Viktor Kovalov

Viktor Kovalov

Academic background

2020- PhD student, University of Zurich (co-supervised by Hanna Kokko, University of Mainz)
2018-2020 MSc student, Ecology and Evolution, Jagiellonian University, Poland
2016-2018 Research assistant, Ukrainian Bat Rehabilitation Center
2012-2016 BSc student, Zoology and Animal Ecology, Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine

Scholarships, Awards and Honours

2019-2020 NCN Program Sonata Bis 6, Jagiellonian University, Project Participant
2018-2020 Visegrad Foundation Scholarship Program, Jagiellonian University, Study on a Master Program
2017 DAAD, Hamburg and Greifswald Universities, Study Visit by Group of Students

Recent publications

Kovalov V, Kokko H. 2023. Fertility signalling games: should males obey the signal? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 378: 20210499. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0499

Kovalov V, Kokko H. 2022. Selection for male stamina can help explain costly displays with cost-minimizing female choice. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76: 69. doi: 10.1007/s00265-022-03172-y