In the field: an interview with Harald Wolf

Abstract

Harald Wolf has recently retired as a Professor at the University of Ulm, Germany, where he investigated navigation, locomotor control and sensorimotor integration in invertebrates. After completing his diploma in biology in 1980 at the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, he undertook a PhD with Otto von Helversen at Erlangen University, Germany, and postdocs with Keir Pearson at Edmonton University, Canada, and Werner Rathmayer at Constance University, Germany. He then received a Heisenberg Fellowship to complete research at Constance University and the California Institute of Technology, USA, before completing a 2-year lectureship at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.