About us

Centre leadership team:

Co-Director, MPI-BI: Prof. Dr. Bart Kempenaers

Deputy Co-Director, MPI-BI: Prof. Dr. Tobias Bonhoeffer

Co-Director, UCT: Prof. Dr. Claire Spottiswoode

Deputy Co-Director, UCT: Dr. Gabriel Jamie

Scientific Coordinator, UCT: Dr. Susan Miller

 

Partner institutes and research projects of the Centre:

Department of Ornithology, Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence

FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town

African Cuckoos research project, FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology

African Honeyguides research project, FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology

Department Evolution of Sensory and Physiological Systems, Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence

Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology