Contact
Department of Primatology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (341) 3550 - 200
fax: +49 (341) 3550 - 299
Education
2002-2007 | Bachelor in Ecology, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Rome |
2007-2010 | Master Course in Ecobiology, Università degli studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy |
2010 | PhD student at the Max Plank Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig – Leipzig School of Human Origins, University of Leipzig |
Field experience
2006 | Field assistant, Université de Montréal Constance Dubuc, PhD student Determinants of paternity in rhesus macaques Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico |
2007 | Field assistant, Universidade de São Paulo - Ethocebus Project Michele Verderane, PhD student Socioecology of Cebus libidinosus Fazenda Boa Vista (PI), Brazil |
2009 | Data collection for Master dissertation Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” – ISTC-CNR, Roma - Ethocebus project Supervisor: Elisabetta Visalberghi Strategies of food processing in two wild groups of Cebus libidinosus Fazenda Boa Vista (PI), Brazil |
Other research experience
2005 | Data collection for Bachelor dissertation Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata” – Ethoikos Supervisor: Monica Carosi Spontaneous subtraction of two infants in captive Macaca tonkeana: behavioral and physiological stress response in mothers Parco del Piano dell’Abatino (RI), Italy |
2006 | Collaboration in hormonal extraction from faecal samples Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy, Dept. of Experimental Veterinarian Sciences |
2008 | Laboratory assistant Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technology (CNR), Roma (IT) – Universita` di Parma (IT) Coordinators: Elisabetta Visalberghi; Pier Francesco Ferrari Role of imitation in increasing affiliation, empathy, and rapport between individuals in Cebus apella. Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technology (CNR), Roma (IT) |
Scolarships and Awards
2006 | Grant by Ethoikos S.r.l. covering travel and accommodation costs during my staying at Faculty of Veterinary, Padova, Italy conducting a laboratory experience on hormonal extraction from faecal samples for my Bachelor dissertation. |
2007 | Grant by Ethoikos S.r.l. (€ 400,00). Contribution for further development of my Bachelor thesis project. |
2007-2008 | Scholarship by Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” (€ 1.095,00). Collaboration in university services (total 150 hours). Partecipating students are selected according to their academic results. |
2008 | Scholarship by “Poste Italiane” (€ 2.500,00) awarded to employee’s sons/daughters with excellent academic results in their first degree. |
2009 | Grant by “Nordesta - reflorestamento e educaçao” www.nordesta.org (1.000,00 R$). Nordesta is a non governental association engaged in preservation of the tropical rainforests and the improvement of living standards of rural populations in Brazil. I received this contribution for my Master thesis work in Brazil. Scholarship by Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” (€ 2.800,00) for development of a Master thesis project abroad. Two scholarship are granted each year to students in Biology selected according to their academic results |
Teaching experience
2014 | Lecture on “Primate Cognition” within the module “Primate Behavioral Ecology”, (module holder Dr. Anja Widdig; 11-BIO-0804), as part of the MSc. Degree program of Biology at the University of Leipzig, Germany. Lecture on “Primate Culture and Tool Use” within the training program for volunteers participating in the PanAf project (led by Dr. Hjalmar Kühl) which took place at the Max Planck for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig Germany. |
Languages
Fluent in Italian and English; Proficient in French and Portuguese.