ABOUT ME
I completed my PhD in biological anthropology at the University of Zurich (Department of Anthropology) in 2009. My PhD research involved a pioneering study on the social organization of wild snub-nosed monkeys in China.
Upon completion of my PhD, I commenced work as a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig/Germany (2009-2011). My postdoc research centered on the behavioral ecology of mountain gorillas in Rwanda.
In 2012 I took up a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the School of Human Sciences at the University of Western Australia (UWA) and I was granted tenure and got promoted in 2014. I hold a joint affiliation with UWA’s Centre for Evolutionary Biology and an Adjunct Professor position at Dali University in China. In 2017 I was offered a Visiting Scholar appointment in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.
EDUCATION
FELLOWSHIPS
Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship (2009)
2009
Dr. sc. nat. (Ph.D.) at the Anthropological Institute, University of Zurich
National Science Foundation of China Research Fund for International Young Scientists (2011)
2022 UWA School of Human Sciences Mid-Career Researcher Award
2003
Diploma (Master’s) with distinction in biological anthropology at the Anthropological Institute, University of Zurich
1999
‘Vordiplom’ (Bachelor’s) in biology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
HONOURS AND AWARDS
UWA Faculty of Science Excellence Award for Media Engagement
2012 UWA Outstanding Young Investigator Award
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Senior Lecturer
Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, School of Human Sciences
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Centre for Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences,
The University of Western Australia (UWA)
35 Stirling Highway (M309), Perth WA 6009, Australia
Adjunct Professor
International Centre of Biodiversity and Primate Conservation, Dali University
Dali, Yunnan 671003, China
Honorary Research Fellow
Centre of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management (CoEB), College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda, Huye, Rwanda
Research Fellow
Africa Research & Engagement Centre (AfREC)
The University of Western Australia (UWA)
35 Stirling Highway, Perth WA 6009, Australia
Associate Editor Frontiers in Mammal Science
Member Editorial Board International Journal of Primatology; Zoological Research; Animals; Frontiers in Conservation Science
Member IUCN Primate Specialist Group; Sections: East and Southeast Asia; China; Section on Great Apes