and Jürgen Gadau, Münster)

• 2014 Organizer I. International Symposium and Workshop "Frontiers in Insect Behavior, Social Organization & Evolution", Arizona State University – University of Würzburg (with Claudia Groh and Wolfgang Rössler, Würzburg, and Jürgen Gadau, Münster)

• 2007 Organization of the 17th DoWo in Berlin

Research Grants

• 2023 Small research grant via the research and innovation funds of the faculty of biology, University of Bielefeld

• 2022 DFG research grant in the framework of research unit (FOR 5424): "Modulation in Olfaction: How recurrent circuits govern state-dependent behavior"

• 2022 Small research grant via the research and innovation funds of the faculty of biology, University of Bielefeld

• 2020 Small research grant for junior researchers via the research and innovation funds of the faculty of biology, University of Bielefeld

• 2017 Sachbeihilfe from DFG "Neuronal mechanisms of merging multi-modal information and modulation through experience"

• 2016 Postdoc scholarship from Wennergren Foundations: Co-applicant with Marie Dacke and Basil el Jundi "sky compass orientation: multi-channel recordings from an insect brain"

• 2015 PostDoc Plus grant of the German Excellence Initiative to the Graduate School of Life Sciences, University of Würzburg