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Postdoctoral position in the EU research training network “Analysis of complex   co-evolved behavioural traits in Drosophila montana”, in the Centre of Evolution, Genes and Genomics at the University of St Andrews, UK, under the supervision of Prof. M. G. Ritchie. March 2003 – September 2006.

Doctoral studies at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Friedrich-Wilhelm University of Bonn. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. K. P. Sauer and Dr. K. Reinhold. Thesis project “Examination of a new hypothesis for female choice: adaptive choice of locally adapted males” in the grasshopper Chorthippus biguttulus. November 1998 – December 2002.

Marie Curie Student (training site “Biodiversity and Conservation”) at the faculty research group Ecology and Evolution of Prof. Roger K. Butlin at Leeds University, UK. Aim of the Research Training Project: Development of genetic markers (AFLP) for populations respectively attractiveness of Chorthippus biguttulus males. October – December 2001, February – May 2002.

Graduation with a first class diploma in Biology. June 1998.

Research for the diploma thesis in the Animal Behaviour working group of Prof. Dr. E. Curio at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. Thesis title: “The relationship between fluctuating asymmetry and blood parasites with extra-pair copulations in great tits (Parus major)”. May 1997 – May 1998.

Oral diploma examinations in zoology, cytology/genetics and paleontology. April 1997.

Undergraduate study of Biology at the Ruhr-University Bochum. October 1991.

State certification as a Biological-Technical Assistant. June 1991.

Vocational training as a Biological-Technical Assistant at the Vocational Schools of the Hochsauerland district, Bigge-Olsberg, Germany. August 1989 – June 1991.

General qualification for university entrance (A-level). May 1989.