Institute of Zoology,
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, 
Bünteweg 17, 30559 Hannover

Education:

- 01/2009 Dissertation (degree: Dr. rer. nat.)
- 08/2004 – 01/2009 PhD Student, University of Hannover and Institute of Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover
- 3/1999-02/2003 Graduate Student (MSc), Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg
- 07/2000-07/2001 Studies in tropical biology and animal ecology, Universidad de Costa Rica
- 10/1996-02/1999 Undergraduate Student (BSc), University of Jena


Research Experience:


- 09/2006 – 06/2008 Research staff (DFG-project PR623/3-1), Institute of Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
- 07/2004 Scientific research assistant: Behavioral ecology of European halictid bees (Lasioglossum malachurum)
- 08/2002 – 03/2004 Scientific research assistant: Collaborative research centre SFB 554 („Mechanisms and Evolution of Arthropod Behavior“): analysis of Nasonia male behaviour using interspecific hybrids
- 03/2001 Field assistant: Reproduction and behavioural ecology of a neotropical tree frog (Smilisca sordida) in Costa Rica
- 08/2000 – 09/2000 Field assistant: Bioacoustics and breeding behaviour of the túngara frog (Physalaemus pustulosus) in Costa Rica
- 04/2000 – 07/2000 Student assistant: Animal husbandry (herpetological sector)
- 06/1999 – 08/1999 Scientific research assistant: Population biology and social behaviour of European Bechstein's bats (Myotis bechsteinii)


Field Work:

Germany, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Ecuador


Awards and Grants:

10/2007 1. poster award: 6th International Zoo and Wildlife Research Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics in Berlin
08/2004-06/2006 research fellowship by the DAAD
07/2000 – 07/2001 grant by the DAAD, study abroad at the Universidad de Costa Rica


Service as Reviewer:

Revista Española de Herpetologia

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