Education

2007-2009 Master in Anthropology of Past Populations, Department of Anthropology and Historical Science, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic. Final thesis: Hand preference for manipulation in non-human primates

2003-2007 Bachelor in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Department of Anthropology and Historical Science, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic. Final thesis: Grooming and tactile communication in non-human primates

Field experiences

January – March 2011 Assistant Project Director, Semliki Chimpanzee Project, Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda. 

Research interests

nonhuman primates as models for human behavioural evolution, evolutionary psychology

primates locomotion and positional behaviour, evolution of human bipedy

ethnoprimatology, ethics of primatological research

Other interests

various sports activities, esp. rock-climbing and hiking, horse riding

travelling