Academic CV

Education

	10/2020 – NOW PhD Zoology – University of Cambridge, Cambridge (United Kingdom) Topic: Adaptions to visually noise environments in cuttlefish
	09/2017 – 12/2019 M.Sc. Marine Biology – University of Algarve, Faro (Portugal) Thesis title: Habitat preference and behavioural ecology of bobtail squids (Sepiolidae)

	10/2013 – 07/2017 B.Sc. Biology – Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel (Germany) Thesis title: The influence of terminal end structures on settlement behaviour and attachment strength in the barnacle Balanus improvisus.

	09/2019 – 09/2019 \| FULL-TIME Marine Biological Association, Plymouth (UK) Research project on the processing of polarization and intensity information in the visual system of the European cuttlefish Sepia officinalis.
	04/2019 – 05/2019 \| FULL-TIME HYDRA Institute Field Station, Elba (Italy) Lab and field work within the scope of my M.Sc. thesis on the habitat preference of bobtail squids.

	02/2019 – 04/2019 \| FULL-TIME OIST Marine Science Station, Okinawa (Japan) Lab and field work within the scope of my M.Sc. thesis on the behavioural ecology and habitat preference of bobtail squids.

	10/2018 – 12/2018 \| FULL-TIME Ecology of Vision Lab (University of Bristol), Bristol (United Kingdom) Research project on the intricacies of polarization vision in several crustaceans

	07/2018 – 09/2018 \| FULL-TIME Ikeda Lab (University of the Ryukyus), Okinawa (Japan) Field study on the spawning sites of Okinawa’s local population of the oval squid Sepioteuthis lessoniana

	09/2017 – 05/2018 \| FULL-TIME Ramalhete Marine Station (CCMAR), Faro (Portugal) Research project on the rearing sound environment of different marine species kept for aquaculture purposes.

	06/2017 – 07/2017 \| FULL-TIME Hydrobiological Station Umberto D’Ancona, Chioggia (Italy) Research study on the cognitive mechanisms govering female choice for multiple mail traits in the peacock blenny Salaria pavo.

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	12/2019 – 08/2020\| FULL-TIME Biocenter – Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg (Germany) Research assistant in the Department of Behavioral Physiology & Sociobiology, working on the spatial information processing and visual flower inspection behaviour of the diurnal hummingbird hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum and the nocturnal elephant hawkmoth Deilephila elpenor
	02/2017 – 04/2017 \| PART-TIME GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Oceanic Research, Kiel (Germany) Research assistant in the Department of Chemical Oceanography, analysing trace gas concentrations in sea water samples by means of gas chromatography coupled to a flame photometric detection (GC-FPD).

	06/2016 – 01/2017 \| PART-TIME AGROLAB Group, Kiel (Germany) Laboratory assistant, working on environmental analyses of fresh water samples.

	04/2016 – 07/2016 \| PART-TIME Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel (Germany) Research assistant in the Department of Human Biology, supporting experiments of first-year students within the field of human biology.

Cambridge Trust European Scholarship (10/2020) – £46,956
Cambridge C-CLEAR NERC DTP Studentship (10/2020) – £36,289
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Research Internship Grant (02/2019) – £4,216
Portuguese Directorate for Higher Education Merit Scholarship (01/2020) – £2,526
German Academic Exchange Service Promos Scholarship (11/2015) – £1,642
University of Cambridge SBS Fieldwork Grant (09/2021) – £1,639
Malacological Society of London Early Career Research Grant (04/2021) – £1,500
National Geographic’s S.E.E. Initiative Grant (12/2018) – £1,405
Erasmus Traineeship Grant (10/2018) – £909
Erasmus Traineeship Grant (06/2017) – £842
University of Cambridge SBS Fieldwork Grant (03/2022) – £700
Erasmus Traineeship Grant (04/2019) – £677
Hughes Hall Edwin Leong Travel Grant (03/2022) – £500

	09/2019 – 09/2019 \| FULL-TIME Marine Biological Association, Plymouth (UK) Research project on the processing of polarization and intensity information in the visual system of the European cuttlefish Sepia officinalis.
	04/2019 – 05/2019 \| FULL-TIME HYDRA Institute Field Station, Elba (Italy) Lab and field work within the scope of my M.Sc. thesis on the habitat preference of bobtail squids.

	02/2019 – 04/2019 \| FULL-TIME OIST Marine Science Station, Okinawa (Japan) Lab and field work within the scope of my M.Sc. thesis on the behavioural ecology and habitat preference of bobtail squids.

	10/2018 – 12/2018 \| FULL-TIME Ecology of Vision Lab (University of Bristol), Bristol (United Kingdom) Research project on the intricacies of polarization vision in several crustaceans

	07/2018 – 09/2018 \| FULL-TIME Ikeda Lab (University of the Ryukyus), Okinawa (Japan) Field study on the spawning sites of Okinawa’s local population of the oval squid Sepioteuthis lessoniana

	09/2017 – 05/2018 \| FULL-TIME Ramalhete Marine Station (CCMAR), Faro (Portugal) Research project on the rearing sound environment of different marine species kept for aquaculture purposes.

	06/2017 – 07/2017 \| FULL-TIME Hydrobiological Station Umberto D’Ancona, Chioggia (Italy) Research study on the cognitive mechanisms govering female choice for multiple mail traits in the peacock blenny Salaria pavo.

	12/2019 – 08/2020\| FULL-TIME Biocenter – Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg (Germany) Research assistant in the Department of Behavioral Physiology & Sociobiology, working on the spatial information processing and visual flower inspection behaviour of the diurnal hummingbird hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum and the nocturnal elephant hawkmoth Deilephila elpenor
	02/2017 – 04/2017 \| PART-TIME GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Oceanic Research, Kiel (Germany) Research assistant in the Department of Chemical Oceanography, analysing trace gas concentrations in sea water samples by means of gas chromatography coupled to a flame photometric detection (GC-FPD).

	06/2016 – 01/2017 \| PART-TIME AGROLAB Group, Kiel (Germany) Laboratory assistant, working on environmental analyses of fresh water samples.

	04/2016 – 07/2016 \| PART-TIME Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel (Germany) Research assistant in the Department of Human Biology, supporting experiments of first-year students within the field of human biology.