Team
Felix Liechti | dept. head
Felix is an ecologist with broad interests, but a particular focus on bird migration. He has been fascinated for more than 30 years in using modern technology like radar and miniaturized data-loggers to investigate animal movements that are otherwise invisible. Felix leads the Bird Migration Department at the Swiss Ornithological Institute and is a senior adviser within GloBAM.
Silke Bauer | Project coordinator / Leader - Synthesis (WP5)
Animal migrations, especially their large scale patterns and timing are Silke’s core research interest. Although much of her research has been devoted to migrants and migrations themselves, it increasingly also recognizes that migrants can have a multitude of effects and interact with the resident communities visited during their journeys. Silke is a senior researcher at the Swiss Ornithological institute, GloBAM’s coordinator and lead of its synthesis-parts.
Tom Mason | Post-doctoral researcher
Tom is a conservation ecologist interested in how wild animal populations respond to changes in their environment. He works as a post-doctoral researcher within the Bird Migration Department of the Swiss Ornithological Institute. Within GloBAM, Tom will focus on developing spatial models of bird migration to explore how migratory journeys will be affected by global environmental change.
Christoph Meier | Researcher fellow
Investigating the annual cycle of this species (determining staging sites, non-breeding sites, and migratory schedule) Which factors affect the individual variation in migration strategies? . weather along the migration route and at the breeding ground . individual brood performance . population dynamic at the breeding site . genetic variation between individuals How do migration strategies differ between populations?