Stefania Casagrande

Dr. Stefania Casagrande is a Principal Investigator at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence. She obtained her PhD from the University of Parma and conducted her postdoctoral research through two Marie Curie Fellowships at the University of Groningen and the University of Antwerp. Her research focuses on avian eco-physiology, with particular emphasis on stress physiology, reproductive behavior, development, avian visual and acoustic communication, and the physiological mechanisms through which birds, including songbirds, respond to environmental challenges. She has served as a board member of the Flanders Research Foundation Research Funding Panel and is currently an Associate Editor of the Journal of Avian Biology.