CURRICULUM VITAE
HIGHER EDUCATION & ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
since 2022
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of California Davis, United States (on a postdoc mobility fellowship granted by the Swiss National Science Foundation)
Research topic: The impact of human disturbance on animal culture
In collaboration with: Dr. Jennifer Smith, Dr. Andrew Sih
2019 - 2022
Postdoctoral Researcher
Cognitive and Cultural Ecology Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany
Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Research topic: Mechanisms underlying social learning processes in great tits (Parus major)
PI: Dr. Lucy Aplin
2016 - 2019
PhD Candidate
School of Biology, Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Thesis title: Social transmission of foraging behaviour in bottlenose dolphins and its interplay with climate change
Supervisors: Dr. William Hoppitt, Dr. Michael Krützen, Dr. Simon Allen, Dr. Christopher Hassall
2012 – 2014
Master of Science
Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Thesis title: Shelling - a novel foraging strategy in a population of bottlenose dolphins. Independently innovated or socially learned?
Supervisor: Dr. Michael Krützen
2008 – 2012
Bachelor of Science in Biology
University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland