Contact
Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (341) 3550 - 315
fax: +49 (341) 3550 - 333
e-mail: cissewski@eva.mpg.de
Curriculum Vitae
Current Position
03/2018-present | PhD candidate in Behavioral Ecology Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture Project title: “Social learning in structured populations: Theoretical and empirical approaches” Supervisors: Prof Richard McElreath, Dr Anne Kandler, Prof Daniel Haun |
University Education
09/2016-09/2017 | University of St Andrews, United Kingdom M.Sc. (with distinction) Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology: The Origins of Mind |
10/2012-08/2016 | Philipps-University Marburg, Germany B.Sc. Psychology (final grade: 1.0) B.A. Comparative Studies in Culture and Religion, Philosophy (final grade: 1.3) |
Fellowships
1/2012-03/2018 | Scholarship student with the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes) |
Academic Experience
11/2016-08/2017 | Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution, University of St Andrews M.Sc. student Supervision: Prof Dr Kevin Laland
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10/2015-08/2016 | Department of Experimental and Biological Psychology, Philipps-University Marburg B.Sc. student at the Cognitive Neuroscience of Perception and Action group Supervision: Prof Dr Anna Schubö, Dipl.-Psych. Dominik Dötsch
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12/2013-08/2016 | Research Assistant at the Associative learning group Supervision: Prof Dr Harald Lachnit, Dr Metin Uengoer, Dr Anna Thorwart
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10/2015-03/2016 | Department of Comparative Cultural Research at Philipps-University Marburg B.A. Student at European Ethnology group Supervision: Prof Dr Karl Braun
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04/2015-09/2015 | Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara Research Intern at Cultural Psychology lab Supervision: Prof Dr Heejung Kim
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Language, Statistics and Programming skills
- Fluent in German (native) and English (IELTS Academic overall band score: 8.0), proficient in Latin, Ancient Greek and French
- Experienced in (Bayesian) generalized mixed models
- Working knowledge in mathematical and individual-based modelling
- Experienced in R, SPSS and MPlus statistics
- Basic programming experience in Python and Matlab
- Experience with E-Prime, Tobii eye tracking software and PsyToolkit
Teaching experience
04/2018 | Undergraduate seminar on Cultural Evolution and Social Learning |
04/2016-08/2016 | Introductory seminar in Perception Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience |
04/2014-08/2015 | Tutor in Experimental Methods module |