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Stefanie Gierszewski

Ichthyology, Department Exhibitions

Fax: +49 228 9122-212

Mail: S.Gierszewski [at] leibniz-zfmk.de

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Research interests

Animal behavior, Sexual selection, Social learning, Cognition, Ichthyology, Poeciliids, African cichlids, Computer animation as a tool in behavioral experiments.

External websites and profiles

http://www.stefaniegierszewski.de/

https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=S65FQQUAAAAJ&hl=de

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stefanie_Gierszewski

https://bitbucket.org/EZLS/fish_animation_toolchain/wiki/Home

Publications

Gierszewski S., Baker D., Müller K., Hütwohl J. M., Kuhnert K. D., Witte K. (2018) Using the FishSim Animation Toolchain to Investigate Fish Behavior: A Case Study on Mate-Choice Copying In Sailfin Mollies. Journal of Visualized Experiments 141: e58435. https://doi.org/10.3791/58435

Müller K., Hütwohl, J. M., Gierszewski, S., Witte, K., Kuhnert, K. D. (2018) Fish Motion Capture with Refraction Synthesis. Journal of WSCG. https://dspace5.zcu.cz/handle/11025/34664

Gierszewski S., Keil M., Witte K. (2018) Mate-choice copying in female sailfin mollies: public information use from long-distance interactions. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72: 26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-018-2441-6

Chouinard-Thuly L., Gierszewski S., Rosenthal G., Reader S. M., Rieucau G., Woo K. L., Gerlai R., Tedore C., Ingley S. J., Stowers J., Frommen J. G., Dolins F. L., Witte K. (2017) Technical and conceptual considerations for using animated stimuli in studies of animal behavior. Current Zoology 63: 5-19. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zow104

Müller K., Smielik I., Hütwohl J. M., Gierszewski S., Witte K., Kuhnert K. D. (2017) The virtual lover: variable and easily guided 3D fish animations as innovative tool in mate-choice experiments with sailfin mollies - I. Design and implementation. Current Zoology 63: 55-64. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zow106

Gierszewski S., Müller K., Smielik I., Hütwohl J. M., Kuhnert K. D., Witte K. (2017) The virtual lover: variable and easily guided 3D fish animations as an innovative tool in mate-choice experiments with sailfin mollies - II. Validation. Current Zoology 63: 65-74. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zow108

Witte K., Gierszewski S., Chouinard-Thuly L. (2017) Editorial: Virtual is the new reality. Current Zoology 63: 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zow119

Müller K., Gierszewski S., Witte K., Kuhnert K. D. (2016) Where is my mate? - Real-time 3-D fish tracking for interactive mate-choice experiments. ICPR 2016 – 23rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition; VAIB 2016, Proceedings. http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/rbf/VAIB16PAPERS/vaibmuller.pdf

Gierszewski S., Bleckmann H., Schluessel V. (2013) Cognitive Abilities in Malawi Cichlids (Pseudotropheus sp.): Matching-to-Sample and Image/Mirror-Image Discriminations. PLoS ONE 8: e57363. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057363

Presentations

Talks

Gierszewski S., Baker D., Müller K., Hütwohl J. M., Kuhnert K. D., Witte K. (2017) Einfluss des Trächtigkeitsflecks auf das Kopieren der Partnerwahl beim Breitflossenkärpfling (Poecilia latipinna): eine Studie mit FishSim. 14. Meeting of the German Ichthyological Society in Bonn

Gierszewski S., Keil M., Witte K. (2017) Long-distance relationships in mollies: the use of public information in mate choice is not affected by distance. 12th Annual Meeting of the German Ethological Society in Bonn

Gierszewski S. (2017) Virtuelle Fische im Dienst der Forschung: Neue Möglichkeiten zur Erforschung des Kopierens der Partnerwahl beim Breitflossenkärpfling (Poecilia latipinna). Student colloquium of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Siegen

Gierszewski S., Müller K., Hütwohl J. M., Smielik I., Kuhnert K. D., Witte K. (2015) Das Versuchstier der Zukunft? – Einsatzmöglichkeiten virtueller Fischmodelle in Partnerwahlexperimenten mit Breitflossenkärpflingen (Poecilia latipinna). 12. Meeting of the German Ichthyological Society in Berlin

Gierszewski S., Müller K., Hütwohl J. M., Kuhnert K. D., Witte K. (2015) Validation of a virtual 3D fish model for studying mate-choice copying in sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna. 34th International Ethological Conference in Cairns (Australien)

Poster

Gierszewski S., Müller K., Hütwohl J. M., Kuhnert K. D., Witte K. (2016) Check-up for the virtual lover. DZG 2016 in Kiel; ISBE 2016 in Exeter (UK)

Gierszewski S., Müller K., Kuhnert K. D., Witte K. (2014) The virtual Lover – Do real fish interact with 3-D fish in questions of mate-choice? DZG 2014 in Göttingen; 6th Conference of Poeciliid Biologists in Exeter (UK); ISBE 2014 in New York City (USA)

Employment

10/2019 – today Research Assistant at the Institute of Biology, University of Siegen

02/2019 – 07/2019 Displays Curator at SEA LIFE Deutschland GmbH in Königswinter

01/2014 – 06/2018 Research Assistant at the Institute of Biology, University of Siegen

04/2013 – 12/2013 Pet shop assistant at Fressnapf Köln GmbH

10/2011 – 02/2012 Student assistant for animal care at the Institute of Zoology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

07/2007 – 02/2011 Student assistant in a publishing company, VNR Verlag für die Deutsche Wirtschaft AG, Bonn

Academic Education

Since 04/2014 PhD student at University of Siegen.
Thesis topic: „Public information use and social learning in the sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna)" supervised by Prof. Dr. Klaudia Witte

10/2005 – 04/2012 Diploma in Biology with focus on Zoology and Animal Behavior at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn.
Thesis: „Cognitive Abilities in Malawi Cichlids (Pseudotropheus sp.): Matching-to-Sample and Image/ Mirror-Image Discriminations“ supervised by Prof. Dr. Horst Bleckmann and PD Dr. Vera Schluessel

Further Education and Qualification

06/2017 – 08/2017 DAAD RISE Germany Program 2017, DAAD German Academic Exchange Service in Bonn

09/2013 Summer School „Non-invasive monitoring of hormones“, IZW Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin

05/2010 – 06/2010 Internship on group living in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) at Cologne Zoo

10/2009 – 01/2010 Internship on parental investment in Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) at Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum in Düsseldorf

Science Communication and Events

10/2017 Co-organizer of the international workshop “Discovering FishSim in 3 days“ at University of Siegen, funded by the German Zoological Society e.V. (https://virtualfishproject.wixsite.com/fishsim)

06/2016 „Molly knows best – Fisch-Orakel im Dienste der Forschung“, Science Communication Event during the European Football Championship 2016 at University of Siegen (www.em2016-fischorakel.de)

10/2015 „Science Schau Fenster“ public science exhibition in the City of Siegen

08/2015 Co-organizer of an international symposium and workshop on “Virtual Reality - Computer animations as a tool in animal behaviour research“ at the 34th International Ethological Conference in Cairns, Australia (http://iec2015-symposium.wix.com/virtual-reality)

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