Dr. Roman M. Wittig
Director of Research
Institute for Cognitive Sciences
UMR 5229 CNRS & University of Lyon 1
67 Boulevard Pinel
69675 Bron cedex
France
phone: +33 4 37 91 12 56
email: rwittig@isc.cnrs.fr
Director of the Taï Chimpanzee Project, Côte d’Ivoire
PI Evolution of Brain Connectivity Project, MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2004
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1996
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology & University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Doctor rerum naturalium) in Biology (grade: magna cum laude), January 2004
Dissertation: Conflict management in wild chimpanzees.
University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Diploma (masters) in Biology (grade: sehr gut), February 1996
Thesis: Changes in the behaviour of captive chimpanzees during the integration of two conspecifics.
CAREER
2022
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2021
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2013
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2011
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2008
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2004
Directeur de Recherche 1er class, The Ape Social Mind Lab, Institute for Cognitive Sciences Marc Jeannerod, UMR 5229 CNRS / University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Bron, France.
Bridge Researcher Evolution of Brain Connectivity CNRS / Max Planck Society, Institute for Cognitive Sciences Marc Jeannerod, UMR 5229 CNRS / University of Lyon 1, Bron, France.
Research group leader (W2: Associate Professor). Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Primatology, Leipzig, Germany.
Scientific staff, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Primatology, Leipzig, Germany.
Leverhulme Research Fellow (Post-doc), School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
Research Fellow (Post-doc), Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania (UPENN), Philadelphia, PA, USA.