Experience

Wild Chimpanzee Foundation

• Germany
• Conservation Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Special Projects Manager

  • Oct 2021 - Present



UNESCO

• France
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern at UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)

  • Apr 2018 - Sep 2018

  I worked on the development of a Conservation Plan for the Nimba Mountains Biosphere Reserve in Guinea aiming to 1) protect and conserve biodiversity and 2) improve the living conditions of the local people. Wrote the concept note with the proposed objectives, results, and detailed action plan. Determined and contacted the potential partner organizations such as government, universities, research institutes, experts, and civil society. And co-organized a workshop with UNESCO-MAB Guinea in Conakry during which I gave a talk presenting the project to the different partner organizations. Show less



Kyoto University

• Japan
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Field Research on Bonobos

  • Mar 2017 - Aug 2017

  D.Sc research Five-month data collection part of my doctoral research focusing on social grooming in Pan species Location: Wamba, Luo Scientific Reserve, Democratic Republic of the Congo D.Sc research Five-month data collection part of my doctoral research focusing on social grooming in Pan species Location: Wamba, Luo Scientific Reserve, Democratic Republic of the Congo



Kyoto University

• Japan
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Field Research on Chimpanzees & Site Management

  • Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

  D.Sc research Five-month data collection part of my doctoral research focusing on social grooming in Pan species Location: Bossou, Nimba Mountains Biosphere Reserve, Guinea In addition, I served as a site manager, supervising local field assistants and managing finances D.Sc research Five-month data collection part of my doctoral research focusing on social grooming in Pan species Location: Bossou, Nimba Mountains Biosphere Reserve, Guinea In addition, I served as a site manager, supervising local field assistants and managing finances



Université Sorbonne Paris Nord

• France
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Field Research on Orangutans

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2014

  Master's thesis (6 months) Title: The role of mother-offspring contact in wild Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) Key-words: mother-offspring; development; independence; orangutan; great apes Supervisor: Dr. Benoit Goossens and Dr. Danica Stark Location: Danau Girang Field Centre, Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, Borneo, Malaysia Research responsibilities: design of the study, orangutan habituation, daily nest to nest follows, behavioral data collection, statistical analysis (R), final written report (master's thesis) and oral presentation Show less



Kyoto University

• Japan
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Cognitive abilities in captive chimpanzees

  • Jul 2013 - Aug 2013

  Volunteer Internship (2 months) Title: Visual hemifield and SNARC (Spatial-Numerical Association of Response Codes) effects in a number magnitude task in captive chimpanzees Supervisors: Prof. Tetsuro Matsuzawa and Dr. Ikuma Adachi Location: Kyoto University Primate Research Institute, Inuyama, Japan Research responsibilities: co-design of the experiments, touchscreen research, programming (Visual Basic), data collection, statistical analysis, and final written report Volunteer Internship (2 months) Title: Visual hemifield and SNARC (Spatial-Numerical Association of Response Codes) effects in a number magnitude task in captive chimpanzees Supervisors: Prof. Tetsuro Matsuzawa and Dr. Ikuma Adachi Location: Kyoto University Primate Research Institute, Inuyama, Japan Research responsibilities: co-design of the experiments, touchscreen research, programming (Visual Basic), data collection, statistical analysis, and final written report



CNRS

• France
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Gestural communication and joint attention in captive olive baboons

  • Apr 2013 - May 2013

  M1 research (2 months) Title: Temporal coordination between gazes and communicative gestures in olive baboons Key-words: joint attention; attentional process; gaze; pointing; human infant; olive baboon Supervisor: Dr. Marie Bourjade Location: Station de Primatologie, CNRS, Rousset, France Research responsibilities: co-design of the experiments, behavioral data collection, frame-by-frame video coding, statistical analysis, final written report and oral presentation M1 research (2 months) Title: Temporal coordination between gazes and communicative gestures in olive baboons Key-words: joint attention; attentional process; gaze; pointing; human infant; olive baboon Supervisor: Dr. Marie Bourjade Location: Station de Primatologie, CNRS, Rousset, France Research responsibilities: co-design of the experiments, behavioral data collection, frame-by-frame video coding, statistical analysis, final written report and oral presentation



CNRS

• France
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Gestural communication in captive olive baboons

  • Aug 2011 - Aug 2011

  Volunteer Internship (5 weeks) Title: Gestural communication in captive olive baboons Supervisor: Dr. Marie Bourjade Location: Station de Primatologie, CNRS, Rousset, France Research responsibilities: development of a behavioral repertoire, behavioral data collection and video coding Volunteer Internship (5 weeks) Title: Gestural communication in captive olive baboons Supervisor: Dr. Marie Bourjade Location: Station de Primatologie, CNRS, Rousset, France Research responsibilities: development of a behavioral repertoire, behavioral data collection and video coding