I am interested in the behaviour, ecology and evolution of social insects. Currently, I study communication and learning in foraging ants and honeybees, and division of labour and nest-mate recognition in stingless bees (Meliponini).
Find more information here: http://www.socialinsect-research.com/.
Curriculum vitae
2013 -
SNSF Ambizione fellow at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
2012 - 2013
Post-doc (CNPq/Capes) with Prof. Fabio Nascimento, University of São Paulo RP, Brazil
2012 - 2012
Post-doc in the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insect, University of Sussex, UK
2010 - 2012
Post-doc (advanced scientists, SNSF) with Prof. Francis Ratnieks, University of Sussex, UK
2008 - 2010
Post-doc (prospective scientists, SNSF) with Prof. Francis Ratnieks, University of Sussex, UK
2004 - 2008
PhD in Behavioural Ecology, University Berne (Supervisor: W.M. Farina, UBA, Argentina)
2002 - 2003
MSc in Behavioural Ecology, University of Berne, Switzerland (Supervisor: B. Taborsky)
2001 - 2002
Studies in Zoology and Molecular Biology, Erasmus program, University of Rome, Italy
1998 - 2001
BSc in Zoology, University of Berne, Switzerland
1991-1997
Grammar school, Sursee, Switzerland
