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
| 04/2013-current | PhD student at the University of Leipzig in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig (MPI EVA) Dissertation title: Chemical signalling in chimpanzees Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anja Widdig (University of Leipzig) |
| 10/2010-09/2012 | Master of Science in Biology (with focus on Ecology and Behavioural Ecology in Primates) Thesis title: "Method development to assess olfactory profiles via GC-MS analysis in the great apes" Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anja Widdig (University of Leipzig) |
| 10/2007-09/2010 | Bachelor of Science in Biology Thesis title: Beschreibung und Vergleich des Paarungsverhaltens zweier Deroceras-Arten (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Agriolimacidae) aus Malta Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Willi Xylander (Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz) |
Work experience
| 02/2008–09/2012 | Student Assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Conduction and assistance of observational and experimental behavioural studies in great apes (Pan troglodytes verus, Pan paniscus, Gorilla gorilla gorilla, Pongo abelii), management of enrichment programme for great apes management of photo database maintaining tours and lectures for pupils, students and guests |
| 09/2012-10/2012 | Research Assistant at the University of Leipzig Assistance in conducting acoustic experiments with rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) on Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico under the supervision of Dr. Dana Pfefferle |
