Diploma studies in biology at Würzburg University 2001 - 2006 and the Australian National University 2005 – 2006, entitled “Context Learning in Honeybees: Can Foragers Schedule their Activities in Time and Space?”
PhD studies 2006 - 2011 supported by the Graduate School of Life Sciences in the BEEgroup at Würzburg University’s Biocentre and the Centre of Excellence for Visual Sciences at the Australian National University in Canberra, entitled “Honeybee Cognition: Aspects of Learning, Memory and Navigation in a Social Insect”
Publications:
Pahl M, Zhu H, Tautz J and Zhang S (2011): Large Scale Homing in Honeybees. PLoSONE 6, e19669.
Pahl M, Tautz J and Zhang, SW (2010): Honeybee Cognition. In Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms, edited by P Kappeler, Springer.
Gross HJ, Pahl M, Si A, Zhu H, Tautz J and Zhang SW (2009): Number-Based Visual Generalisation in the Honeybee. PLoSONE 4, e4263.
Pahl M, Zhu H, Pix W, Tautz J. and Zhang SW (2007): Circadian timed episodic-like memory - a bee knows what to do when, and also where. Journal of Experimental Biology 210, 3559-3567.
Zhang S, Schwarz S, Pahl M, Zhu H and Tautz J (2006): Honeybee memory: a honeybee knows what to do and when. Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 4420-4428.
Selected international conference contributions:
Pahl M, Gross HJ, Si A, Zhu H, Tautz J, Zhang S (2010): Number-Based Visual Generalisation in the Honeybee. 9th International Congress of Neuroethology in Salamanca, Spain.
Pahl M, Gross HJ, Si A, Zhu H and Zhang SW (2009): Number-Based Visual Generalisation in the Honeybee. International Ethological Conference in Rennes, France.
Pahl M, Zhang SW, Pix W, Zhu H (2008): Celestial and terrestrial cues in honeybee navigation. International Conference on Invertebrate Vision 2008 in Bäckaskog, Sweden.
Pahl M, Zhu H, Pix W, Tautz J, Zhang SW (2007): Honeybee memory: Bees can schedule their activities in time and space. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Institute für Bienenforschung 2007 in Veitshöchheim, Germany.
Pahl M, Zhu H, Pix W, Tautz J, Zhang SW (2006): Honeybee memory: Bees can schedule their activities in time and space. Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Sciences Meeting in Canberra, Australia.