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