Max-Planck-Institut
Contact
Bridge professorship
between
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology & University of Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Anja Widdig
e-mail: anja_widdig@[>>> Please remove the brackets! <<<]eva.mpg.de
phone.: ++49 (0)341 9736 707
Curriculum Vita
Education
| Since 10/2019 | PhD student at the University of Leipzig in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig (MPI EVA) Dissertation title: “Human impact on biodiversity: analyzing the genetic diversity of the critically endangered crested macaques (Macaca nigra) of Sulawesi, Indonesia” Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anja Widdig (University of Leipzig) |
| 04/2015 – 03/2018 | Master of Science in Biology (with a focus on Ecology and Evolution), Dissertation title: “Evaluating conservation efforts to inform future management decisions for West African chimpanzees” Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Brüggemann (Goethe University Frankfurt), Dr. Hjalmar Kühl (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig) & Prof. Dr. Friedemann Schrenk (Goethe University Frankfurt) |
| 10/2010 – 03/2015 | Bachelor of Science Dissertation title: “Raiding composition and position fidelity in Megaponera analis” Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Linsenmair (Julius- Maximilian University Würzburg) |
Work experience
| 06/2018 – 09/2018 | Field research assistant Investigating problem solving abilities in long-tailed macaques for the McCowan Lab (University California Davis, USA) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| 03/2016 – 09/2016 | Field research assistant Recording object manipulation in long-tailed macaques for Prof. Leca (University Lethbridge, Canada) in Bali, Indonesia. |
| 12/2013 - 03/2014 | Internship Studying the role of canines for the rank of males in crested macaques at the German Primate Centre in Göttingen, Germany. |
| 09/2012 - 11/2012 | Field assistant Investigating the role of mammals in the seed dispersal of rattan in the “Macaca Nemestrina Project” in Malaysia. |
| 10/2011 - 12/2011 | Research assistant Identifying pollinators in coffee plantations in the DFG Research Group Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. |
Grants Awarded
| 10/2019 | Project funding of the Zoological Society for the Conservation of Species and Populations (5.000€) |
| 08/2019 | One-year scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (23.924€) |
| 07/2019 | Christian-Vogel-Fond for Field Research (800€) |
| 12/2017 | Science Policy Shadowing Fund of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (1.821€) |
| 09/2012 | PROMOS scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (450€) |
