Dr. rer. nat. Birte Müller

Academic Education

10.2006 – 02.2011

Promotion an der Universität Bielefed, Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensforschung

10.2002 – 08.2006

Haupstudium der Biologie an der Universität Bielefeld, Schwerpunkt Verhaltensforschung

10.2000 – 09.2002

Grundstudium der Biologie an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Positions

since 2012

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Zentrum für Didaktik der Biologie, Münster

2010 – 2012

Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben an der Universität Siegen

Winter Term 2026/27

• Lecture: Einführung in die Physik [136063]
  • [14^th Oct 2026 – 3^rd Feb 2027 | Wed, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | ZH]
• Lecture: Biologie und Gesellschaft / Determinanten überfachlicher Kompetenzen [136061]
  (in cooperation with Miriam Pott, Benedikt Heuckmann, Sascia Zielonka and Anna Bröker)
  • [13^th Oct | Tue, 4.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 201]
• Short practical outside term-time: *) Einführung in das naturwissenschaftliche Arbeiten [136082]
  (in cooperation with Anna Bröker)
  • [Fri, 20^th Nov 2026, 2.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | Single Course | VSH 243]
  • [Fri, 27^th Nov 2026, 2.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | Single Course | VSH 243]
  • [Fri, 11^th Dec 2026, 2.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | Single Course | VSH 243]
  • [Fri, 15^th Jan 2027, 2.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | Single Course | VSH 243]
  • [8^th – 19^th Feb 2027 | Mon – Fri, 9.00 a. m. – 6.00 p. m. | Block Course | VSH 243]
• Practice: *) Lerngruppe Biologie [136067]
  (in cooperation with Harald Kullmann and Anna Bröker)
  • [19^th Oct | Mon, 4.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 109]
  • [20^th Oct | Tue, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 109]
  • [20^th Oct | Tue, 12.00 p. m. – 2.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [20^th Oct | Tue, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [20^th Oct | Tue, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 109]
  • [21^st Oct | Wed, 12.00 p. m. – 2.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [21^st Oct | Wed, 2.00 p. m. – 4.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [21^st Oct | Wed, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [21^st Oct | Wed, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [21^st Oct | Wed, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 110]
  • [22^nd Oct | Thu, 4.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [22^nd Oct | Thu, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 110]
  • [23^rd Oct | Fri, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 110]
  • [23^rd Oct | Fri, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 110]
  • [Sat, 14^th Nov 2026, 10.30 a. m. – 1.00 p. m. | Single Course | F1]
  • [Sat, 12^th Dec 2026, 10.30 a. m. – 1.00 p. m. | Single Course | F1]
  • [Sat, 30^th Jan 2027, 1.30 p. m. – 4.00 p. m. | Single Course | F1]
• Practice: *) Lerngruppe Physik [136070]
  (in cooperation with Harald Kullmann and Anna Bröker)
  • [19^th Oct | Mon, 4.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 110]
  • [19^th Oct | Mon, 4.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [20^th Oct | Tue, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 110]
  • [20^th Oct | Tue, 12.00 p. m. – 2.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [20^th Oct | Tue, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 110]
  • [21^st Oct | Wed, 4.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [21^st Oct | Wed, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [21^st Oct | Wed, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 109]
  • [21^st Oct | Wed, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [21^st Oct | Wed, 2.00 p. m. – 4.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [22^nd Oct | Thu, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 109]
  • [22^nd Oct | Thu, 4.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 110]
  • [23^rd Oct | Fri, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [23^rd Oct | Fri, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
• Practice: *) Lerngruppe Chemie [136068]
  (in cooperation with Harald Kullmann and Anna Bröker)
  • [19^th Oct | Mon, 4.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [20^th Oct | Tue, 12.00 p. m. – 2.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 109]
  • [20^th Oct | Tue, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [20^th Oct | Tue, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [20^th Oct | Tue, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [21^st Oct | Wed, 2.00 p. m. – 4.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 109]
  • [21^st Oct | Wed, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 109]
  • [21^st Oct | Wed, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 110]
  • [21^st Oct | Wed, 12.00 p. m. – 2.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 109]
  • [21^st Oct | Wed, 4.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [22^nd Oct | Thu, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [22^nd Oct | Thu, 4.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 109]
  • [23^rd Oct | Fri, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 109]
  • [23^rd Oct | Fri, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 109]
• Tutorial: *) Tutorium begleitend zur Physik-Vorlesung [136080]
  • [19^th Oct | Mon, 12.00 p. m. – 2.00 p. m. | weekly | VSH 226]

Summer Term 2026

• V/Ü: Naturwissenschaften im Zusammenhang [134024]
  (in cooperation with Harald Kullmann and Anna Bröker)
  • [17^th Apr | Fri, 12.00 p. m. – 1.00 p. m. | weekly | ZH]
  • [21^st Apr | Tue, 2.00 p. m. – 4.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [21^st Apr | Tue, 12.00 p. m. – 2.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [21^st Apr | Tue, 12.00 p. m. – 2.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 109]
  • [21^st Apr | Tue, 4.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [22^nd Apr | Wed, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [22^nd Apr | Wed, 12.00 p. m. – 2.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [22^nd Apr | Wed, 12.00 p. m. – 2.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [22^nd Apr | Wed, 2.00 p. m. – 4.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [22^nd Apr | Wed, 4.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [22^nd Apr | Wed, 4.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [22^nd Apr | Wed, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 106]
  • [23^rd Apr | Thu, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [23^rd Apr | Thu, 4.00 p. m. – 6.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 109]
  • [23^rd Apr | Thu, 2.00 p. m. – 4.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 109]
  • [24^th Apr | Fri, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 106]
  • [24^th Apr | Fri, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 109]
  • [24^th Apr | Fri, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [24^th Apr | Fri, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 109]
  • [24^th Apr | Fri, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 108]
  • [Wed, 13^th May 2026, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | Single Course | SP4 109]
  • [Sat, 16^th May 2026, 10.30 a. m. – 12.30 p. m. | Single Course | F1]
  • [Wed, 3^rd Jun 2026, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | Single Course | SP4 109]
  • [ – 20^th Jun 2026 | Sat, 10.30 a. m. – 12.30 p. m. | weekly | F1]
  • [ – 18^th Jul 2026 | Sat, 10.30 a. m. – 12.30 p. m. | weekly | F1]
• Seminar: Bioethik (Seminar) [134037]
  (in cooperation with Julia Ghelman, Tim Göddenhenrich, Miriam Pott, Dirk Prüfer, Sascia Zielonka and Uwe Lammel)
  • [13^th Apr | Mon, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [14^th Apr | Tue, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [15^th Apr | Wed, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [15^th Apr | Wed, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [16^th Apr | Thu, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [16^th Apr | Thu, 10.00 a. m. – 12.00 p. m. | weekly | SP4 107]
  • [17^th Apr | Fri, 8.00 a. m. – 10.00 a. m. | weekly | SP4 107]

Winter Term 2025/26

• Lecture: Einführung in die Physik [132013]
• Lecture: Biologie und Gesellschaft / Determinanten überfachlicher Kompetenzen [132020]
  (in cooperation with Miriam Pott, Benedikt Heuckmann, Sascia Zielonka and Anna Bröker)
• Short practical outside term-time: *) Einführung in das naturwissenschaftliche Arbeiten [132178]
  (in cooperation with Anna Bröker)
• All-day practical: *) Tagespraktika [132415]
  (in cooperation with Maria Sieverdingbeck, Miriam Pott, Sascia Zielonka and Anna Bröker)
• Practice: *) Lerngruppe Biologie [132025]
  (in cooperation with Harald Kullmann and Anna Bröker)
• Practice: *) Lerngruppe Physik [132026]
  (in cooperation with Harald Kullmann and Anna Bröker)
• Practice: *) Lerngruppe Chemie [132040]
  (in cooperation with Harald Kullmann and Anna Bröker)
• Tutorial: *) Tutorium begleitend zur Physik-Vorlesung [132320]

Summer Term 2025

• V/Ü: Naturwissenschaften im Zusammenhang [130021]
  (in cooperation with Anna Bröker and Harald Kullmann)
• Seminar: Bioethik (Seminar) [130022]
  (in cooperation with Maria Sieverdingbeck, Sylvia Kaiser, Miriam Pott, Dirk Prüfer, Sascia Zielonka, Uwe Lammel and Viktoria Siewert)

2014

• Meise, K., Mueller, B., Zein, B., & Trillmich, F. (2014). Applicability of Single-Camera Photogrammetry to Determine Body Dimensions of Pinnipeds: Galapagos Sea Lions as an Example. PloS one, 9 (7), e101197. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101197.

2013

• Lenz, TL., Mueller, B., Trillmich, F., & Wolf, J. BW. (2013). Divergent allele advantage at MHC-DRB through direct and maternal genotypic effects and its consequences for allele pool composition and mating. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 280, 20130714. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0714.
• Kraus, C., Mueller, B., Meise, K., Piedrahita, P., Pörschmann, U., & Trillmich, F. (2013). Mama's boy: sex differences in juvenile survival in a highly dimorphic large mammal, the Galapagos sea lion. Oecologia, 171 (4), 893–903.

2011

• Mueller, B., Pörschmann, U., Wolf, J. BW., & Trillmich, F. (2011). Growth under uncertainty: The influence of marine variability on early development of Galapagos sea lions. Marine Mammal Science, 27 (2), 350–365.

2010

• Pörschmann, U., Trillmich, F., Mueller, B., & Wolf, J. BW. (2010). Male reproductive success and its behavioural correlates in a polygynous mammal, the Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki). Molecular Ecology, 19 (12), 2574–2586.
• Jeglinski, J., Müller, B., Pörschmann, U., & Trillmich, F. (2010). Field-Based Age Estimation of Juvenile Galapagos Sea Lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) Using Morphometric Measurements. Aquatic Mammals, 36 (3), 262–269.

2009

• Trillmich, F., Mueller, B., Kaiser, S., & Krause, J. (2009). Puberty in female cavies (Cavia aperea) is affected by photoperiod and social conditions. Physiology and Behavior, 96 (3), 476–480. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.11.014.