Curriculum Vitae

since 2013
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. KUV Project (Kinship – Universals and Variation)

2009-2012
Free University Berlin. Own DFG research project: Asymmetric kin investment by grandparents, aunts and uncles from an evolutionary perspective. A cross-cultural two-generation study.
Research stays at FAU Florida; in East Java, Indonesia (Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya); Mt.Olympus, Greece (D.U.Th. Komotini ) & South East Bashkortostan (RAS Ufa & ANRB Ufa)

2008-2009
NAR, University of Heidelberg. Member of the NAR Kolleg, Network Aging Research

2004-2007
Free University Berlin. Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Human Biology and Anthropology

2003-2004
University of Pittsburgh. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychology

2002-2003
Free University Berlin. Post-graduate Study, Tourism Management & Regional Development

2002
Free University Berlin. Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Human Biology and Anthropology

1998-2002
University of Hamburg. PhD Study PhD in Anthropology

1993-1997
University of Hamburg. Master Study MA in Biological Anthropology, Minors: Psychology, Prehistoric Archaeology

1993-1997
Humboldt University Berlin. Additional Studies: Physical Anthropology

1992-1993
Free University Berlin. Major: Social Anthropology, Minors Diploma: Basic Studies in Psychology & Prehistoric Archaeology