Prof. Dr. Judith Korb

Focus of research

• Social Evolution: cooperation and conflict
• Evolution of Ageing
• Community ecology of West African termites 

CV

• Since 2022 Honorary Adjunct Professor, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
• Since 2013 Full Professor (W3), Evolution & Ecology, Univ. Freiburg
• 2008–2013 Full Professor (W3) Behavioral Biology, Univ. Osnabrück
• 2005–2008 Scientific Assistant, Univ. Regensburg
• 2004 Habilitation in Zoology, Univ. Regensburg
• 2000–2004 Emmy Noether Group Leader (DFG), Univ. Regensburg
• 1999–2000 Research Fellow (German Science Foundation, DFG), CSIRO, Canberra & Darwin, Australia
• 1997–1998 Postdoctoral Fellow of the DAAD, University of Würzburg & Côte d’Ivoire
• 1994–1997 PhD, University of Würzburg
• 1987–1993 Studies of Biology (Diplom), University of Würzburg

Selected publications

• Korb J, Meusemann K (2021) Comparative transcriptomic analysis of the mechanisms underpinning ageing and fecundity in social insects. Philo Trans R Soc B. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0728. (15 co-authors)
• Elsner D, Meusemann K, Korb J (2018) Longevity and transposon defense, the case of termite reproductives. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 115:5504-5509.
• Korb J, Foster KR (2010) Ecological competition favours cooperation in termite societies. Ecol Lett 13:754-760.
• Korb J, Weil T, Hoffmann K, Foster KR, Rehli M (2009) A gene necessary for reproductive suppression in termites. Science 324:758.
• Korb J, Heinze J (2008) Ecology of Social Evolution. Springer Press, Heidelberg