• Curriculum vitae

    Education

    • Since 2017:
      PhD studies at the Department of Behavioural Biology, Institute of Neuro- and Behavioural Biology, University of Münster, Germany
    • 2014 - 2017:
      MSc in Biology, Department of Behavioural Ecology, University of Bern, Switzerland
      Thesis: Reciprocal allogrooming among unrelated Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) is affected by previously received cooperative, affiliative and aggressive behaviours
    • 2011 - 2014:
      BSc in Biology, Department of Behavioural Ecology, University of Bern, Switzerland
      Thesis: Reciprocal allogrooming among wild-type Norway rats

    Work experience

    • 2016:
      Teaching Assistant for “Statistics for Biology”, University of Bern

  • Research interests

    • Behavioural biology & ecology
    • Sociobiology
    • Evolutionary processes

  • Publications

    • Binia Stieger, Rupert Palme, Sylvia Kaiser, Norbert Sachser, S. Helene Richter (2022). When left is right: The effects of paw preference training on behaviour in mice. Behavioural Brain Research, Volume 430, 26 July 2022, 113929. 10.1016/j.bbr.2022.113929 [doi]
    • Stieger B, Schweinfurth MK & Taborsky M (2017) Reciprocal allogrooming among unrelated norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) is affected by previously received cooperative, affiliative and aggressive behaviours. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71: 182. 10.1007/s00265-017-2406-1 [doi]
    • Schweinfurth MK, Stieger B & Taborsky M (2017) Experimental evidence for reciprocity in allogrooming among wild-type norway rats. Scientific Reports 7: 4010-017-03841-3. 10.1038/s41598-017-03841-3 [doi]