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
2011 – 2015 | PhD in Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna (2011-2015) on ”Physiological and Cognitive Determinants of Behavior in Primate Societies” Supervisor: Prof. W. Tecumseh Fitch (Department of Cognitive Biology, Vienna) Evaluation and defence committee: Prof. J. Silk, Prof. R. Seyfarth, Prof. C. tenCate, & Prof. T Bugnyar |
2009 | MSc in Behavioural endocrinology, University of Vienna (2009) on ”Effects of tourist pressure on the follicular cycles and reproductive behavior in female Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus)” Supervisor: Prof. John Dittami (Department of Behavioural Biology, Vienna) |
Work Experience
2016 – ongoing | Postdoctoral research fellow within the ERC project ”ApeAttachment”, awarded to Dr Catherine Crockford, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
2015 | Postdoctoral researcher on the project ”Learning from a Friend: The Role of Social Bonds and Oxytocin in Social Learning”, Anniversary Fund of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna |
2011 – 2015 | PhD position within the Advanced ERC Grant ”Syntax of Mind: A Comparative Computational Approach” awarded to Prof W. Tecumseh Fitch, Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna |
2010 – 2012 | Animal trainer and keeper: Positive reinforcement training of squirrel monkeys, hormone data collection, for Prof. W. Tecumseh Fitch, Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna |
2009 – 2011 | Assistant to behavioural and endocrinological research projects at the Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Vienna |
2007 | Study assistant, Census work on the Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) of Gibraltar, Department of Anthropology, University of Vienna |