Curriculum Vitae

PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Psychology at Leipzig University

Workshop “Cultural Learning, Imitation, and Articraft Understanding:
A Comparative Perspective“ at the CEU Summer University Budapest, Hungary

Postgraduate training in cognitive behavioral therapy, Institute for Psychological Therapy (IPT) e.V., Leipzig, Germany

Diploma (Master’s Degree) in Psychology (Dipl.-Psych.; graduate degree at German Universities), Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany

Intermediate Diploma in Psychology at Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany

Study of Psychology at Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany

German high school diploma (Abitur) at high school “Albert Schweitzer“, Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany

Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig

Guest Researcher at the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

PhD – student at the Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology,
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

Student Research Assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

Student Assistant at the Acute Psychiatric Unit of the University Hospital Leipzig, Germany

Zoo Guide at the Leipzig Zoo, Leipzig, Germany (Guided tours of different content, special tours with main focus on primates)

Voluntary Substitutional Army Service in a kindergarten, Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany

2008

Developmental Science Early Career Researcher Award 2007

Animal Cognition
Cognition
Infancy
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Association for Psychological Science (APS)
International Primate Society (IPS)
Society for Research in Child Development (SCRD)

Supervision of graduate students at MPI EVA, Leipzig, Germany

Supervision of research assistants and interns at MPI EVA, Leipzig, Germany

Teaching classes (Biology, Comparative Psychology, Wildlife Conservation) at Leipzig Zoo with focus an primates, Leipzig, Germany