Curriculum Vitae
Studied at LMU
Munich (Zoology, Anthropology, Biophysics), Diplomarbeit/Diploma Thesis: LMU
Munich, Department of Zoology, Prof. Gerhard Neuweiler and Max-Planck-Institute
of Psychiatry, Prof. Detlev Ploog.
1985 - 1989 Doktorarbeit/PH.D. Thesis: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
Prof. Madhav Gadgil and LMU Munich, Prof. Gerhard Neuweiler, “Acoustic
communication in catarrhine primate species”.
1990 – 1995 Postdoctoral training Forschungsstelle für Humanethologie in der
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Erling-Andechs, Prof. Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeld. „Comparative
studies on social behavior of wild bonobos“.
1996 - 1998 Research assistant, Max-Planck-Institute for Behavioral Ecology, Seewiesen, Prof. Wolfgang Wickler. „Comparative studies on social behavior of wild bonobos“.
2000 – 2018 Group leader at the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig. “Behavioral physiology, ecology, and ontogenetic development of Pan species”
Since 2021 Max-Planck-Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell