Curriculum Vitae
Stefanie Gierszewski
Education | |
| 01/2014 – today | PhD candidate at the Institute of Biology / Research Group Ecology & Behavioral Biology at University of Siegen, Germany Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Klaudia Witte |
| 10/2005 – 04/2012 | Diploma in Biology at University of Bonn, Germany Thesis: „Cognitive Abilities of Malawi Cichlids (Pseudotropheus sp.): Matching-to-Sample and Image/Mirror-Image Discriminations” Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Horst Bleckmann, Dr. Vera Schlüssel |
| 10/2004 – 09/2005 | Studies in Archeology and History at University of Bonn, Germany |
| 2004 | German Abitur at Grotenbach Gymnasium in Gummersbach |
Research and work experience | |
| 01/2014 – today | Research Assistant in DFG project „Virtual fish“ at University of Siegen, Germany |
| 11/2013 | Qualification as consultant for small mammals in pet shops |
| 09/2013 | Summer School “Non-invasive Monitoring of Hormones” at Leibniz Institut Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin |
| 04/2013 – 12/2013 | Employee at Fressnapf Köln GmbH (pet food and pet supplies) |
| 10/2011 – 02/2012 | Student Assistant at the Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn |
| 08/2010 – 09/2010 | 2-weeks field trip to Zanzibar (East-Africa) on the biology of marine organisms in tropical habitats |
| 05/2010 - 06/2010 | Intern in animal behaviour at the Zoological Garden Cologne (Germany) to study group living in captive sea lions (Zalophus californianus) |
| 10/2009 – 01/2010 | Intern in animal behaviour at the Aquazoo-Löbbecke Museum Düsseldorf (Germany) to study paternal investment in Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) |
| 07/2007 – 02/2011 | Student assistant at a VNR Verlag für die Deutsche Wirtschaft AG in Bonn (publishing company) |
Memberships
Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG)
Ethologische Gesellschaft e. V.
International Society for Behavioural Ecology (ISBE)
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB)