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 Vitae
Education
| since 10/2018 | PhD student at Leipzig University in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig (MPI EVA) Dissertation title: "The role of chemical cues for advertising female fertility in primates" Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anja Widdig (Leipzig University) |
| 10/2015-09/2018 | Master of Science in Biology (with focus on Neurobiology and Behaviour) Thesis title: "Chemical communication of reproductive state in chimpanzees" Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Anja Widdig and Dr. Brigitte Schlögl (Leipzig University) |
| 10/2012-09/2015 | Bachelor of Science in Biology Thesis title: "Female signalling during courtship in the zebra finch" Supervisors: Prof. Constance Scharff Ph.D and PD Dr. Henrike Hultsch (Freie Universität Berlin) |
Work experience
| 01/2017-07/2017 | Research assistant at Leipzig University; Assisting in sampling mammalian body odour and in tutoring courses in BSc. Biology |
| 01/2016-09/2016 | Student assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the WKPRC in Leipzig; Behavioural observations of non-human great apes as well as assisting in cognitive tests |
| 10/2012-07/2013 | Student assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen; Analysis of social behavioural pattern and social network of killer whale pods located in Northern Norway under the supervision of Dr. Heike Vester and Prof. Dr. Marc Timme |
| 2007-2017 | Field assistant at Ocean Sounds in Northern Norway (part-time); Assisting in collecting and analysing sound recordings of killer whales and other whale species as well as behavioural assays of different killer whale pods under the supervision of Dr. Heike Vester |
Grants Awarded
| 05/2018 | Contribution to a research grant by The Leakey Foundation (PI Anja Widdig) on the project "Chemical cues for advertising female fertility in primates" (25000.00 Euro) |
| 04/2017 | Research Grant for young researchers of the Ethology Society (480 Euro) |
