Contact
Department of Human Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (341) 3550 - 350
fax: +49 (0341) 3550 - 399
e-mail: streiber@[>>> Please remove the brackets! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Curriculum Vitae
Current Positions
10/2016-present | PhD researcher in the Department of Human Evolution at the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Project title: "Quantifying neck mobility in fossil hominins" Supervisors: Prof. Jean-Jaque Hublin, Dr. Alexander Stoessel |
01/2015-present | PhD student at the Institut für Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie mit Phyletischem Museum, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Project title: "On the evolutionary morphology of the mammalian cervical spine – patterns, diversity, constraints" Supervisor: Prof. M. Fischer |
University Education
10/2012-09/2014 | Master of Science in Evolution, Ecology and Systematics Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Major: Systematic Zoology, Animal morphology and evolution Master thesis: "On the functional morphology of the canine lower cervical spine”" Supervisors: Prof. Dr. M. S. Fischer, Dr. F. Forterre (VetSuisse Bern) |
10/2009-09/2012 | Bachelor of Science in Biology Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena 3rd-year Major: Evolution, Ecology and Systemtics - Zoology Bachelor thesis: "Motion and mobility in iguana’s hip joint (Iguana iguana)" Supervisors: Prof. J. A. Nyakatura, Prof. Dr. M. S. Fischer |
Scientific Employment
10/2014-09/2016 | scientific assistant at the Institut für Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie mit Phyletischem Museum Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena |
04/2011-09/2014 | undergraduate and graduate research assistant at the Institute of Systematic Zoology and the Institute of Ecology, FSU Jena Tutor in practical courses for animal identification and dissection Tutor in the lecture on Systematic Zoology and Animal Evolution Tutor for a deaf fellow student Virtual 3D reconstructions of fossil and extant vertebrates O2 lab management, analysis of soil respiration and ecology |
Teaching
- Bachelor Biology basic course „Basic practical course in Zoology“ (animal dissection)
- Bachelor Nutrition Science basic course „Basic practical course in Zoology“(animal dissection)
- Bachelor Biology basic course „Zoological Biodiversity“(animal identification)
- Bachelor Biology advanced course „Methods in Zoological and Evolutionary Research“ (geometric morphometrics, writing zoological thesis, motion analysis)
- Bachelor Biology advanced course „Morphology and Evolution of Vertebrates“ (axial, limb and vestibular morphology)
- Master Evolutionary Biology advanced course „Motion Systems“ (theory of motion analysis, x-ray based motion analysis, comparative osteology)
- Master Evolutionary Biology advanced course „Methods in Invertebrate Morphology“ (geometric morphometrics)
Workshops and Training
07/2016 | "Anatomical network analysis (AnNA): A new tool to quantify morphological complexity, integration, and modularity in vertebrate evolution and development" Workshop at the 11th International Conference of Vertebrate Morphology, Washington DC |
11/2015 | "Anwendungen der µCT in der biomedizinischen Forschung" Workshop of the ENT clinic, Jena |
09/2014 | "3D BioImaging – Methods and Applications" Workshop of the German Zoological Society, Jena |
09/2013 | "Co-registration of different data sets and the elastic alignment of serial sections" Workshop of the German Zoological Society, Munich |
03/2013 | "Animal experiments on mice and rats" Handling, amplifying and surgical interventions course, Institute for Laboratory Animal Science and Animal Welfare, Jena |
07/2012 | "Geometric morphometrics - tools for analysing biological form" Workshop of the German Zoological Society, Jena |
Field Collection Trips
03/2013 | island ecology and endemism, flora and fauna of the Canary Islands Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain |
09/2012 | intertidal zone fauna Roscoff, Bretagne, France |
Reviewer
- Geodiversitas
- Journal of Morphology
- Journal of Zoology
- Computer assisted Surgery
- Mammalian Biology
- Organisms Diversity and Evolution