Scientific management
Dr. Zsófia Virányi
I studied biology at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary and graduated with my thesis on knowledge attribution in dogs and children. During my PhD studies on ethology I examined the domestic dog`s reasoning abilities...[more]
Dr. Friederike Range
I studied Biology at the University of Bayreuth in Germany. For my masters I conducted field research on sooty mangabeys (a terrestrial monkey species) in West Africa, investigating the social system of the adult females. After...[more]
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Ludwig Huber
I have been associated professor of Zoology at the University of Vienna since 2000 and since January 2010 also Head of the Department of Cognitive Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Vienna. I studied biology...[more]
Staff
Teresa Marmota
I studied Biology at Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal.[more]
Teresa Schmidjell
A few years ago I came to Vienna to study Behaviour, Neurobiology and Cognition at the University of Vienna.[more]
Karin Bayer
Since 2008 I am lab manager of the Clever Dog Lab, which means taking care of all the organisational work beside science. In 2010 I was part of the organising committee of the Canine Science Forum conference in Vienna. Since...[more]
Post Docs and Students
Elisa Pitteri
In February 2010 I gained my degree in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Padova (Italy) with a thesis regarding dog ethology entitled “Preliminary survey: characteristics of dogs that bite in Veneto, Italy“. I have always...[more]
Dr. Corsin Müller
I joined the clever dog lab team as a postdoc in January 2010. Before that, I studied Zoology at the University of Zurich and graduated with an MSc thesis on peak load reduction in lactating house mice, a project at the interface...[more]
Lisa Wallis
I studied Animal Behaviour at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, and Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. My undergraduate dissertation examined wolf-human social interaction and relationships at Wolf Park, Lafayette, IN,...[more]
Stefanie Riemer
I did my undergraduate degree in Animal Behaviour and Environmental Biology at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. For my final research project, I investigated behaviour, stereotypies and olfactory enrichmend in zoo-housed...[more]
Dr. Lisa Horn
I studied Biology (subsidiary subject: Psychology) at the University of Vienna, Austria and the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.[more]
Jennifer Bentlage
I began my Masters in autumn 2010, at the University of Vienna, and I study Behaviour, Neurobiology, and Cognition.[more]
Anjuli Barber
I studied Molecular Biology, Animal Behavior and Neurobiology at the University of Bielefeld, Germany. I finished my undergraduate studies in 2008 with my thesis on “Small mammals interactions – The influence of predation and...[more]
Bori Turcsan
I am a third year PhD student at the Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary). My main topic of interest is the dog personality and individual behaviour. [more]
Giulia Cimarelli
I received my bachelor degree at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy) and my bachelor thesis was about a new protocol to test antidepressants on mice (“Neurobehavioural analysis of the effects of chronic antidepressants...[more]
Alina Gaugg
Since 2010 I study biology at the University of Vienna with focus on Zoology.[more]
Julia Schößwender
I have studied biology since 2007 at the University of Vienna; at the beginning my main focus was in the area of zoology until I finished my bachelor degree in 2010[more]
Claudia Rosam
I have studied biology at the University of Salzburg and finished my bachelor degree in Ecology and Biodiversity. Afterwards I moved to Vienna and started my Master’s in Behaviour, Neurobiology and Cognitive Biology.[more]
Dóra Szabó
I started my Master Program (Interdisciplinary Master Human-Animal Interactions) at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna in 2012. [more]
Megan Hughes
I am carrying out a 3 month internship here at the Clever Dog Lab. I graduated with a Bsc (Hons) Animal Behaviour last year from the University of Exeter, UK. My undergraduate thesis was on visual processing in pet...[more]
Charlotte Duranton
I’m a French Ethology Master Thesis student, and I’m particularly interested in cognition and inter-species communication between human and dogs.[more]
Soon Young Park
Since October 2012, I joined the lab as a PhD student of Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna. Currently I work on the WWTF funded project 'The semantics of talking with the eyes and gestures'. [more]
Former Students
András Péter
I studied biology at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary and graduated with my thesis on modelling searching behaviour in dogs. Currently I am a first year Ph.D. student at the Department of Ethology (Eötvös Loránd...[more]
Tamás Faragó
I am a second year PhD student at the Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. I am interested in dogs’ vocal communication, especially barks and growls, and their role in dog-human and dog-dog...[more]
Davie Yoon
From November 2010 through January 2011, I had the pleasure of being hosted at the Clever Dog Lab and Wolf Science Center in Austria. I am currently a PhD student at Stanford University in the US, and will be graduating at the...[more]
Ágnes Erdõhegyi
I am a Ph.D. student at the Department of Ethology (Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary). I am really interested in animal cognition, e.g. cognition in primates, dogs, and marine mammals.[more]
Serena Tomasi
I am a master student in philosophy at the University of L’Aquila, Italy. I am interested in the evolution of the mind and in the relationship between humans and other animals.[more]
Billy Scaf
I am a third-year BSc student of Applied Biology at HAS Den Bosch University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. [more]
Ina-Maria Pohl
I am studying Psychology at the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany. In April, I started my internship at the Clever Dog Lab. Afterwards, I will write my master thesis that deals with ‘numerical discriminability’.[more]
Anaïs Racca
I am a PhD student at the University of Lincoln (UK), within both departments of Psychology and Biological Sciences. I’m particularly interested in cognitive evolution and inter-species communication. [more]
Elena Zanchi
I am a master student in Life Science at the University of Pavia, Italy. [more]
Darlene Sobus
I had the pleasure of interning in the Clever Dog Lab from June – August 2012.[more]
Anton Corbal
I´m a Master student in behavior and cognition at Vienna University.[more]
Birgit Trawöger
I'm a diploma student (zoology) at the University of Vienna since 2009[more]
former Staff
Angela Gaigg
Angie has left the team by the end of 2012 to be able to face new challenges.[more]