Curriculum Vitae
Education
| 2007 - present | Ph.D. candidate at the Leipzig School of Human Origins (International Max Planck Research School) Dissertation title: “The socioecological function of vocal communication in gorillas- A comparative study of mountain gorillas Gorilla b. beringei and western lowland gorillas Gorilla g. gorilla” Supervisor: Dr. Martha Robbins. |
| 2007 | Dipl. Biologist (German equivalent to M.Sc.), degree: very good, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany Diploma thesis: “The acquisition of food processing skills in gorillas- the nettle technique” at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department for Developmental and Comparative Psychology. Supervisors: Dr. Josep Call (MPI- EVAN), Prof. Stefan Halle (FSU Jena). |
Professional experience
| 2010 | Consultant for WWF in the Primate Habituation Project of the Dzanga- Sangha Nature Reserve, Central African Republic Managment of habituation, research and ecotourism activities |
| 2007- 2009 | Data collection on the vocal behaviour of mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, and western lowland gorillas in Dzanga- Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic |
| 2005 - 2007 | Intern and Student research assistant at the Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Centre, Leipzig Participation and conduction of cognitive experiments with great apes at the WKPRC, but also Wilhelma Zoo, Stuttgart, Germany and Burgers Zoo, Arnhem, The Netherlands. |
| 2004/2005 | Field research training at the Soutpansberg Conservancy, South Africa Habituation of Chacma baboons Papio ursinus, data collection of home range patters and social interactions |
