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| 2005 | Environmental Policy Certificate | Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
| 2005 | M Phil | Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
| 2003 | MA | Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
| 2002 to date | Graduate Fellow |
Columbia
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Ph.D. program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
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| 1994 - 2001 | M Sc (Diplom) |
Technical
University Braunschweig, Germany |
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| Thesis Title: Development of infant behavior, mother-infant relationships, and social behavior in free-living blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) during the first six months of life. | ||
| 2001 | Visiting Student | "Friedrich Schiller" University Jena, Germany |
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07/99 - 07/00 Research Assistant, project: "Social Behavior and Mating System of Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya", conducted by Marina Cords, Columbia University, New York 05 - 06/1999 Research Assistant, project: "Ecology and Behavior of the Skua (Stercorarius skua)" on Foula, Shetland Islands; University of Jena, Germany 05 - 10/1997 Research Assistant, project: "Ecology and Behavior of Ground Beetles", employed by the Technical University of Braunschweig 08 - 12/1996 Research Project "Behavioral Ecology of Central American Dragonflies", conducted in Costa Rica in collaboration with the "Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)" 1995 - 1997 Field Study of the roosting behavior of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) in the district of Aschersleben, Germany 08/1991 Field Study on feeding behavior and activity pattern of the nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) during the "Second International Wild Animal Research Week for Young Scientists" in Switzerland |
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06 - 08/2001 Survey of butterflies and dormice in the district of Braunschweig, conducted for the Department of Environment and Conservation, City of Braunschweig, Germany 1996 - 1998 Field Assistant in a mapping project of breeding birds in the Landscape Conservation Area 'Droemling', Germany 04 - 10/1994 Survey of grasshoppers (Saltatoria) near Meisdorf, Germany; assessment of human impacts on local populations; employed by Dr. F. Michael - Envrionmental Engineering Office, Wernigerode, Germany 1993 - 1995 Mapping project "Dragonflies of the 'Harz' National Park: Development of Conservation Guidelines for Habitats and Species" 1993 - 1994 Mapping Project "Grasshoppers and development of a management system for their habitats in the district of Aschersleben, Germany" 1990 - 1995 Study on the "Distribution, Ecology and Conservation of Dragonflies in the district of Aschersleben" |
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Ecology & Conservation |
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08 - 11/2001 Field Assistant, project: "Structure and Regeneration of a Tropical Montane Forest" in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya; employed by BIOTA (Biodiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis), subprojects E01 & E03, ZFMK Bonn & University of Bielefeld, Germany 1997 - 1998 Research Assistant, project: "Population Ecology and Dynamics of Aphids on Agricultural Fields" in Braunschweig, Germany; employed by the Federal Institute for Biological Research ("Biologische Bundesanstalt") 1990 - 1995 Study on the "Distribution, Ecology and Conservation of the Dragonfly Fauna of the District of Aschersleben" 1993 - 1994 Mapping Project "Grasshoppers and development of a management system of their habitats in the district of Aschersleben, Germany" 07/93 - 09/94 Civil Service at the Department of Environment and Conservation of the district of Aschersleben; responsibilities: assessment of human impacts on populations of wild animals and habitats |
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10/2003 to date Update and management of the website of E3B, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/e3b/index.html) 02 - 05/2003 Research Assistant: Development of a website for the 'Kakamega Environmental Education Programme' (KEEP), a grassroots conservation organization in Kenya (website accessible under http://www.keeporg.cjb.net) |
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08 - 11/2001 Field Coordinator of the BIOTA project, responsible for the construction of research facilities in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya, and the acquisition of the necessary permits; employed by BIOTA, subprojects E01 & E03, ZFMK Bonn & University of Bielefeld, Germany. 10/1998 to date Scientific photographer for the "Westermann" schoolbook publisher, Braunschweig, Germany 05 - 06/1998 Giving lectures in nature photography, Evening School Wolfsburg, Germany 07/93 - 09/94 Civil Service at the Department of Environment and Conservation of the district of Aschersleben; responsibilities: assessment of human impacts on populations of wild animals and habitats |
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| 2003 to date | Animal Behavior Society - weblink |
| 2003 to date | Society for Conservation Biology - weblink |
| 1999 to date | International Primatological Society - weblink |
| 1999 to date | Kakamega Environmental Education Programme (KEEP) - weblink |
| 1996-2001 | International Odonatological Society (S.I.O.) |
| 1994-2000 | Gesellschaft Deutschsprachiger Odonatologen [German Odonatological Society] |
| 1992 to date | Naturschutzbund Deutschland [German Nature Conservancy] |
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