Alumni
Affiliation:
MPI – Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
LU – Leipzig University
Disciplines:
- 1 – Molecular Anthropology
- 2 – Human History, Evolution and Ecology
- 3 – Language, Culture and Cognition
Former Disciplines:
- 4 – Comparative and Molecular Primatology
- 5 – Functional and Paleogenomics
- 6 – Paleoanthropology
- 7 – Human Behavioral Ecology and Comparative Cultural Psychology
View: alphabetical order | chronological order | by discipline
Discipline 1
| Name | Department affiliation | Start | PhD in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hajdinjak, Mateja | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2013 | 2018 |
| Helmbrecht, Nelly | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2017 | 2026 |
| Huang, Yilei | Archaeogenetics (MPI) | 2021 | 2025 |
| Iasi, Leonardo | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2019 | 2025 |
| Michel, Megan | Archaeogenetics (MPI) | 2020 | 2024 |
| Popli, Divya Ratan | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2018 | 2024 |
| Riesenberg, Stephan | Biochemistry, Medical Faculty (LU), Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2021 | 2025 |
| Velluva, Akhil | Biochemistry, Medical Faculty (LU), Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2019 | 2024 |
Discipline 2
| Name | Department affiliation | Start | PhD in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalzero, Arianna | Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture (MPI) | 2018 | 2024 |
| Drummond-Clarke, Rhianna Charlotte | Human Origins (MPI) | 2023 | 2025 |
| Fedorova, Natalia | Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture (MPI) | 2018 | 2025 |
| Huang, Yilei | Archaeogenetics (MPI) | 2021 | 2025 |
| Kandza, Vidrige | Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture (MPI) | 2020 | 2024 |
| Malherbe, Mathieu | Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture (MPI) | 2019 | 2025 |
| Mörchen, Julia | Behavioral Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences (LU) | 2018 | 2024 |
| Moubtahij, Zineb | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2019 | 2025 |
| Schaffer, Alina | Behavioral Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences (LU) | 2020 | 2024 |
| Varas, Pablo | Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture (MPI) | 2019 | 2025 |
Discipline 3
| Name | Department affiliation | Start | PhD in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bortolato, Tatiana | Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture (MPI) | 2019 | 2024 |
| Dalzero, Arianna | Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture (MPI) | 2018 | 2024 |
| Fedorova, Natalia | Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture (MPI) | 2018 | 2025 |
| Grampp, Mathilde | Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture (MPI) | 2020 | 2025 |
| Kandza, Vidrige | Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture (MPI) | 2020 | 2024 |
| Mörchen, Julia | Behavioral Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences (LU) | 2018 | 2024 |
| Padberg, Marie | Comparative Cultural Psychology (MPI) | 2020 | 2025 |
| Prein, Julia | Comparative Cultural Psychology (MPI) | 2021 | 2025 |
| Rolland, Eleonore | Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture (MPI) | 2021 | 2025 |
| Varas, Pablo | Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture (MPI) | 2019 | 2025 |
Discipline 4
| Name | Department affiliation | Start | PhD in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arandjelovic, Milica | Primatology (MPI) | 2005 | 2011 |
| Bachmann, Mona | Primatology (MPI) | 2017 | 2021 |
| Campbell, Geneviève | Primatology (MPI) | 2006 | 2013 |
| Cappelle, Noémie | Primatology (MPI) | 2016 | 2021 |
| Chan, Yi-Chiao | Primatology (MPI) | 2007 | 2013 |
| Cheng, Leveda | Primatology (MPI) | 2016 | 2022 |
| Douglas, Heidi | Primatology (MPI) | 2010 | 2017 |
| Duguid, Shona | Developmental and Comparative Psychology (MPI) | 2010 | 2015 |
| Engelmann, Jan | Developmental and Comparative Psychology (MPI) | 2012 | 2014 |
| Estienne, Vittoria | Primatology (MPI) | 2012 | 2017 |
| Fahy, Geraldine | Human Evolution (MPI), Primatology (MPI) | 2010 | 2014 |
| Franz, Mathias | Primatology (MPI) | 2007 | 2010 |
| Fünfstück, Tillmann | Primatology (MPI) | 2010 | 2015 |
| Granjon, Anne-Céline | Primatology (MPI) | 2015 | 2020 |
| Guschanski, Katerina | Primatology (MPI) | 2005 | 2009 |
| Habumuremyi, Sosthène | Primatology (MPI) | 2010 | 2016 |
| Hagemann, Laura | Primatology (MPI) | 2014 | 2019 |
| Hans, Jörg | Primatology (MPI) | 2011 | 2018 |
| Head, Josephine | Primatology (MPI) | 2009 | 2013 |
| Hedwig, Daniela | Primatology (MPI) | 2007 | 2015 |
| Heinicke, Stefanie | Primatology (MPI) | 2015 | 2019 |
| Holzner, Anna | Behavioral Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences (LU) | 2016 | 2021 |
| Imong, Inaoyom | Primatology (MPI) | 2009 | 2015 |
| Jang, Haneul | Primatology (MPI) | 2015 | 2020 |
| Junker, Jessica | Primatology (MPI) | 2008 | 2015 |
| Kalan, Ammie | Primatology (MPI) | 2009 | 2015 |
| Kerhoas, Daphné | Behavioral Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences (LU) | 2010 | 2016 |
| Koomen, Rebecca | Developmental and Comparative Psychology (MPI) | 2013 | 2017 |
| Kücklich, Marlen | Behavioral Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences (LU) | 2014 | 2019 |
| Kulik, Lars | Behavioral Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences (LU) | 2009 | 2015 |
| Langos, Doreen | Behavioral Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences (LU) | 2010 | 2016 |
| Lemoine, Sylvain | Primatology (MPI) | 2014 | 2020 |
| Lucchesi, Stefano | Primatology (MPI) | 2016 | 2021 |
| Luncz, Lydia | Primatology (MPI) | 2007 | 2014 |
| Madinda Nadege, Freda | Primatology (MPI) | 2010 | 2017 |
| Maibach, Vincent | Primatology (MPI) | 2014 | 2019 |
| Manguette, Marie | Primatology (MPI) | 2014 | 2021 |
| Mielke, Alexander | Primatology (MPI) | 2012 | 2018 |
| Neumann, Christof | Behavioral Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences (LU) | 2009 | 2013 |
| Normand, Emmanuelle | Primatology (MPI) | 2006 | 2010 |
| Oelze, Viktoria | Human Evolution (MPI), Primatology (MPI) | 2008 | 2012 |
| Preis, Anna | Primatology (MPI) | 2012 | 2019 |
| Richter, Nadja | Developmental and Comparative Psychology (MPI) | 2010 | 2014 |
| Roy, Justin | Primatology (MPI) | 2012 | 2019 |
| Ruiz-Lambides, Angelina | Behavioral Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences (LU) | 2011 | 2019 |
| Samuni, Liran | Primatology (MPI) | 2012 | 2018 |
| Sanchez Amaro, Alejandro | Developmental and Comparative Psychology (MPI) | 2013 | 2017 |
| Schaebs, Franka Simea | Primatology (MPI) | 2009 | 2017 |
| Schäfer, Marie | Developmental and Comparative Psychology (MPI) | 2010 | 2014 |
| Schmerse, Daniel | Developmental and Comparative Psychology (MPI) | 2009 | 2014 |
| Schneider, Anna-Claire | Developmental and Comparative Psychology (MPI) | 2009 | 2013 |
| Schubert, Grit | Primatology (MPI) | 2005 | 2011 |
| Schunack, Susann | Behavioral Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences (LU) | 2012 | 2019 |
| Seiler, Nicole | Primatology (MPI) | 2011 | 2018 |
| Sirianni, Giulia | Primatology (MPI) | 2011 | 2017 |
| Song, Ruiting | Developmental and Comparative Psychology (MPI) | 2011 | 2015 |
| Städele, Veronika | Primatology (MPI) | 2011 | 2016 |
| Surbeck, Martin | Primatology (MPI) | 2007 | 2011 |
| Tranquilli, Sandra | Primatology (MPI) | 2008 | 2012 |
| Wessling, Erin | Primatology (MPI) | 2011 | 2018 |
| Wright, Edward | Primatology (MPI) | 2010 | 2015 |
| Wu, Doris | Primatology (MPI) | 2015 | 2019 |
| Young, Mirjam | Behavioral Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences (LU) | 2014 | 2021 |
| Zeidler, Henriette | Developmental and Comparative Psychology (MPI) | 2010 | 2015 |
Discipline 5
| Name | Department affiliation | Start | PhD in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert, Frank | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2005 | 2010 |
| Arias Alvis, Leonardo | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2012 | 2018 |
| Bajic, Vladimir | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2015 | 2020 |
| Bammann, Hindrike | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2012 | 2018 |
| Bokelmann, Lukas | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2016 | 2021 |
| Boyle, Michael James | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2015 | 2022 |
| Brazovskaja, Agnieška | Single Cell Genomics (MPI) | 2016 | 2022 |
| Briggs, Adrian | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2005 | 2010 |
| Burbano, Hernán | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2006 | 2012 |
| Cagan, Alexander | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2010 | 2017 |
| Chintalapati, Manjusha | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2014 | 2018 |
| Dabney, Jesse | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2010 | 2014 |
| de Filippo, Cesare | Comparative Population Linguistics (MPI) | 2007 | 2011 |
| Drinnenberg, Ines | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2006 | 2011 |
| Duggan, Ana | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2010 | 2014 |
| Finstermeier, Knut | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2007 | 2010 |
| Fu, Qiaomei | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2009 | 2013 |
| Gansauge, Marie-Theres | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2011 | 2017 |
| Gerber, Tobias | Single Cell Genomics (MPI) | 2014 | 2019 |
| Glocke, Isabelle | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2013 | 2019 |
| Gunnarsdóttir, Ellen | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2005 | 2011 |
| Heyne, Henrike | Biochemistry, Medical Faculty (LU) | 2010 | 2015 |
| Hoffmeier, Andrea | Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences (LU) | 2005 | 2010 |
| Höhndorf, Robert | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2005 | 2009 |
| Horn, Susanne | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2007 | 2011 |
| Hübner, Alexander | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2013 | 2020 |
| Kanton, Sabina | Single Cell Genomics (MPI) | 2015 | 2020 |
| Key, Felix-Michael | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2010 | 2016 |
| Kircher, Martin | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2007 | 2011 |
| Korlević, Petra | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2012 | 2018 |
| Krause, Johannes | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2005 | 2008 |
| Kuhlwilm, Martin | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2010 | 2015 |
| Le Duc, Diana | Biochemistry, Medical Faculty (LU) | 2011 | 2015 |
| Lede, Vera | Biochemistry, Medical Faculty (LU) | 2013 | 2017 |
| Li, Mingkun | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2008 | 2013 |
| Lippold, Sebastian | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2007 | 2011 |
| Liu, Dang | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2018 | 2021 |
| Mafessoni, Fabrizio | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2010 | 2015 |
| Maričić, Tomislav | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2006 | 2012 |
| Meyer, Matthias | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2005 | 2009 |
| Ona, Leonardo | Comparative Population Linguistics (MPI), Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2007 | 2013 |
| Petr, Martin | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2014 | 2021 |
| Peyrégne, Stéphane | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2014 | 2019 |
| Prüfer, Kay | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2005 | 2011 |
| Pugach, Irina | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2007 | 2012 |
| Puppel, Sven-Holger | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2007 | 2012 |
| Reher, David | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2016 | 2021 |
| Reimers-Kipping, Sabrina | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2006 | 2011 |
| Renaud, Gabriel | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2011 | 2016 |
| Riesenberg, Stephan | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2016 | 2020 |
| Rohland, Nadin | Biochemistry, Medical Faculty (LU) | 2006 | 2009 |
| Sawyer, Susanna | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2010 | 2016 |
| Scheibe, Marion | Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences (LU) | 2005 | 2009 |
| Schörnig, Maria | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2016 | 2021 |
| Schreiweis, Christiane | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2006 | 2011 |
| Slon, Viviane | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2013 | 2018 |
| Stäubert, Claudia | Biochemistry, Medical Faculty (LU) | 2005 | 2010 |
| Stiller, Mathias | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2005 | 2009 |
| Teixeira, João | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2011 | 2016 |
| Theunert, Christoph | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2009 | 2014 |
| Weyer, Sven | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2011 | 2017 |
| White, Louise | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2010 | 2015 |
| Whitten, Mark | Comparative Population Linguistics (MPI) | 2007 | 2016 |
| Zavala, Elena | Evolutionary Genetics (MPI) | 2017 | 2022 |
Discipline 6
| Name | Department affiliation | Start | PhD in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archer, William | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2012 | 2017 |
| Benson, Alexa | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2015 | 2022 |
| Bergmann, Inga | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2014 | 2023 |
| Bosch, Dorothea Marjolein | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2009 | 2018 |
| Bourgon, Nicolas | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2017 | 2022 |
| Britton, Kate | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2007 | 2010 |
| Choy, Kyoungcheol | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2005 | 2010 |
| Davies, Thomas | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2017 | 2021 |
| Dogandžić, Tamara | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2009 | 2021 |
| Dörschner, Nina | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2011 | 2018 |
| Fahy, Geraldine | Human Evolution (MPI), Primatology (MPI) | 2010 | 2014 |
| Feeney, Robin | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2006 | 2009 |
| Fewlass, Helen | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2015 | 2020 |
| Freidline, Sarah | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2006 | 2012 |
| Hein, Michael | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2017 | 2023 |
| Klingner, Susan | Pre- and Protohistory, Faculty of History, Art and Oriental Sciences (LU) | 2006 | 2016 |
| Krais, Simone | Pre- and Protohistory, Faculty of History, Art and Oriental Sciences (LU) | 2009 | 2018 |
| Le Cabec, Adeline | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2007 | 2013 |
| Leonard, Chelsea | Plant Foods in Hominin Dietary Ecology (MPI) | 2012 | 2015 |
| Nehlich, Olaf | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2006 | 2009 |
| Neubauer, Simon | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2006 | 2010 |
| Nigst, Philip | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2005 | 2009 |
| Oelze, Viktoria | Human Evolution (MPI), Primatology (MPI) | 2008 | 2012 |
| Pederzani, Sarah | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2016 | 2020 |
| Power, Robert | Plant Foods in Hominin Dietary Ecology (MPI) | 2011 | 2016 |
| Roussel, Morgan | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2005 | 2011 |
| Salazar Garcia, Domingo | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2008 | 2012 |
| Schuh, Alexandra | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2016 | 2021 |
| Sinet-Mathiot, Virginie | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2018 | 2023 |
| Singh, Nandini | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2006 | 2010 |
| Skinner, Matthew | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2005 | 2008 |
| Stelzer, Stefanie | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2011 | 2018 |
| Stephens, Nicholas | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2013 | 2018 |
| Stuhlträger, Julia | Max Planck Weizmann Center for Integrative Archaeology and Anthropology (MPI) | 2016 | 2022 |
| Talamo, Sahra | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2007 | 2012 |
| Tsegai, Zewdi | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2013 | 2018 |
| Van Beesel, Julia | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2017 | 2022 |
| Weiss, Marcel | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2014 | 2019 |
| Welker, Frido | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2013 | 2017 |
| Zwyns, Nicolas | Human Evolution (MPI) | 2007 | 2012 |
Discipline 7
| Name | Department affiliation | Start | PhD in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cissewski, Julia | Comparative Cultural Psychology (MPI) | 2010 | 2022 |
| Deffner, Dominik | Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture (MPI) | 2018 | 2021 |
| DeTroy, Sarah | Comparative Cultural Psychology (MPI) | 2019 | 2021 |
| Eirdosh, Dustin | Comparative Cultural Psychology (MPI) | 2019 | 2022 |
| Leisterer-Peoples, Sarah | Comparative Cultural Psychology (MPI) | 2019 | 2022 |
| Minocher, Riana | Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture (MPI) | 2018 | 2022 |
| Pretelli, Ilaria | Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture (MPI) | 2018 | 2022 |
| Sibilsky, Anne | Comparative Cultural Psychology (MPI) | 2019 | 2021 |
| Thiele, Maleen | Comparative Cultural Psychology (MPI) | 2019 | 2021 |
| Tran, Han | Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture (MPI) | 2018 | 2022 |