Investigating the evolutionary origins of the social foundations of language by examining how interdependence, mutual gaze, amygdala anatomy and communicative complexity are interrelated in different primate species. Part of the Evolutionary Cognition Group of the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology and supervised by Prof. Judith Burkart.

Research project: "Group coordination in forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis)" led by the principal investigator Dr. Claudia Stephano Video coding and data analysis

Research project: "Who takes the risk? Testing consistent individual behavioural variation inwild vervet monkeys" led by the principal investigator Dr. Charlotte Canteloupo Performance of behavioural observations and experiments (predator model) on wild vervet monkeyso Video coding and data analysiso Scientific writingo Collection of behavioural and spatial movement data on wild vervet monkeyso Collection and analysis of faecal samples (genetics, hormones, metabolism) of… Show more Research project: "Who takes the risk? Testing consistent individual behavioural variation inwild vervet monkeys" led by the principal investigator Dr. Charlotte Canteloupo Performance of behavioural observations and experiments (predator model) on wild vervet monkeyso Video coding and data analysiso Scientific writingo Collection of behavioural and spatial movement data on wild vervet monkeyso Collection and analysis of faecal samples (genetics, hormones, metabolism) of wild vervet monkeyso Participation to ongoing research projects Show less

Master thesis project: “Cooperative and prosocial tendencies in Barbary Macaques (Macaca sylvanus)” led by the principal investigators Dr. Debottam Bhattacharjee and Dr. Jorg Masseno Performance of behavioural observations and experiments (personality, cooperation, prosociality) on zoo-housed Barbary macaqueso Video coding and data analysis o Scientific writing

Bachelor thesis project: “Behaviour of Eurasian Lynx in captivity: a focus on the introduction to its conspecifics”o Performance of behavioural observations o Video coding and data analysiso Scientific writingo Husbandry and care of wild animals: cleaning, feeding, monitoring, health checko Participation in emergency rescue and release operations