MEREL C. BREEDVELD
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Hi, I'm Merel

  I´m Dutch, so, true to my nationality´s stereotype, I am seen as stubborn and
 way too direct.  But in reality, I´m pretty shy, it´s a funny combination.
I come from a mom and dad with serious wanderlust
and a big love for animals of any kind. So clearly,
their genes (or upbringing?) are partially
"to blame" for me becoming
a biologist.
Besides being lucky enough to get to work with animals
and answer to my curiosities about them,
I´m also a mom to two lovely
and inquisitive girls.
When I am not spending my free time with my family
(basically before I had kids), my biggest
hobby is painting....  animals,
who would have
guessed ;-)

Education:

2015




2007




2004
PhD in Biology (sobresaliente cum laude)
Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
Funded by independently acquired, competitive fellowship (JAE-PREDOC)
Thesis: Time dependent mating decisions in the common lizard, Zootoca vivipara

MSc in Animal Biology
Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Major thesis: Visual perspective taking in Long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis)
Minor thesis: Contact calls and their role in parrot flock cohesion

BSc (Major in Science)
University College Utrecht, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Previous experience:

2021 - 2023




2020 - 2021




2019 - 2020


2016 - 2019




2017 - 2018
(during above position)

2014 - 2015




2009 - 2013





2012
(during above position)



2007 –2008


2006 - 2007
(during MSc studies)

2005 -2006
(during MSc studies)

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoc Fellow (European commission H2020-MSCA-IF-2020)
Department of Biology
University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Supervisor: Clelia Gasparini


Seal of Excellence Research Fellow (MSCA Seal of Excellence@Unipd IF 2019)
Department of Biology
University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Supervisor: Clelia Gasparini


Career Break
Maternity and parental leave 2nd child (1 year)

Postdoctoral Researcher
Animal Ecology group, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology
University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
PI: Jana A Eccard

Career Break
Maternity and parental leave 1st child (1 year)

Research Technician
Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (IPE), Jaca, Spain
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
PI: Patrick S Fitze

Doctoral Resaerch Fellow (JAE Predoctoral fellowship)
National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN), Madrid, Spain
Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Supervisor: Patrick S Fitze

Visiting Doctoral Student (JAE travel grant, 6 months)
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Dartmouth College, Hanover, U.S.A.
Supervisor: Ryan Calsbeek

Career Break
Work and travel outside of academia (New Zealand, Australia, South East Asia)

Undergraduate Research Student (for MSc Minor thesis)
Tambopata Macaw Project, Puerto Maldonado, Peru

Undergraduate Research Student (for MSc Major thesis)
Ethology Station for Primate Research, Utrecht University, The Netherlands


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