Study of Biology, University of Kassel, Germany

Study of Biology, University of Leipzig, Germany
Main subjects: Zoology, Behavioral Biology, Ecology

Diploma work at the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Primatology, Leipzig, Gemany

Thesis title:
"Alpha-male rank acquisition by a group member in mountain gorillas, behavior and endocrinological correlates."

PhD student at the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Primatology, Leipzig, Germany

Dissertation title:
"Endocrinological correlates of male white faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus) behavior and development at Lomas Barbudal, Costa Rica."

Supervisor:
Dr. Tobias Deschner, MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
Prof. Susan Perry, UCLA, Department of Anthropology, Los Angeles, California, USA

Research assistant Grüne Liga Kohrener Land, Leipzig, Germany ("Barn Swallow research project")

Project work in the Zoo of Leipzig: "The nocturnal behavior of the Okapi bull"

Laboratory assistant Prof. Virginia Vitzthum

Laboratory assistant Dr. Tobias Deschner

supervision and laboratory training of students and interns

EUPRIM-NET - „Stress and its Implication on Primate Welfare“, 13. – 16. October 2008, Göttingen, Germany

Greenpeace Germany

Conservation Group MPI EVA 

regular talks about Primates, 

New World Monkeys, Threat of Primates at MPI EVA for school classes (5th to 12th grade)

WSPA, World Animal Protection