01/2003 – 07/2007 | PhD, Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany; Thesis: From roar to word, MRI studies on the cognitive processing of emotional vocalizations |
10/1995 – 04/2002 | Academic studies in Biology, Institute for Animal Physiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Master Thesis: Long-eared bats, vocalizations and hunting behavior, Switzerland, southern and central Germany |
09/2002 | Field research Vervet monkeys, Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; Institute for Zoology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany |
02/2001 | Field research Lemures, Madagaskar, Institute for Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany |
06/1998 | Field research Bechstein bats, Institute for Zoology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland; Biocenter of the University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany |