Marie Dacke
Swedish biologist and researcher
Marie Ann-Charlotte Dacke is a professor of Sensory Biology, at the Lund Vision Group in Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Her research focuses on nocturnal and diurnal compass systems, using the dung beetle as a model organism. Dacke is a Wallenberg Scholar as of 2025. In 2022, she was elected a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Dacke has a keen interest for the education of the general public and among other things act as a panel member of the Swedish TV show Studio Natur. In 2013, she received an Ig Nobel Prize for her work on the navigation system of dung beetles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Dacke
Marie Ann-Charlotte Dacke is a professor of Sensory Biology, at the Lund Vision Group in Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Her research focuses on nocturnal and diurnal compass systems, using the dung beetle as a model organism. Dacke is a Wallenberg Scholar as of 2025. In 2022, she was elected a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Dacke has a keen interest for the education of the general public and among other things act as a panel member of the Swedish TV show Studio Natur. In 2013, she received an Ig Nobel Prize for her work on the navigation system of dung beetles.
