DR. alexandra mutwill

• Individuality and plasticity throughout life history
• Evolution and development of social behaviour
• Genes, environment, and behaviour
• Hormones and behaviour
• Stress, stress avoidance, welfare
• Human-animal interactions

Academic Education

2015 – 2020

Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) in Biosciences at the Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology at the University of Münster

2012 – 2015

Master of Science in Biosciences at the University of Münster

2009 – 2012

Bachelor of Science in Biosciences at the University of Münster

Positions

since 2025

Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology, University of Münster

2023 – 2025

Coordinator for international affairs and transfer at the Faculty of Biology, University of Münster

2020 – 2023

Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology, University of Münster

• Mutwill, AM.; Schielzeth, H.; Richter, SH.; Kaiser, S.; Sachser, N. (2023)
  Conditional on the social environment? Roots of repeatability in hormone concentrations of male guinea pigs
  Hormones and Behavior
  Research Article (Journal)
  [Published]
  doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105423.
• Mutwill, AM.; Schielzeth, H.; Zimmermann, TD.; Richter, SH.; Kaiser, S.; Sachser, N. (2021)
  Individuality meets plasticity: Endocrine phenotypes across male dominance rank acquisition in guinea pigs living in a complex social environment
  Hormones and Behavior
  Research Article (Journal)
  [Published]
  doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.104967.
• Mutwill, AM.; Zimmermann, TD.; Hennicke, A.; Richter, SH.; Kaiser, S.; Sachser, N. (2020)
  Adaptive reshaping of the hormonal phenotype after social niche transition in adulthood
  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
  Research Article (Journal)
  [Published]
  doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.0667.
• Mutwill, AM.; Zimmermann, TD.; Reuland, C.; Fuchs, S.; Kunert, J.; Richter, SH.; Kaiser, S.; Sachser, N. (2019)
  High reproductive success despite queuing – Socio-sexual development of males in a complex social environment
  Frontiers in Psychology
  Research Article (Journal)
  [Published]
  doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02810.
• Willen, RM.; Mutwill, A.; MacDonald, LJ.; Schiml, PA.; Hennessy, MB. (2017)
  Factors determining the effects of human interaction on the cortisol levels of shelter dogs
  Applied Animal Behaviour Science
  Research Article (Journal)
  [Published]
  doi: 10.1016/j.applanim.2016.11.002.