Western, Central and Eastern Africa

(Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania) for Ph.D.dissertation on African great apes conservation and for developing the IUCN/SSC A.P.E.S. database, in affiliation with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany, and University College London, UK (Feb-Nov2009)

Gashaka-Gumti National Park (Nigeria) for M.Phil. dissertation on Nigerian chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes vellerosus) insectivory and tool-use, conducted at the Gashaka Chimpanzee Project in affiliation with the University College London, UK (Feb-May 2006 ).

Kuruman Natural Reserve (South Africa) for research internship on the social behavior and habituation of meerkats (Suricatta suricatta) at the Kalahari Meerkat Project in affiliation with the University of Cambridge, UK (Oct-Sep 2004/05).

Nene Washes Natural Reserve, Cambridgeshire (UK) for the RSPB (Royal Society of Protection of Birds) flora biodiversity monitoring and habitat management (Jun-Aug 2004).

Tai National Park (Ivory Coast) for M.Sc. dissertation on habituated and non-habituated groups of Western black and white colobus monkeys (Colobus polykomos polykomos) behaviour and vocal communication at the Tai Monkey Project in affiliation with the University of St Andrews, Scotland and University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy (May-Dec 2004)

Arcipelago de La Maddalena National Park, Caprera Island (Sardinia, Italy) for research on wild boars (Sus scrofa) impact on the local environment and interactions with endemic species in affiliation with University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy (Jun-Aug 2001).