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Department of Primatology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (341) 3550 - 200
fax: +49 (341) 3550 - 299
Curriculum Vitae
| 1978-1984 | Studies of biology, anthropology, and biophysics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany |
| 1985-1987 | Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India |
| 1987-1989 | Max-Planck Institute for Psychiatry and Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich |
| 1989 | Dissertation at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany |
| 1989-1995 | Deptartment of Human Ethology, Max-Planck-Society, Germany |
| 1996-1998 | Max Planck Institute for Behavioural Physiology Seewiesen, Germany |
| since January 1999 | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Dept. Primatology), Leipzig, Germany |
| since 2007 | representative of the scientific staff of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
In addition to annual budgets from the Max Planck Society, funding has been obtained from the following organizations:
| 1989 – 1993 | multiple grants from the German Science Foundation for creating the infrastructure for long-term field research at Lomako |
| since 1995 | multiple grants from the German Science Foundation for studies on the genetic relations of wild bonobos (collaboration with D Tautz, Munich University) |
| since 1997 | multiple grants from the German Science Foundation for studies on sexual behaviour and endocrinology in wild and captive bonobos (collaboration with K Hodges and M Heistermann, German Primate Centre, Göttingen) |
| since 1999 | multiple grants from the German Science Foundation for studies on the genetic variability of bonobos (collaboration with L Vigilant, MPI for Evolutionary Antropology, Leipzig) |
| 1999 | Volkswagen Foundation for studies on the pharmacological activity of bonobo food plants (collaboration with K Dibungi, Uni Kinshasa, and D. Paper Uni Regensburg) |
| 2000 | multiple grants from The Leakey Foundation for a comparative study on feeding ecology in bonobos and chimpanzees |
| 2002 | German Technical Cooperation for the development of the Salonga National Park as a resource for conservation, science and tourism |
| since 2005 | multiple grants from the National Geographic Society for field research in Congo |
| 2008/10 | multiple grants from Primate Action Fund of Conservation International for organizing anti-poaching campaigns |
Long-term research collaborations have been established with:
- Dept. of Anthropology, University College London
- Dept. of Anthropology, George Washington University
- Dept. of Anthropolgy, Indiana University, Bloomington
- Dept. of Comparative Cognition, Université de Neuchâtel
- Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Max-Planck Odense Center on the Biodemography of Aging
- the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (http://www.izw-berlin.de/),
- the Laboratory for Endocrinological Diagnostics at the Institute for Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics at Leipzig University (http://www.uni-leipzig.de/),
- the zoos of Apenheul (NL), Berlin (G), Cologne (G), Frankfurt am Main (G), Leipzig (G), Planckendael (B), Straubing (G), and Wuppertal (G).
- Courant-Research Center Evolution of Social Behavior, Georg August Universität Göttingen
- Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen
- Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
