ELLA Z. LATTENKAMP, PHD
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Date & place of birth
Nationality
September 24th 1988, Berlin
German

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Current position

05/2020 - present
Managing Director
certified foundation manager
at the Moving Child foundation

Higher Education

01/2016 - 04/2020




08/2013 - 10/2015






10/2009 - 07/2013
PhD entitled “Vocal Learning in the Pale Spear-Nosed Bat, Phyllostomus discolor”
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
& Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany
Acquired degree: PhD (cum laude - with distinction)

MSc Evolutionary Biology
Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Evolutionary Biology
Dual Master of Science degrees from:
Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany
Uppsala University, Sweden
Acquired degree: Master of Science (grade: 1.3)

BSc Biology
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Acquired degree: Bachelor of Science (grade: 1.7)

Teaching experience

09/2017
& 09/2018
& 09/2019

12/2016
& 12/2017
& 12/2018

04/2011 - 08/2011

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
Faculty: Neurosciences; Prof. L. Wiegrebe
Co-supervision of 1-week bat excursion for Master and Bachelor students

Graduate School for Systemic Neurosciences, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
Faculty: Neurosciences; Prof. L. Wiegrebe, Dr. S. Katzner, Dr. Z. Shi, Dr. V. Flanagin
Supervision of 2-week 'psychophysics' block practical for Master students

Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Department: Mathematics; Prof. R. Kempter
Tutor for 'mathematics for biologists' for first and second year Bachelor students

Supervision experience

11/2018 - 07/2019



11/2018 - 02/2019


06/2018 - 12/2018


09/2017 - 07/2018


04/2017 - 08/2017



11/2016 - 02/2017

BSc thesis: E. Mardus, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany
Project title: The role of auditory feedback on the vocal development of normally hearing and hearing-impaired pale spear-nosed bats, Phyllostomus discolor


MSc intern student: M. Onderscheka, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany
Project title: Behavioural context of sequentially emitted social vocalisations of the pale spear-nosed bat

BSc thesis: J. Richter, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany
Project title: Behavioural context of vocalisations of the pale spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus discolor)

Fulbright intern: S. Shields, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany
Project title: Syllable repertoire of the pale spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus discolor)


BSc thesis: R. Hessmer, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany
Project title: Effects of delayed auditory feedback on vocalizations of the pale spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus discolor)

MSc intern student: L. Hörtrich, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany
Project title: Vocal learning in pale spear-nosed bats (Phyllostomus discolor)

Further training and workshops

01/2021 - 04/2021

03/2018




12/2017 - 01/2018



08/2017



2016



08/2011 - 02/2012



08/2010 - 09/2010

Certification as Foundation Manager (at the German Foundation Academy)

Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) measurements

Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Practical training in measuring auditory brainstem responses of anaesthetised bats


Field work volunteer in Montagne d’Ambre, Madagascar
One-month volunteer field work on herpetological expedition organized by Braunschweig
University (Germany)


'Acoustic communication' graduate summer school
University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Methods and techniques for studying animal sound communication in air, water, and solids

Writing courses at the Max-Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen
Three graduate writing courses on the topics of how to write ‘papers’, ‘grant proposals’, and
‘research statements’

Erasmus exchange
Lund University, Sweden
Master courses: Marine Ecology, Evolutionary Animal Ecology

Marine turtle research and monitoring project Northern Cyprus
Environmental Protection of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Conservation work and data collection (number of nests, eggs, hatchlings, etc.) for long term survey

Scholarships and grants

03/2019 - 04/2019

03/2019 - 04/2019

07/2018

08/2017

04/2010 - 09/2015

Travel fellowship of the Company of Biologists (CoB, JEB)

Short-term travel stipend of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Travel grant of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Travel grant of the Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (Radboud Internationalisation Grant)

Full scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstifung des deutschen Volkes)

Awards and prizes

04/2021


04/2018

09/2015

Otto-Hahn Medal by the Max Planck Society; in recognition of outstanding scientific achievements from the initial creative period of young scientists

Hurford Prize 2018 for the best oral student presentation at EvoLangXII

Runners-up poster prize at the 25th meeting of the IBAC

Memberships

 02/2019 - 04/2020

03/2018 - 06/2021

09/2016 - 08/2019

06/2016 - 12/2020

Member of the Scientific Committee for the EvoLang XIII Conference (2020)

Member of the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB)

Member of the North American Society for Bat Research (NASBR)

Member of the German Zoological Society (DZG)

Peer-review and Editorial Activities

Peer-Review for the following journals:
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Behavioural Processes
  • Integrative Zoology
  • Mammal Research
  • Proceedings of the 12th and 13th International Conference on the Evolution of Language

Editor of the P
roceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Evolution of Language (EvoLangXIII)

competencies

Languages spoken



Computer skills










Driver's licence


German          Native speaker
English           Fluent
Danish            Beginner


MATLAB
BatSound
Avisoft SASLabPro
StreamPix
MARK
MEGA6.0
FLASH
jMHC
Arlequin
GENEPOP

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