positions helD
2022-ongoing
Senior Ornithologist
Environmental Consultancy https://www.macarthurgreen.com/
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2018-2022
Affiliated researcher
Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow
Lab: Prof P. Monaghan
2016-2018
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow (grant agreement No 661340)
Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow
Differential costs of social living in nature.
Lab: Prof P. Monaghan
2015-2016
Postdoctoral Researcher
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern
Kin recognition in Daphnia (Daphnia pulex, Daphnia magna).
Lab: Prof. M. Taborsky
2012 – 2014
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Environmental Sciences, Zoology and Evolution, University of Basel
Oxidative stress and maternal care in the European earwig (Forficula auricularia).
Lab: Prof. M. Kölliker
2010 – 2012
Swiss National Science Foundation Fellow
Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Using experimental sexual selection to test the genetic and fitness consequences of mating preferences in house mice (Mus musculus musculus).
Lab: Prof D. Penn
2009-2010
Intern
Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich
Learning basic molecular techniques such as DNA extraction.
Lab: Prof. B. König
Education
2006-2009
Ph.D., Institute of Biology, Eco-Ethology, University of Neuchâtel, CH
Mating behaviour and the effects of parasites on reproductive success in male Columbian ground squirrels (Uricitellus columbianus).
Lab: Prof. R. Bshary
1999-2004
Master of Biology, University of Bern, CH
Colour vision in chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)
Lab: Prof. P. Ingold
Funding & Fellowships
2017
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Research Grant
Telomere assay.
Ethologische Gesellschaft, Research Grant
Funding for travel to and accommodation at field station in South Africa.
2016
Institute Research Support Fund, University of Glasgow
Funding for travel to and accommodation at field station in South Africa.
Marie Curie Fellowship, University of Glasgow
Differential costs of social living in nature.
2014
Basler Stiftung für Experimentelle Zoologie
Oxidative stress and maternal care in the European earwig (Forficula auricularia).
2013
Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft, Basel
Maternal care and its effect on oxidative stress in the European earwig (Forficula auricularia).
2012
SNSF Fellowship (Prolongation), University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Using experimental sexual selection to test the genetic and fitness consequences of mating preferences in house mice (Mus musculus musculus).
2010
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Fellowship, University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaUsing experimental sexual selection to test the genetic and fitness consequences of mating preferences in house mice (Mus musculus musculus).
COURSES TAUGHT
2013
Behavioural ecology practical courses University of Basel, Switzerland
3rd year undergraduate students, six weeks.
2008
Data-Management course, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
3rd year undergraduate biology students, 1 semester.
2006, 2007
Behavioural ecology practical courses, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
2nd year undergraduate students, six weeks.
Conference Presentations
2017
Behaviour 2017, Estoril
Oral presentation
2016
16th International Society for Behavioural Ecology, ISBE, Exeter
Oral presentation
2014
15th International Society for Behavioural Ecology, ISBE, New York
Oral presentation
2013
The Annual Meeting of the Swiss Zoological, Botanical and Mycological Societies 13, Basel
Poster presentation
2012
14th International Behavioural Ecology, ISBE, Sweden
Oral presentation
2009
The Annual Meeting of the Swiss Zoological, Botanical and Mycological Societies 09, Bern
Poster presentation
2008
European Conference on Behavioural Biology, ECCB, Dijon
Oral presentation
The Annual Meeting of the Swiss Zoological, Botanical and Mycological Societies 08, Lausanne
Oral presentation
2007
6th IZW International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife, Berlin
Oral presentation
The Annual Meeting of the Swiss Zoological, Botanical and Mycological Societies 07, Zürich
Poster presentation (2nd prize)
2006
11th International Society for Behavioural Ecology, ISBE, Tours
Poster presentation