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Education

  • Ph.D. in animal science. Czech University of Life Sciences. Prague, Czech Republic. 2021. thesis: “Concentrations of cortisol and testosterone related to relationships between members of a bachelor group of red deer stags”. 
  • MSc. in ecology and evolution. university of ferrara, italy. 2014. thesis: “Friendly and unfriendly social relationships among red deer stags (Cervus elaphus) and concentrations of testosterone and cortisol”.
  • BSc. in natural sciences. university of naples 'Federico II', italy. 2012. thesis: “Structure and development of deer antlers: functional and ethological implications”. 

Employment and internships

  • Postdoctoral fellow. 2024/2027. Faculty of Forest Sciences. Department of Widlife, Fish and Natural Resources. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Umeå, Sweden
  • Postdoctoral fellow. 2023/2024. Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences. Department of Game Management and Wildlife Biology. Czech University of Life Sciences. Prague, Czech Republic
  • Research assistant. 2016/2024. Department of Ethology. Institute of Animal Science. Prague, Czech Republic
  • Technician. 2015. Department of Ethology. Institute of Animal Science Prague, Czech Republic

 

  • Internship. 2026. Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. Evenstad, Norway
  • Internship. 2025. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research. Trondheim, Norway
  • Internship Erasmus in Ethology. 2019. University of Siena, Italy
  • Internship Erasmus+ EPIC II in Ethology. 2014. Institute of Animal Science Prague, Czech Republic
  • Internship in Zooanthropology. 2013. University of Ferrara, Italy
  • Internship in Etnobotany. 2011/2012. University of Naples 'Federico II', Italy

Specialized courses

  • Grading and Assessment (April 2026)
  • Teaching in higher education I (January-March 2026)
  • Hidden Markov Models for movement, acceleration, and other ecological data – an introduction using moveHMM and momentuHMM in R (September 2024)
  • Swedish legislation, Ethics, animal welfare, and 3R (May 2024)

Funding and awards

Grants

  • Conference attendance grant for Behaviour 2025. April 2025. 1000£
  • Conference attendance grant for the International Moose Symposium 2025. 2000 SEK
  • SLU Future Forests. Organization of Workshop “ Future Forests: A Joint Dialogue on Forestry, Management, and Animal Behaviour”. February 2025. 72.000 SEK
  • FORMAS, Sweden/Norway. Mobility grants for early–career researchers. Title of the project: Characterization of moose personality in an anthropogenic landscape and its applications to forestry and management. March 2024– March 2027. 3.699.164 SEK.
  • Institute of Animal Science, Prague, Czech Republic. Internal grant to support young researchers. Title of the project: Welfare indicators in farmed deer. June– December 2023. 190.000 CZK.

Awards

  • 2nd place, best poster award. International moose symposiuM. Östersund. Sweden. 2025
  • Certificate of Excellence "Ferrara School of Biosciences". University of Ferrara. Italy. 2015.

Co-organization of events

  • NKV Workshop “From single species to multispecies prey/predator management with a focus on large carnivores and ungulates that are often game species”. April 2025. Trondheim (Norway)
  • Workshop “Future Forests: A Joint Dialogue on Forestry, Management, and Animal Behaviour”. February 2025. Wien (Austria) and Umeå (Sweden)

Supervision and examination

  • Supervision (MSc thesis). P. Cruz. University of Lund. Sweden (Ongoing)
  • Opponent (PhD defense). J. GÜLDENPFENNIG. Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic. 2025

Scientific societies