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
- Qiu, B., Elsner, D., & Korb, J. (2026). Arms races between selfish genetic elements and their host defence in termites. Nature Communications, 17(1), 1702.
- 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.