Curriculum Vitae

Education

since 06/12	Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology , Leipzig (D) Postdoctoral researcher  at the Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology under the supervision of Prof. M. Tomasello: "Cooperation and Communication in Primates"
09/08-06/12	Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology , Leipzig (D) Ph.D. at the Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology under the supervision of Prof. M. Tomasello: "Unable or Unwilling? Cognitive and Motivational Foundations of Collaborative Activities in Primates"
10/02-12/07	Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg (D) Diplom (German Master’s Degree) in Biology with majors in Behavioural Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology, Cognitive Science, Ecology, Evolution and Molecular Biology
08/99-07/00	Stoneleigh-Burnham-School, Greenfield, MA (USA) Junior Year at an independent secondary school
08/93-06/02	Kardinal-von-Galen-Gymnasium, Münster (D)

 

Research Career

since 02/07	Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig (D) Researcher: preparing and conducting behavioural studies with apes and human children
10/06-01/07 07/02-08/02	Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Center (WKPRC), Leipzig (D) Internship: data collection, data evaluation, preparing and conducting behavioural studies with apes
08/2006	Summer-Academy of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Salem (D): Ethological work on Barbary Macaques (with Dr. W. Kaumanns and Prof. M. Singh)
10/05-03/07	Academic Kollegs of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes Member of Neuro- und Psycho-Sciences under the direction of Prof. G. Roth in Kleve (D) (10/05), Bonn (D) (04/06), Cologne (D) (10/06) and Bonn (D) (03/07)
09/04-03/05	Africam Safari, Puebla (MEX) Internship in the Ethology Department: projects in enrichment, data collection and data evaluation
06/01-07/01	Covance Laboratories GmbH, Münster (D) Internship in comprehensive contract research: projects in Toxicology, Pathology and Histology
03/99	Veterinary Clinic R. Gövert, Münster (D) Internship at a veterinary clinic for domestic and farm animals

 

Field Work Experience

04/10-07/10

Research at Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary (Uganda)

 

Funding

since 11/11	Post-doctoral Fellowship of the Max-Planck-Society
08/11-10/11	Doctoral Fellowship of the Max-Planck-Society
08/08-07/11	Doctoral Fellowship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)
01/03-03/08	Student Fellowship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)
1999-2000	Fellowship of ASSIST for a year abroad at an American independent secondary school

 

Awards

03/2010	Best Poster Award at the 5th EHBEA Conference, Wroclaw (PL)
2002	Jugend forscht: Essay in Biology about the behaviour of horses and their way of communicating with human-beings (2nd prize and special prize of the Allwetterzoo, Münster)
2000-2001	German History Essay Competition under the patronage of the German Federal President: “Used – loved – killed. Animals in our history” (4th prize)

 

Professional memberships

since 2006

Member of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie Member of the International Primatological Society