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Curriculum vitae
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Curriculum vitae |
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Curriculum vitae |
Current Employment
01/04/2022–(31/03/2025)
University of Konstanz— Research Fellow
Department:
Neurobiology
Project: “The
Psychophysics of Honeybee’s Sky Map”
Funding: University of Konstanz (internal funding)
Professional Experience
01/12/2020–31/03/2022
JMU Würzburg— Research Fellow
Department:
Biozentrum, Zoology II
Funding:
DFG, Temp. Position for Principal Investigator (FO 1308/3-1)
01/06/2020–30/11/2020
JMU Würzburg— Research Fellow
Department:
Biozentrum, Microbiology
Supervisor:
Dr. Ana Rita
Brochado
Funding:
DFG (Emmy Noether Fellowship to ARB)
01/03/2020–30/04/2020
JMU Würzburg— Research Fellow
Department:
Biozentrum, Zoology II
Supervisor:
Dr. Basil el Jundi
Funding:
DFG (Emmy Noether Fellowship to BeJ)
01/07/2018–29/02/2020
Lund University— Research Fellow (employed)
Department:
Functional Zoology, Vision Group
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Marie Dacke
Funding:
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
01/10/2014–30/06/2018
Lund University—Postdoctoral Researcher (stipended)
Department:
Functional Zoology, Vision Group
Project:
“The Ultimate
Limits of Polarization Vision”
Supervisor:
Prof. Dr. Marie Dacke
Funding: Knut and Alice Wallenberg
Foundation
Carl Trygger Foundation (CTS 14:95 and
15:180)
19/04/2010–17/09/2010
University of Bristol—Research
Associate (internship)
Project:
“Bumblebee
Polarization Vision”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Julian Partridge
Education
2010–2014
University of
Bristol
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PhD
(School of Biological Sciences)
Title:
“Functions of Animal Polarization Sensitivity”
Supervisors:
Prof. Dr. Julian C. Partridge & Prof.
Dr. Nicholas W. Roberts
Awarded:
06/01/2015
2008–2009
University of Bristol—Master
of Research, Vision Science
(Distinction)
2005–2008 University of Bristol—Bachelor of Science, Zoology (1st Class)
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Publications |
Yilmaz A, Gagnon YL,
Byrne MJ,
Foster JJ, Baird E & Dacke M (2022) The balbyter
ant Camponotus
fulvopilosus combines several navigational
strategies to support homing when foraging in the close vicinity of its
nest.
Front. Integr. Neurosci. 914246 doi:
10.3389/fnint.2022.914246
Khaldy L,
Foster JJ, Yilmaz A,
Belušič G, Gagnon Y, Tocco C, Byrne M & Dacke M
(2022) The influence of different qualities of polarised
light in the heading direction network of the diurnal ball-rolling dung
beetle Kheper lamarcki.
J. Exp. Biol. 225,
jeb243734
doi::
10.1242/jeb243734
Tocco C, Foster JJ, Venter N, Cowie B,
Marlin D & Byrne M (2021)
Elevated atmospheric CO2 adversely affects dung beetle
development: another potential driver of decline in insect numbers?
Glob. Change Biol. 27 (19)
4592-4600 doi:10.1111/gcb.15804
Foster JJ,
Tocco C, Smolka J,
Khaldy L, Baird E, Byrne M,
Nilsson D-E & Dacke M (2021)
Light pollution forces a change in dung beetle orientation behaviour.
Curr. Biol.
31 (17) 3935-3942.e3 doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.038
Olsson P, Johnsson RD, Foster JJ, Kirwan JD,
Lind O & Kelber A (2020) Chicken
colour discrimination depends on background colour.
J. Exp. Biol. 223 jeb.209429
doi: 10.1242/jeb.209429
Franzke M, Kraus C, Dreyer D, Pfeiffer K, Beetz MJ,
Stöckl AL, Foster JJ, Warrant EJ & el
Jundi B (2020) Spatial
orientation based on multiple visual cues in monarch butterflies.
J. Exp. Biol.
223 jeb.223800
doi: 10.1242/jeb.223800
Dacke M, Bell A, Foster JJ,
Baird E, Strube-Bloss M,
Byrne MJ &
el
Jundi B (2019) Multimodal cue integration in the dung beetle
compass. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
116 (28) 14248-14253
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1904308116
Foster JJ, Kirwan JD, el Jundi B,
Smolka J, Khaldy L, Baird E, Byrne MJ, Nilsson
D-E, Johnsen S & Dacke M (2019)
Orienting to Polarized Light at Night—Matching
Lunar Skylight to Performance in a Nocturnal Beetle.
J. Exp. Biol. 222, jeb.188532
doi: 10.1242/jeb.188532
Dahake A, Stöckl AL, Foster JJ, Sane
SP, Kelber A (2018)
The roles
of vision and antennal mechanoreception in hawkmoth flight control.
eLife 7:e37606
doi: 10.7554/eLife.37606
Wilby DW, Riches S, Daly IM, Bird A, Wheelright M &
Foster JJ (2018)
Hermit
Crabs (Pagurus bernhardus)
Use Visual Contrast in Self-Assessment of Camouflage.
J. Exp. Biol. 221, 173831
doi: 10.1242/jeb.17383
Foster JJ, Temple SE, How MJ,
Daly IM, Sharkey CR, Wilby D & Roberts NW (2018)
Polarisation Vision: Overcoming Challenges of Working with a Property of
Light We Barely See. Sci. Nat.
105(27)
doi: 10.1007/s00114-018-1551-3
Kirwan JD, Bok MJ, Smolka J, Foster JJ,
Hernández JC & Nilsson D-E (2018)
A Diadematid Urchin Uses Low Resolution Vision
to Find Shelter and Deter Enemies.
J. Exp. Biol. 221, 176271
doi: 10.1242/jeb.176271
Foster JJ, Smolka J, Nilsson
D-E & Dacke M (2018)
How Animals
Follow the Stars.
Proc. R. Soc. B 285, 20172322
doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2322
Foster JJ,
el Jundi B, Smolka J,
Khaldy L, Nilsson D-E, Byrne MJ & Dacke M (2017)
Stellar Performance—Mechanisms Underlying Milky Way Orientation in Dung
Beetles.
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 372, 20160079
doi: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0079
el Jundi B, Foster JJ,
Khaldy L, Byrne MJ, Dacke M & Baird E (2016)
A Snapshot-Based Mechanism for
Celestial Orientation.
Curr. Biol.,
26(11) 1456–62
doi: 0.1016/j.cub.2016.03.030
el Jundi B, Foster JJ,
Byrne MJ, Baird E & Dacke M (2015)
Spectral Information as an Orientation Cue in Dung Beetles. Biol. Lett.,
11(11), 20150656
doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0656
Foster JJ, Sharkey CR, Gaworska AV, Roberts NW, Whitney HM & Partridge JC (2014) Bumblebees Learn Polarization Patterns. Curr. Biol., 24(12) 1415–20 doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.007
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Project grants |
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15/07/2022
Newcomer Large
Project Grant—CASCB
University of Konstanz
15/07/2020
Postdoctoral Fellowship FO 1308/3-1—DFG Eigene Stelle
01/02/2019
Exploration
Grant
NGS-56504R-19 Byrne,
Tocco & Dacke. Nat. Geographic
13/01/2016
Postdoctoral Scholarship CTS15:180—Carl Trygger
Foundation
24/11/2015
Project Grant
FO2016-0540—Lars Hierta
Memorial Foundation
28/11/2014
Postdoctoral Scholarship CTS14:95—Carl Trygger
Foundation
09/04/2010
University of Bristol Postgraduate
Research
Scholarship |
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Popular Science Articles and
Press |
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Phillips T
(2022)
Dung Beetles Navigate Using the Milky Way Space Weather.com
(interview)
Evans Ogden L (2021) Turning out the lights
to avoid dung fights.
Natural History Magazine (interview)
Aluffi G
di (2021)
Anche scarabei, rane e falene sanno leggere le stelle. La Repubblica
(interview)
Bates M (2021)
Light pollution leads dung beetles astray. Psychology Today—Animal Minds
(interview)
Smillie S (2021)
Dung beetles lose their way as lit up skies drown out their compasses. Saturday Star (interview)
Sokol J (2021)
What Animals See in the Stars. The New York Times
(interview)
Foster JJ (2021)
Skyglow forces dung beetles in the city to abandon the Milky Way as
their compass.
The Conversation
Resnick B (2021)
Animals can navigate by starlight. Here’s how we know. Vox
(interview)
Foster JJ (2021)
Artic Skies Show Effects of Light Pollution on Nocturnal Orientation. In INTERACT Stories of Arctic
Science II
Wilcox C (2021)
False “stars” could disorient wildlife. Dispatches: Frontiers in
Ecology and the Environment (interview)
Mårtensson C
(2021)
Fältnoteringar, stjärnsikt
Temporary Art Installation
(advisor)
Taxay S
(2020)
SpaceX's starlink—crossing an astronomical and ecological threshold the Paper Tiger
(interview)
Wayman E
(2019)
Moonlight shapes how some animals move, grow
and even sing Science News
(interview)
Dance A (2019)
Animals Use Brain Tricks to See in the Dark Scientific
American (interview)
Haynes K (2019)
Dung Beetles Navigate by Polarized Moonlight Discover
Magazine (interview)
Shirley L (2018)
Animal Journeys: Navigating in Nature High Desert
Museum (exhibition)
Foster JJ (2018)
The Animal Star Compass
Navigation News,
July–August, 18–20
Smillie S (2018)
Dung Beetles and the effect of the Milky Way on birds and insects.
Daily Maverick
(interview)
Gruber K (2018)
Like us, animals look up at the stars.
Particle
(interview)
Rydén D (2018)
Utan stjärnhimmel går djuren vilse.
Sydsvenskan (interview)
Foster JJ (2017)
Scientists have worked out how
dung beetles use the Milky Way to hold their course.
The Conversation
Rey B (2017)
Ce Scarabée s’Oriente Grâce aux Contrastes de la Voie Lactée. Science et
Vie (interview) PreLights team for preprint highlights. Company of Biologists |