Meike Artelt
NAME : Meike Artelt
NATIONALITY : German
At present Meike Artelt is working on her PhD thesis called "Vocal communication in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)- Acoustic repertoire and individuality."
Since October 2007 she has been doing some acoustic recordings of elephants at the Tierpark Berlin Friedrichsfelde, Zoological Garden Berlin, Zoological Garden Cologne, Tierpark Hagenbeck in Hamburg and Emmen Zoo. She is also board member and founder of the biology club BiologieNetzBerlin e.V..
Studies and academic work experience:
May-July 2007 | Employed as a research assistant at the institute of ecology at the Georg-August-University Göttingen. I collected data in Sulawesi, Indonesia for the DFG aided project STORMA (Stability of Rainforest Margin). |
January 2007 | Work experience at the institute for genetics at the Free University of Berlin |
Nov./Dec. 2006 | Work experience at the Zoological Garden Berlin |
6. July 2006 | Received the diploma certification |
19. April 2006 | Handed in diploma thesis: The Acoustic Repertoire of Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in Captivity |
April 2003- Sept. 2006 | Tutoring at the zoological institute of the Free University, Berlin for the following undergraduate courses: zoology, ecology and phylogenetics and systematics |
April 2002- Sept. 2006 | Graduate studies of biology at the Free University, Berlin |
Oct. 2003- Feb. 2004 | ERASMUS program participant: studies of biology in Nantes, France |
Sept. 1999- March 2002 | Undergraduate studies of biology at the Georg-August-University, Göttingen |
18.06.1997 | General qualification for university entrance ("Allgemeinen Hochschulreife") at the Jacob-Grimm-School ("Gymnasiale Oberstufe") in Kassel |
Poster presentations:
17.-18. February 2007 | Artelt, M.; Scharff, C.:"The Acoustic Repertoire of Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus), in Captivity", Graduiertentreffen der Studiengruppe Verhaltensbiologie, Abt. Verhaltensökologie & Soziobiologie Deutsches Primatenzentrum und Abt. Soziobiologie/Anthropologie Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Göttingen |
15.-18. September 2007 | Artelt, M.; Scharff, C.:"The Acoustic Repertoire of Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus), in Captivity", International Bioacoustic Conference, Pavia |
2.-4. November 2007 | Artelt, M.; Lintner, R.; Stoeger-Horwath, A.; Schwammer, H. & Kratochvil, H.:"Acoustic individuality and differences in the vocal behavior of the African savannah and the Asian elephants: A current project", International Elephant Conservation and Research Symposium, Orlando, Florida |
E-Mail: meiArt@yahoo.de
Internet: www.mammal-communication-lab.at
www.biologienetz.de
