Curriculum Vitae
Education
| 1996 –1998 | Basic Studies in Biology, University of Zürich |
| 1999 –2002 | Studies in Zoology, University of Zürich |
| 2003 | Diploma work at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Thesis title: Ovarian development, dominance and the determintion of future queens in a primitively eusocial wasp (Ropalidia marginata) |
| 2005 | Studies in Secondary and Higher Education |
| 2006 –2011 | PhD student at the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig Dissertation title: Dominance, competition and cooperation in bonobos: a male perspective |
| 2009 | Diploma in Secondary and Higher Education |
Work experience
| Since 2003 | Group and school class guide for Zoo Zürich |
| 2003 | Field assistant for Uni Zürich and for Vogelwarte Sempach |
| 2004 | Local administrator of MPI research field site in Kongo (DRC) |
| 2005/06 | Biology teacher at KZO (Highschool Zürcher Oberland) |
Field experience
| 1998 | Field assistance, University of Zürich Prof. Wehner, Navigation in Desert Ants, Tunisia |
| 2003 | Field assistance, University of Zürich Prof. U. Reyer, local adaptation in newt larvae, Switzerland |
| 2003 | Field assistance, Vogelwarte Sempach Bird Migration across the Sahara, Mauretania |
| 2004 | Field site administration, MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology Dr. Fruth and Dr. Hohmann, Ethnobotany and Bonobos, Kongo (DRC) |
Professional and public service
Ad hoc reviewer:
Journals:
- Behaviour
- Folia Primatologica
- Behavioural Processes
- Animal cognition
Grant applications:
- The Leakey Foundation
- Basler Stiftung für biologische Forschung
- Swiss National Science Foundation
Awards
- Förderpreis des Förderkreises des Deutschen Primatenzentrums
