Curriculum Vitae

CAREER AND EDUCATION

2010-present	Coordinator for research in African chimpanzee sanctuaries
2008-present	Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
2009	PhD in Biology (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Leipzig
2005-2009	PhD student in the Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig (Advisor: Prof. M. Tomasello)
2003	Diploma in Biology, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
1997-2003	Student of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2009	Instructor for the module Behavioral Ecology, University of Leipzig, Department of Biological Sciences
2001	Teaching assistance for animal physiology course, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
2000-2001	Co-Instructor for the seminar on Social Behavior of Primates and Other Mammals, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Nuremberg Zoo

 

FIELD EXPERIENCE

2004-present	Research at Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Entebbe, Uganda
2007-2008	Research at Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
2005-2007	Research at Tchimpounga chimpanzee sanctuary, Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo
2004	Research assistance for behavioral observations of white handed gibbons, Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
1999-2000	Internship at the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project, Phuket, Thailand

 

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

2003-2004	Research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
2003-present	Guided tours for students and other visitors, Leipzig Zoo (Pongoland)
2002-2003	Student assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
2001-2001	Intern at Wolfgang Koehler Primate Research Center, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig

 

FELLOWSHIPS

2005-2007

Doctoral fellowship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation).

 

SUPERVISION

• Jan Engelmann (M.A. student) (Co-supervision with Dr. Tomasello)
• Antonia Misch (M.A. student) (Co-supervision with Dr. Tomasello)
• Christiane Markmann (M.A. student) (Co-supervision with Dr. Tomasello and Dr. Vaish)
• Helene Pettersson (M.A. student) (Co-supervision with Dr. Tomasello and Dr. Kaminski)
• Stefanie Keupp (M.A. student) (Co-supervision with Dr. Tomasello and Dr. Vaish)

 

AD HOC REVIEWER

• Developmental Science
• International Journal of Comparative Psychology
• Animal Cognition
• Animal Behaviour