Department of Primatology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (341) 3550 - 200
fax: +49 (341) 3550 - 299
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2013 – present | 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” |
2012 | MSc. Animal Behaviour Thesis title: “The habituation process and its effects on a wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) community” |
2007 – 2010 | Honours BSc. Life Science |
Work and Field experience
2011 – 2012 | Budongo Conservation Field Station, Budongo forest, Uganda Habituation team leader – Tracking and observing wild chimpanzees. |
2005 – 2011 | 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. |
2009 | 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. |
2007 | “Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi”, Ambu Ari, Bolivia Volunteer – Rehabilitation wildlife refuge. Supporting sheltered animals and participating in environmental education programs at the surrounding communities. |