Curriculum vitae

1999 - 2004: Biology, German language and literature studies and education science at the University of Konstanz
2005 - 2010:  PhD at the University of Konstanz, Title of the thesis “Environmental effects on learning behaviour, learning performance and generalisation in honey bees and humans”

Social hymenopterans like honey bees and bumble bees live in  complex environments and have to react to sudden environmental changes. I am interested in the interplay between honey bees and bumble bees as pollinators on the one hand and the plants dependent on pollination on the other hand: how affect learning and memory the foraging of honey bees, and how do plants adapt to that?  

Kirkerud NH, Wehmann HN, Galizia CG, Gustav D (2013) APIS—a novel approach for conditioning honey bees. Front Behav Neurosci 7: Articel Nr. 29 / doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00029

Gustav D, Schmitz G (2010) Tanacetum vulgare. In: Crop Protection Compendium. Edited by CAB International, Wallingford.

Lehmann M, Gustav D. & Galizia CG (2010) The Early Bee Catches the Flower – Circadian Rhythmicity Influences Learning Performance in Honey Bees, Apis mellifera. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 65: 205-215

Gustav D (2010) Environmental effects on learning behaviour, learning performance and generalisation in honey bees and humans. Hartung-Gorre Verlag.

Gustav D, Linden AC, Schmitz G (2004) Hygromia cinctella (Draparnaud 1801) mit scalaridem Gehäuse (Pulmonata: Hygromiidae). Mitt. dtsch. malakozool. Ges. 71/72, 15-17

Talk (2010): Biological Globalisation – Bio-invasions and their impact on biodiversity, economy and public health. 4^th Limno-Ecological Summerschool, Konstanz

Poster (2010): Previous olfactory experience influences olfactory generalisation in honey bees and humans. David Gustav, Missanga van de Sand, Lisa Rath & C. Giovanni Galizia. Symposium: “Honeybee Neuroscience – a New, Old Model System, Bridging Genomics, Physiology and Behavior. Where To in The Next 50 Years?”, Berlin

Poster (2009): The few and the many – olfactory generalization in honey bees and humans is influenced by previous olfactory experience. Lisa Rath, Missanga van de Sand, David Gustav , C. Giovanni Galizia. 102. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, Regensburg

Poster (2009): Circadian rhythmicity and olfactory learning in the honey bee. Marina Lehmann, David Gustav, C. Giovanni Galizia. Eight Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, Göttingen.

Poster (2009): The ratio of reinforced and non-reinforced stimuli influences odour responses in honeybees (Apis mellifera). Lisa Rath, David Gustav, C. Giovanni Galizia & Wolfram Kutsch. Eight Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, Göttingen.

Talk (2008): Von Bienen und Menschen – Düfte, Duftverarbeitung und Duftlernen. HU Berlin