Max-Planck-Institut
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
Curriculum Vitae
Professional and public service
Ad hoc reviewer:
Journals:
- Behaviour
- Folia Primatologica
- Behavioural Processes
- Animal cognition
- Animal Behaviour
- Psychological Science
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Grant applications:
- The Leakey Foundation (Award check no. 2507)
- Basler Stiftung für biologische Forschung
- Swiss National Science Foundation (PBSKP3_145844)
- Wenner-Gren Foundation (Gr. 8914)
- National Geographic Research Grant (GEFNE119-14)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (GA1427)
Collaboration with visual artist Emanuel Mathias on a project named "The Primatologist archive"
Education
| 2006 –2011 | PhD student at the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig Dissertation title: Dominance, competition and cooperation in bonobos: a male perspective |
| 2009 | Diploma in Secondary and Higher Education |
| 2005 | Studies in Secondary and Higher Education |
| 2003 | Diploma work at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Thesis title: Ovarian development, dominance and the determintion of future queens in a primitively eusocial wasp (Ropalidia marginata) |
| 1999 –2002 | Studies in Zoology, University of Zürich |
| 1996 –1998 | Basic Studies in Biology, University of Zürich |
Work experience
| 2004 | Local administrator of MPI research field site in Kongo (DRC) |
| 2005/06 | Biology teacher at KZO (Highschool Zürcher Oberland) |
| 2003 | Field assistant for Uni Zürich and for Vogelwarte Sempach |
| Since 2003 | Group and school class guide for Zoo Zürich |
Field experience
| 2004 | Field site administration, MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology Dr. Fruth and Dr. Hohmann, Ethnobotany and Bonobos, Kongo (DRC) |
| 2003 | Field assistance, Vogelwarte Sempach Bird Migration across the Sahara, Mauretania |
| 2003 | Field assistance, University of Zürich Prof. U. Reyer, local adaptation in newt larvae, Switzerland |
| 1998 | Field assistance, University of Zürich Prof. Wehner, Navigation in Desert Ants, Tunisia |
Awards
- Förderpreis des Förderkreises des Deutschen Primatenzentrums
