Member of the Schaefer Lab: Human Behavior

Current Research Focus

Cross-cultural perception of human faces, bodies, and body movements (w/ K Schaefer/S Windhager/M Butovskaya), Digit Ratio (2D:4D) and symmetry in humans (w/ JT Manning/R Trivers), the role of skin and hair in social perception (w/ P Matts/R Voegeli), correlates of human ejaculate quality (w/ TK Shackelford).

Academic Biography

• Affiliate
  Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna (Austria), since 7/2020
• Owner/CEO
  Biosocial Science Information, Biedermannsdorf (Austria), since 3/2019
• Guest Scientist
  Department of Behavioral Ecology, University of Göttingen (Germany), 2018-2020
• Research Fellow, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK), Institute for Advanced Study (Germany), 2018-2019
• Heisenberg Fellow, German Science Foundation (DFG)
  Institute of Psychology and Courant Research Center ‘Evolution of Social Behavior’, University of Göttingen (Germany), 2013-2018
• Emmy Noether Research Group, German Science Foundation (DFG)
  Department of Sociobiology/Anthropology, Institute of Zoology & Anthropology and Courant Research Center ‘Evolution of Social Behavior’, University of Göttingen (Germany), 2008-2013
• Scientist (Post-Doc)
  Department of Sociobiology/Anthropology, Institute for Zoology & Anthropology, University of Göttingen (Germany), 2005-2007
• Scientist (Post-Doc)
  Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute for Urban Ethology, c/o Department of Anthropology, University of Vienna (Austria), 2002-2005
• PhD (Natural Sciences), Department of Anthropology, University of Vienna (Austria), 2003

Publications

• N=175, h-Index=58
• Peer-reviewed journals: 161
• Book chapters: 7
• Other: 7
• Click here for a full list of publications

Funding and Awards

• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Heisenberg Programm
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Emmy Noether Programm
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, International Cooperation
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Project Grant
• Leibniz ScienceCampus Primate Cognition, Project/Travel Grants
• Stiftungsrat der Universität Göttingen, Award
• Courant Research Centre Evolution of Social Behavior
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Travel Grant
• The Procter & Gamble Company, Project Grant
• Österreichische Nationalbank, Jubiläumsfonds
• Theodor Körner Fonds for Science & Art, Award
• Zdenek Klein Award, Charles University, Prague
• State of Lower Austria, Award
• Universität Wien, Scholarship
  

Professional Affiliations

• Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES)
• Polish Society for Human and Evolution Studies (PTNCE)

Professional Service

• Co-Editor: Evolutionary Psychology
• Associate Editor: Early Human Development
• Council Member at Large (2016-2021), Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES)
• I have refereed grant applications for the NSF (National Science Foundation), DFG (German Science Foundation), ERC (European Research Council), BBSRC (Biological Sciences Research Council, ESRC (Economic & Social Research Council), The Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), and the Czech Science Foundation.
• In addition, I have served as ad-hoc reviewer to ~1,000 articles for various journals and have been an editorial board member with some of them.

Teaching

• I have taught courses, alone and together with colleagues, at the Universities of Vienna and Goettingen. These include lectures, seminars, and practical courses in evolutionary anthropology, human ethology, and psychology.
• Moreover, I have supervised students on the completion of their PhD, MSc, and BSc in biology.