Curriculum Vitae

Education

1993 – 1999	Studies in Biology and French, University of Freiburg
2000	State exam in biology (Msc equivalent) at Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
2001 – 2002	Thesis for state exam: “Comparative analysis of the callitrichid long calls. A contribution to their phylogeny.”; Hannover University, Germany
2007 to today	PhD student at the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig Dissertation title: Female social strategies in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) of the Tai Forest, Ivory Coast.

1998 – 1999	Volunteer (Animal Husbandry) Limbe Wildlife Centre, Limbe, Cameroon
2002 – 2004	Assistant Manager, Limbe Wildlife Centre, Cameroon
2004 – 2005	International Research Assistant, WCS-Cross River Gorilla Project Limbe, Cameroon
2006/2007	Assistant Teacher Biology/French, Stuttgart, Germany

2004 – 2005	WCS-Cross River Gorilla Project International Research Assistant (data collection and field site management)
2004	Cross River gorilla distribution survey in Bantakpa forest, South West Province, Cameroon