Curriculum vitae

current Post-doc at the Centre for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

2008-2011 PhD studies at the Centre for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
supervisor Prof. Dr. Patrizia d'Ettorre: "Communication and the management of information transfer in leaf-cutting ants”; funded by a PhD- scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Thesis to be submitted in 06/2011

2008 Research assistant at the Department of Population Biology, University of Copenhagen

2007 Research assistant at the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Animal Ecology, University of Freiburg, Germany

2003-2007 Diploma in Biology, University of Freiburg
Diploma thesis at the Department for Evolutionary Biology and Animal Ecology, supervisor Prof. Dr. Josef K. Müller: "Wirtswahl der phoretischen Milbe Poecilochirus carabi" (Host choice in the phoretic mite Poecilochirus carabi)

2001-2003 Bachelor in Biology, University of Münster, Germany

Peer reviewed articles

Fouks B, d'Ettorre P, Nehring V. (2011): Brood adoption in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior: adaptation or recognition noise? Insectes Sociaux 58: 479-485 10.1007/s00040-011-0167-9.

Nehring, V., Evison, S. E. F., Santorelli, L. A., d'Ettorre, P. & Hughes, W.O.H. (2011): Kin-informative recognition cues in ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278 1942-1948. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2295.

Nehring, V. & Müller, J.K. (2009): Social environment affects the life history tactic of a phoretic mite. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 1616-1623. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01771.x

Guerrieri, F. J., Nehring, V., Jørgensen, C. G., Nielsen, J., Galizia, C. G. & d'Ettorre, P. (2009): Ants recognize foes and not friends. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: 2461-2468. doi: 1.10.1098/rspb.2008.1860

Other publications

Nehring V. (2011): Kommunikation hos sociale insekter. Kaskelot 187: 8-11.

Conferences

Nehring, V., Larsen, J., d’Ettorre, P (2011): Behavioural thresholds for colony defence in leaf-cutting ant queens and workers. 104th DZG (German Zoological Society) Annual Meeting, Saarbrücken, Germany.

Nehring, V., Larsen, J., d’Ettorre, P (2011): Behavioural thresholds for colony defence in leaf-cutting ant queens and workers. 13th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Tübingen, Germany.

Nehring V, Evison SEF, Santorelli LA, d'Ettorre P, Hughes WOH. (2010) Kin-informative recognition cues in ants. 13th International Behavioral Ecology Congress, Perth, Australia.

Nehring V, Evison SEF, Santorelli LA, d'Ettorre P, Hughes WOH. (2010) Kin-informative recognition cues in ants. 16th International Congress of IUSSI, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Larsen J, Nehring V, d'Ettorre P. (2010) Worker castes of leaf-cutting ants show differences in aggressive behavior. 16th International Congress of IUSSI, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Nehring, V., Evison, S. E. F., Santorelli, L. A., d'Ettorre, P. & Hughes, W.O.H. (2010): Kin-informative recognition cues in ants. Graduate meeting of the German Zoological Society, Freiburg, Germany.

Nehring, V., Boomsma, J.J. & d'Ettorre, P. (2009): Chemical disguise in a leaf-cutting ant social parasite. 102nd Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society, Regensburg, Germany. abstract (html)

Nehring, V., Guerrieri, F.J, Galizia, G & d'Ettorre, P. (2009): A new model for nestmate recognition: Ants recognise foes, not friends. XI. European Symposium for Insect Taste and Olfaction, Villasimius, Italy. abstract compilation (html)

Nehring, V., Boomsma, J.J. & d'Ettorre, P. (2009): Evolution of chemical disguise in a social parasite. 12th congress for the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB), Turin, Italy.

Nehring, V. & d'Ettorre, P. (2008): Colony-specific recognition of inquiline parasite ant queens. Annual IUSSI Winter Meeting (N-W European Section), London.

Nehring, V., Guerrieri, F. J., Galizia, G. & d'Ettorre, P. (2008): Nestmate recognition in the ant Camponotus herculeanus: the information is in the branches. European Meeting of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, La Roche-en-Ardenne.

Nehring, V. & Müller, J.K. (2007): The scent of the next opportunity: Proximate and ultimate causes for a phoretic mite's dispersal pattern. 100th Annual meeting of the German Zoological Society, Köln. abstract booklet (pdf, 3.4 MB)

Nehring, V. & Müller, J.K. (2007): Semiochemicals mediate host choice in the phoretic relationship between the mite Poecilochirus carabi and carrion beetles. 23rd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology, Jena.

Nehring, V. & Müller, J.K. (2007): Conditional sex preference in a phoretic mite. Graduate-Meeting of the Study Group Evolutionary Biology of the German Zoological Society, Bayreuth.

Guerrieri, F. J., Nehring, V., Galizia, C. G. & d'Ettorre, P. (2006): Which cuticular hydrocarbons are important as recognition cues in ants? XV. International Congress of IUSSI, Washington. abstract (html)