Study of Biology (Zoology, Behavioral Physiology, Ecology, Psychology), University of Bayreuth and University of Leipzig, Department of Biological Sciences

Diploma thesis: "Object choice experiments with chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus)" [in German]

Supervisors:
Prof. M. Tomasello, MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
Prof. K. Schildberger, University Leipzig

Dissertation: "Sociality and ranging in wild West African female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)"

Supervisor: Prof. C. Boesch, MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig

Consultant of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation, Tasks: fundraising, report writing, webpage updates, conservation education projects (Club P.A.N., School-projects Germany/Côte d’Ivoire)

Volunteer for Ecology ("Freiwilliges Ökologisches Jahr") in the Zoo Görlitz, Germany

Student assistant, MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

Volunteer for the Taї Chimpanzee Project Ivory Coast, Habituation of a chimpanzee group

Guided tours for school classes, students or other visitors, Zoo Leipzig, Germany

Member of the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation, Tasks: fundraising, conservation education projects (Club P.A.N., Partnerschoolproject Germany/Côte d’Ivoire)

Instructor for the seminar on Behavioral Ecology:
University of Leipzig Department of Biological Science, Germany

Instructor for the Seminar on Wild Chimpanzees:
Gymnasium Ortenberg, on the occasion of the Max Planck Society annual meeting in 2006, Germany

Research at Tchimpounga Sanctuary, Republic of Congo
Research on cognition in chimpanzees

Co-founded the Conservation Group of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Projects have included a conservation education program with the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (Club P.A.N.), primate-focused sustainable logging and primate reintroduction literature reviews.