PhD student scholarship at Bielefeld University, Department of Neurobiology (Prof. Dr. M. Egelhaaf) granted by Center of Excellence "Cognitive Interaction Technology" (CITEC).

Project title: "What makes a landmark a landmark? - How active vision strategies help bees to process salient visual features for spatial learning".

During Master's programme: Three month research project at University of Adelaide (Australia) in the Insect Vision and Robotics laboratory of David O'Caroll.

Master's programme (M.Sc.) "Systems Biology of Brain and Behaviour" at Bielefeld University (Germany).

Master's thesis: "The influence of different stimulus devices on the response characteristics of horizontal system cells in the hoverfly Eristalis tenax".

Biology studies "Bachelor of Science" (B.Sc.) with focus on behaviour and neuronal mechanisms at Bielefeld University (Germany).

Bachelor's thesis: "Analysis of flight and gaze strategies of white zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata".

Community service: Youth Hostel Simmerath-Rurberg (Germany) for Nature and Adventure Sports.

General qualification for university entrance ("A-levels").