Dr. Carolin Mundinger
Tel: (+49)-(0)251-83-21006
Room 147
Research Focus
- Behavioral ecology, reproducibility, laterality and emotions, animal personality, Citizen Science, adaptations to climate change
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Academic Education
- PhD in the department Applied Zoology and Nature Conservation, University of Greifswald, Germany
- M.Sc. in ´Ecology, Evolution and Conservation` at the University of Potsdam, Germany
- B.Sc. in ´Biology of Organisms` at the University of Osnabrueck, Germany
Positions
- Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Münster
- Certification Data Scientist, neuefische GmbH
- Doktorandin und wissenschaftliche MItarbeiterin, Abteilung für Angewandte Zoologie und Naturschutz, Universität Greifswald
- Bundesfreiwilligen Dienst, ´Biologische Station Ravensberg´, Herford
- Biologin für artenschutzrechtliche Prüfung, Planungsbüro ´gutschker & dongus`
Research Articles (Journals)
- Gleske, M, Mundinger, C, Richter, SH, and Kaiser, S. . “Shaped from an early age: Hormonal and behavioural phenotypes in juvenile male guinea pigs living in distinct social environments.” Physiology and Behavior 305 115210. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2025.115210.
- Siewert, V, Bierbaum, L, Gleske, M, Mundinger, C, Palme, R, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. . “Effects of enrichment removal on cognitive judgement bias of mice: a comparison of two paradigms.” Frontiers in Veterinary Science 13 1813283. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2026.1813283.
- Mundinger, C, Schulz, NKE, Singh, P, Janz, S, Schurig, M, Seidemann, J, Kurtz, J, Müller, C, Schielzeth, H, von, Kortzfleisch VT, and Richter, SH. . “Testing the reproducibility of ecological studies on insect behavior in a multi-laboratory setting identifies opportunities for improving experimental rigour.” PLoS Biology 23 (4) e3003019. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003019.
- Quante, SM, Mundinger, C, Palme, R, Kaiser, S, and Richter, SH. . “What it is like to be an optimist: temporal stability of cognitive bias in rats and its link to other individual traits.” Animal Behaviour 224 123202. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123202.
- Bierbaum, L, Mundinger, C, Siewert, S, Kaiser, S, and Richter, SH. . “Forever an optimist? Investigating the temporal consistency of optimism within and across life phases in rats.” Animal Behaviour 229 123334. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123334.
- Mundinger, Alexander, and Mundinger, Carolin. . “Artificial Intelligence in Senology - Where Do We Stand and What Are the Future Horizons?” European Journal of Breast Health 20 (2). doi: 10.4274/ejbh.galenos.2024.2023-12-13.
- Mundinger, Carolin, Wolf, Janis M., Gogarten, Jan F., Fierz, Marcel, Scheuerlein, Alexander, and Kerth, Gerald. . “Artificially raised roost temperatures lead to larger body sizes in wild bats.” Current biology 33 (18). doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.004.
- Mundinger, Carolin, van Schaik, Jaap, Scheuerlein, Alexander, and Kerth, Gerald. . “Heat over heritability: Increasing body size in response to global warming is not stabilized by genetic effects in Bechstein's bats.” Global Change Biology 29 (17). doi: 10.1111/gcb.16824.
- Mundinger, Carolin, Fleischer, Toni, Scheuerlein, Alexander, and Kerth, Gerald. . “Global warming leads to larger bats with a faster life history pace in the long-lived Bechstein's bat (<i>Myotis bechsteinii</i>).” Communications biology 5 (1). doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03611-6.
- Maenner, Lisa, Mundinger, Carolin, and Haase, Martin. . “Stay in shape: Assessing the adaptive potential of shell morphology and its sensitivity to temperature in the invasive New Zealand mud snail <i>Potamopyrgus antipodarum</i> through phenotypic plasticity and natural selection in Europe.” Ecology and Evolution 12 (10). doi: 10.1002/ece3.9314.
- Mundinger, Carolin, Scheuerlein, Alexander, and Kerth, Gerald. . “Long-term study shows that increasing body size in response to warmer summers is associated with a higher mortality risk in a long-lived bat species.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 (1952). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0508.