PhD candidate Leipzig School of Human Origins student at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig Germany

Dissertation: “Underlying mechanisms of cooperation and social bonds in wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes): a behavioural and physiological perspective”
Supervisors: Dr. Roman Wittig, Dr. Catherine Crockford, and Dr. Tobias Deschner

MSc. Animal Behaviour
Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Thesis title: “The habituation process and its effects on a wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) community”
Supervisor: prof. Joseph Terkel

Honours BSc. Life Science
Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Budongo Conservation Field Station, Budongo forest, Uganda

Habituation team leader – Tracking and observing wild chimpanzees.
Field work included the collection of behavioural and demographic data, as well as recordings of chimpanzee vocalizations for acoustic analysis.

Zoological center “Safari”, Ramat-Gan, Israel

Zoo keeper – Preparing balanced diet, keeping the enclosure clean and safe, and providing environmental enrichment to captive zoo animals. 

Zoo teacher/guide – Teaching zoology, conservation and sustainability.

Israeli Zoo Association & Tel-Aviv university, Israel

Research assistant – Collecting behavioural data for a project investigating stereotypic and abnormal behaviour in captive non-human primates.

“Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi”, Ambu Ari, Bolivia

Volunteer – Rehabilitation wildlife refuge. Supporting sheltered animals and participating in environmental education programs at the surrounding communities.