2026 Wulfila Gronenberg: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	44	7230	6660	3115	2808	80	6404

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Overview

Wulfila Gronenberg is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the biological sciences, with a focus on insect neurobiology, ecology, and behavior.

The main fields of study associated with Gronenberg include Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Their work also delves into several subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Social Psychology, and Paleontology.

The primary research topics of Gronenberg encompass:

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
Plant and animal studies
Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Insect and Pesticide Research

Gronenberg has contributed scholarly articles to various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of Experimental Biology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, and Arthropod Structure & Development.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Gronenberg are:

"Allometric analysis of brain cell number in Hymenoptera suggests ant brains diverge from general trends," 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
"The flavonoid rutin protects the bumble bee Bombus impatiens against cognitive impairment by imidacloprid and fipronil," 2022, Journal of Experimental Biology
"The central nervous system of whip spiders (Amblypygi): Large mushroom bodies receive olfactory and visual input," 2020, The Journal of Comparative Neurology
"Learning of bimodal vs. unimodal signals in restrained bumble bees," 2020, Journal of Experimental Biology
"Olfactory System Morphology Suggests Colony Size Drives Trait Evolution in Odorous Ants (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae)," 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Gronenberg frequently collaborates with other researchers, including R. Keating Godfrey, Andre J. Riveros, Isabel C. Aksamit, Felipe Dorigão-Guimarães, and Mira Swartzlander.

Best Publications

Subdivisions of hymenopteran mushroom body calyces by their afferent supply

Wulfila Gronenberg

323
Citations
Age-dependent and task-related morphological changes in the brain and the mushroom bodies of the ant Camponotus floridanus

Wulfila Gronenberg;Silke Heeren;Bert Hölldobler

275
Citations
Segregation of visual input to the mushroom bodies in the honeybee (Apis mellifera).

Birgit Ehmer;Wulfila Gronenberg

244
Citations
Fast actions in small animals: springs and click mechanisms

W. Gronenberg

233
Citations
Morphologic representation of visual and antennal information in the ant brain.

Wulfila Gronenberg;Bert Hölldobler

174
Citations
The Processing of Color, Motion, and Stimulus Timing Are Anatomically Segregated in the Bumblebee Brain

Angelique C. Paulk;James Phillips-Portillo;Andrew M. Dacks;Jean Marc Fellous

162
Citations
Brain Allometry in Bumblebee and Honey Bee Workers

Stefanie Mares;Lesley Ash;Wulfila Gronenberg

152
Citations
Visual processing in the central bee brain

Angelique C. Paulk;Andrew M. Dacks;James Phillips-Portillo;Jean Marc Fellous

137
Citations
The fast mandible strike in the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus I. Temporal properties and morphological characteristics

W. Gronenberg

129
Citations
The trap-jaw mechanism in the dacetine ants Daceton armigerum and Strumigenys sp.

Wulfila Gronenberg

123
Citations
Higher order visual input to the mushroom bodies in the bee, Bombus impatiens.

Angelique C. Paulk;Wulfila Gronenberg

118
Citations
Olfactory learning and memory in the bumblebee Bombus occidentalis

Andre J. Riveros;Wulfila Gronenberg

118
Citations
Fast Trap Jaws and Giant Neurons in the Ant Odontomachus

Wulfila Gronenberg;Jürgen Tautz;Bert Hölldobler

117
Citations
Reduction of brain volume correlates with behavioral changes in queen ants.

Glennis E. Julian;Wulfila Gronenberg

113
Citations
Descending neurons supplying the neck and flight motor of diptera: Physiological and anatomical characteristics

Wulfila Gronenberg;Nicholas J. Strausfeld

109
Citations
Brain size: A global or induced cost of learning?

Emilie C. Snell-Rood;Emilie C. Snell-Rood;Daniel R. Papaj;Wulfila Gronenberg

103
Citations
Mushroom body volumes and visual interneurons in ants: comparison between sexes and castes.

Birgit Ehmer;Wulfila Gronenberg

100
Citations
Descending pathways connecting the male-specific visual system of flies to the neck and flight motor

Wulfila Gronenberg;Nicholas J. Strausfeld

99
Citations
Modality-specific segregation of input to ant mushroom bodies.

Wulfila Gronenberg

96
Citations
Descending neurons supplying the neck and flight motor of Diptera: organization and neuroanatomical relationships with visual pathways.

Nicholas J. Strausfeld;Wulfila Gronenberg

89
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