Associate
Current Research
- all subjects of chemical communication between mammals
- The impact of chemical signals on kin selection in mammals and family recognition behaviour
- Chemical signals in general, their function and the identification of pheromones from urine and glands
- Lipocalines in general, in particular MUPs (major urinary proteins) in African mole-rats
Curriculum vitae
Petra Hagemeyer, née Schmittwilken
Born 1968 in Neuenkirchen, Germany
1984 - 1986: educational training as physician assistant
1986 - 1987: laboratory technician in a laboratory for reproductive toxicology (Hazleton Laboratories, Muenster)
1988 practical training in nursing, Neuenkirchen
1988 - 1990: educational training as physiotherapist, School for Physiotherapy in Meppen
1990 - 1993: physiotherapist in Heidelberg
1994 - 1996: A-level through night school, Ruhrkolleg in Essen
1997: physiotherapist in Essen
1997 - 2002: study of biology and chemistry, University of Essen
2000: internship at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford; student assistant at the Dept. Organic Chemistry, University of Essen
2001-2002: ERASMUS Scholarship at Charles University, Prague; Biodiversity Research Group, Head Dr. Pavel Stopka; student assistant at the Dept. of General Zoology,
University of Essen
2002: First State Examination; student assistant at the Dept. Gen. Zoology, University of Essen
2003-2010: PhD-student at the Dept. of General Zoology, University of Duisburg-Essen (mammalian chemical communication)
2003-2004: GO EAST Scholarship at Charles University, Prague, Biodiversity Research Group
2006-2008: teacher trainee for grammar schools at the Goetheschool Bredeney, Essen
2007: Second State Examination
Since 2008: Teacher for biology and chemistry at Ottilie Schoenewald Weiterbildungskolleg, Bochum
2010 PhD-Thesis: "Pheromones in social mole-rats and implications for the study of mammalian chemical communication."