Kathrin Kopp
Postdoc
Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (0) 341 3550 614
e-mail:
kathrin_kopp@[>>> Please remove the text! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Research Interests
GrApeNet - Great Ape Research Network
Curriculum Vitae
Publications
Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Center
Kickerlingsberg 3
D-04105 Leipzig
Germany
Research Interests
- Prosocial behaviour, underlying processes, regulation and development in great apes
- Inter-individual variation in social behaviours and socio-cognition in great apes: development and socio-ecological factors
- Social bonds and dynamics in zoo-housed great ape groups
- Research as cognitive and behavioural enrichment for great apes in zoos and sanctuaries
GrApeNet - Great Ape Research Network
The main project in my current position is to establish a network of scientifically managed European zoos for long-term comparative psychological and behavioural research with great apes.
Zoos that keep great apes and are interested in the project are welcome to contact me. - I would be happy to present our ideas for GrApeNet at your institution and answer any questions you may have.
Curriculum Vitae
Career
| Since 01/2021 | Post-doctoral researcher, GrApeNet Coordinator Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig |
| 04/2019-12/2020 | Post-doctoral researcher Evolution of Brain Connectivity Project; Line manager for behavioural research at zoos and sanctuaries Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig |
| 01/2017-03/2019 | Post-doctoral researcher with teaching assignment Comparative Developmental Psychology Freie Universität Berlin |
| 06/2015-12/2016 | Scientific assistant with teaching assignment Comparative Developmental Psychology Freie Universität Berlin |
| 04-05/2015 | Visiting lecturer Department of Education and Psychology Freie Universität Berlin |
| 05/2012-10/2014 | Scientific assistant Cluster of Excellence Languages of Emotion; Group Evolutionary Psychology Freie Universität Berlin |
Education
| 01/2017 | Doctor of Philosophy Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin Dissertation: Prosocial behaviour in captive Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) Supervisor: Katja Liebal, Freie Universität Berlin; Co-Referee: Judith M. Burkart, University of Zurich |
| 2017 | Certificate "University Didactic" Freie Universität Berlin |
| 2013-2016 | Advanced training in university didactic, certification program "SUPPORT für die Lehre" at Freie Universität Berlin |
| 10/2010-09/2016 | Doctorate at Freie Universität Berlin: Comparative Psychology |
| 12/2009 | Magistra Artium in Philosophy and Biology Department of Philosophy, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Thesis: The evolutionary roots of morality and the possible role of group selection Supervisors: Olaf L. Müller, Dep. of Philosophy, and Andreas Elepfandt, Dep. of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
Teaching
| winter term 2017/18 | Seminar "Methods in behavioural research" Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin |
| winter terms 2015/16 - 2017/18 | Seminar "Scientific working techniques and good scientific practise" Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin |
| summer term 2015, winter term 2016/17 | Seminar "Uniquely human? - Prosociality in a cross-species comparison" Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin |
| 2015-2018 | Guest teaching on behavioural research in zoos Zoo animal keeper graduating classes, Peter-Lenné-Schule, Oberstufenzentrum "Natur und Umwelt", Berlin |
Supervision of student theses and projects
| Since 2016 | Several empirical and theoretical Bachelor and Master Theses in comparative psychology and behavioural research |
| summer terms 2016, 2018 | Co-supervision of student projects in collaboration with Katja Liebal within the course "Study in the field" in Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage, Zambia |
Conference presentations
| 03/2021 | 1. International Meeting on Zoo Research, Conservation, and Biodiversity, Online: Invited talk |
| 09/2019 | Workshop Brain and Behavioral Evolution in Primates, Erice, Sicily, Italy: Poster presentation |
| 12/2017 | 11. Göttinger Freilandtage, Göttingen, Germany: Poster presentation |
| 09/2016 | 50th Congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Leipzig, Germany: Talk |
| 08/2016 | Joint Conference of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists, Chicago, USA: Talk and poster presentation |
| 02/2015 | 15th Conference of the Gesellschaft für Primatology, Leipzig, Germany: Poster presentation |
| 08/2014 | XXV. Conference of the International Primatological Society, Hanoi, Vietnam: Poster presentation |
| 03/2014 | 14. Annual MVE meeting “Human behaviour in an evolutionary perspective”, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany: Talk |
Further presentations
| 04/2021 | EAZA Great Ape TAG Midyear Meeting, Online: Invited talk |
| 11/2020 | Meeting of the Working Group Sience and Research, Verband der Zoologischen Gärten e.V., Online: Invited talk |
| 01/2020 | Seminar Research Ethics, University of Leipzig: Guest talk |
| 01/2020 | Zoo Magdeburg, Germany: Invited public talk |
| 12/2018 | Psychology Research Colloquium, Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg, Neuruppin, Germany: Guest talk |
| 10/2016 | Primate keepers' meeting of the Berufsverband der Zootierpfleger e.V., Stuttgart, Germany: Invited talk |
| 10/2013 | Project Day of Philosophy at Heinz-Berggruen-Gymnasium Berlin, Germany: Invited talk |
Memberships
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie e.V.
- Gesellschaft für Primatologie e.V.
- Berufsverband der Zootierpfleger e.V.
- Orang-Utans in Not e.V.
Publications
* Joint first author
Malherbe, M., Samuni, L., Ebel, S. J., Kopp, K. S., Crockford, C., & Wittig, R. M. (2024). Protracted development of stick tool use skills extends into adulthood in wild western chimpanzees. PLoS Biology, 22: e3002609. |
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Kopp, K. S. *., Kanngiesser, P. *., Brügger, R. K., Daum, M. M., Gampe, A., Köster, M., van Schaik, C. P., Liebal, K., & Burkart, J. M. (2024). The proximate regulation of prosocial behaviour: towards a conceptual framework for comparative research. Animal Cognition, 27(1): 5. |
Open AccessGräßle, T., Crockford, C., Eichner, C., Girard-Buttoz, C., Jäger, C., Kirilina, E., Lipp, I., Düx, A., Edwards, L., Jauch, A., Kopp, K. S., Paquette, M., Pine, K., EBC Consortium, Haun, D. B. M., McElreath, R., Anwander, A., Gunz, P., Morawski, M., Friederici, A. D., Weiskopf, N., Leendertz, F. H., & Wittig, R. M. (2023). Sourcing high tissue quality brains from deceased wild primates with known socio‐ecology. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14(8), 1906 -1924. |
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Friederici, A. D., Wittig, R. M., Anwander, A., Eichner, C., Gräßle, T., Jäger, C., Kirilina, E., Lipp, I., Düx, A., Edwards, L. J., Girard-Buttoz, C., Jauch, A., Kopp, K. S., Paquette, M., Pine, K. J., Unwin, S., Haun, D. B. M., Leendertz, F. H., McElreath, R., Morawski, M., Gunz, P., Weiskopf, N., Crockford, C., & Consortium, E. (2023). Brain structure and function: a multidisciplinary pipeline to study hominoid brain evolution. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 17: 1299087. |
Kopp, K. S. *., Ebel, S. J. *., Wittig, R. M., Haun, D. B. M., & Crockford, C. (2021). Small mirrors do the trick: A simple, but effective method to study mirror self-recognition in chimpanzees. Animal Behavior and Cognition, 8(3), 391-404. |
Ebel, S. J., Kopp, K. S., & Liebal, K. (2020). Object preferences in captive Sumatran orang-utans (Pongo abelii). Behavioural Processes, 170: 103993. |
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Haun, D., Liebal, K., Amici, F., Bender, A., Bohn, M., Bräuer, J., Buttelmann, D., Burkart, J., Cacchione, T., DeTroy, S., Faßbender, I., Fichtel, C., Fischer, J., Gampe, A., Gray, R. D., Horn, L., Oña, L. S., Kärtner, J., Kaminski, J., Kanngießer, P., Keller, H., Köster, M., Kopp, K. S., Kornadt, H.-J., Rakoczy, H., Schuppli, C., Stengelin, R., Trommsdorff, G., Van Leeuwen, E. J. C., & Schaik, C. v. (2020). Ein Plädoyer für die Relevanz der Vergleichenden Psychologie für das Verständnis menschlicher Entwicklung (Kommentare zu Daum, M. M., Greve, W.,Pauen, S., Schuhrke, B. und Schwarzer, G.(2020). Positionspapier der Fachgruppe Entwicklungspsychologie: Ein Versuch einer Standortbestimmung. In: Psychologische Rundschau, 71(1), 24-46). Psychologische Rundschau, 71(1), 40-41. |
Kopp, K. S., & Liebal, K. (2018). Conflict resolution in socially housed Sumatran orangutans (̑Pongo abelii). PeerJ, 6: e5303. |
Kopp, K. S. (2017). Prosocial behaviour in captive Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii). PhD Thesis, Freie Universität, Berlin. |
Kopp, K. S., & Liebal, K. (2016). Here you are!—Selective and active food sharing within and between groups in captive Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70, 1219-1233. Retrieved from 10.1007/s00265-016-2130-2. |
