Curriculum Vitae

University of Toronto, Canada, Ph.D. candidate in Physical Anthropology,
Faculty of Arts and Science
Dissertation Title: “Middle Miocene Hominoid Evolution and Diversification”.
Dissertation Supervisor: Dr. David R. Begun

University of Durham, UK, Research M.Sc. Biological Anthropology,
Faculty of Science
Thesis Title: “Assessment of Upper Premolar Morphological Traits as Reliable Phylogenetic Indicators”.
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Todd C. Rae

University of Toronto, Canada, Honours B.Sc. Physical Anthropology,
Faculty of Arts and Science
Graduated with High Distinction

Leakey Foundation Travel Grant, 2005

Dean’s List Scholar in Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, Canada, 1999-2000

Dean’s List Scholar in Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, Canada, 1996-1997

Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Austria
Title: Methods of Phylogenetic Analysis, Fall 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Austria
Title: Comparative Morphology of Fossil Hominids, together with Dr. Bence Viola, Summer 2006, 2008

Teaching Assistant and Lab Instructor in the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, Canada, Winter 2004
Course Title: Paleoanthropology (ANT 429Y1S); Course Instructor: Dr. David R. Begun

Teaching Assistant in the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, Canada, Winter/Spring 2002-03
Course Title: Human Biology and Evolution (ANT 203Y); Course Instructor: Dr. John Albanese

Field work at Willendorf II, Austria, excavation of an Early Upper Palaeolithic site with Dr. Philip R. Nigst (University of Cambridge, UK), Dr. Bence Viola (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany) and Dr. Gerhard Trnka (University of Vienna, Austria), July/August 2006

Field work at Wadi Moghra, Egypt, surface collecting the Early Miocene deposits in the Qattara Depression with Dr. Ellen R. Miller (Wake Forest University, USA) and Dr. Ahmed N. El-Barkooky (Cairo University, Egypt), September 2005

Field work at Felsőtárkány, Hungary, excavation of a new Middle Miocene site with Dr. David R. Begun (University of Toronto, Canada), Dr. László Kordos (Geological Museum of Hungary) and in collaboration with Dr. János Hír (Pásztó Municipal Museum, Hungary), July/August 2003, 2004

Field school in Rudabánya, Hungary, a Late Miocene fossil hominine locality, run by the University of Toronto (Dr. David R. Begun) and the Geological Museum of Hungary (Dr. László Kordos), July 1997