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Curriculum vitae

Pia Böhm, MSc

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Kurzbeschreibung

Languages

  • German - native

  • English - full professional proficiency

  • Japanese - elementary proficiency (current level A2-1)

Skills

  • Time & project management

  • Communication

  • Independent project conductance

  • Field work (South Africa, Austra, Japan)

  • Coding language: R (data management and statistics)

  • Video coding: BORIS, Solomon Coder

  • MS Office & Adobe (Illustrator & Photoshop

Education

03.2024 - now

PhD Biology. University of Vienna (Austria)

  • Title: "The quality of homosexual relationships: new perspectives on consortship behaviour patterns in promiscuous Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)"

  • Supervisors: Dr. Lena Pflüger, Prof. Michael Huffman & Prof. Bernhard Wallner

03.2021 - now

Master Evolutionary Anthropology. University of Vienna (Austria

03.2018 - 08.2021

Master Cognition, Behaviour and Neurobiology. University of Vienna (Austria)

  • MSc thesis "Hold her tight - Intense body contact increases homosexual pair bond stability in female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)"

  • Supervisiors: Prof. Bernhard Wallner & Dr. Lena Pflüger

  • Graduated with distinction

10.2013 - 03.2017

Bachelor Biology. University of Vienna (Austria)

09.2009 - 06.2013

High School. GRG Sachsenbrunn, Kirchberg/Wechsel (Austria)

  • Science branch with grand Latinum, practical laboratory class and Biology major. 

  • Graduated with distinction

Scientific Experience

09.2021 - now

 

10.2023 - 01.2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

04.2023 - 09.2023

 

 

 

 

 

11.2022 - 02.2023

 

 

 

07.2022 - 09.2022

 

 

03.2022 - 08.2022

 

 

05.2021 - 08.2021

 

 

 

 

2018 - 2021

 

 

05.2017 - 12.2017

 

 

 

10.2016 - 11.2016

 

 

07.2014

Lecturer. University of Vienna (Austria)

300199 UE "Exercise on behaviour observations and behavioural genetics using the example of Japanese macaques"

  • Practical course held during the winter semester at the Affenberg Landskron

  • Teaching methods required for conducting behavioural observations and behavioural genetics

  • Guiding and grading student mini projects and lab reports

 

Research Assistant. University of Exeter (U.K.)​

SRG23/231253 - Rethinking Behavioural Observations - a direct comparison of sampling method performance

  • Behavioural data collection in the field at Affenberg Landskron (focal and scan data of Japanese Macaques)

  • Data processing in excel and R

  • Network analysis in R

Femtech Intern. Urban Human Vienna (Austria)

  • Data collection for the project "Urban Art & Green", a joint project with the Evolutionary Aesthetics Labo of the Department of Psychology, University of Vienna

  • Supervising an experimental study testing the influence of art characteristics on physiology and subjective well-being

 

Researcher. Strategic partnership between University of Vienna and Kyoto University, in Minoo (Japan)

  • Three-month research trip to Japanese macaque population in Minor, invitation by Prof. Michael Huffman

  • Pilot data collection for three research projects and establishing of contact for collaboration and comparative research between Minoo and Affenberg

 

Guide. Affenberg Zoobetriebs GmbH, Ossiach (Austria)

  • Giving guided tours and citizen science programs in the Japanese macaque enclosure

Femtech Intern. Urban Human, Vienna (Austria)

  • Data collection for the project "Urban Art & Green", a joint project with the Evolutionary Aesthetics Lab of the Department of Psychology, University of Vienna

 

Femtech Intern & Guide. Affenberg Zoobetriebs GmbH, Ossiach (Austria)

  • Science communication and the up-keep and update of the student information database, including the establishment of cloud-based solution

  • Giving guided tours and citizen science programs in the Japanese macaque enclosure

 

Junior Researcher. Urban Human, Vienna (Austria)

  • Heading a small scientific study on a cross cultural comparison of laterality in human posture with presentation of the results at the ISHE summer institute 2019, Zadar

 

Research Assistant. Barret-Henzi Lab University of Lethbridge (Canada; field station South Africa)

  • Collection of behavioural and ecological long-term data on free living vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) in the Karoo, South Africa

 

 

Project Assistant. Department of Traffic Science, TU Vienna (Austria)

  • Conducting behavioural observations in public transports for the project "Multisensuelles Schienenfahrzeug" ("Multisensual rail vehicle")

Intern. Dep. of Med. Biochemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna (Austria)

  • Assistin in ongoing research of the neurodegenerative diseases lab (led by Prof. Wolf Dieter Rausch) by cultivation and quantifying nerve cell cultures, supervised by Ing. Barbara Kranner

Journal Articles (peer reviewed)

Boehm, P.M., Pflüger, L.S., Pink, K.E., Huffman, M.A. & Wallner, B. (2024) Intense body contact increases homosexual pair bond stability in female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata). Archives of Sexual Behavior. – publication based on master thesis

 

Perea Garcia, J.O.; Ostner, J.; Schülke, O.; Castellano Navarro, A.; Gazagne, E.; Jose Dominguez, J. M.; Beltrán-Francés, V.; Kaburu, S.; Ruppert, N.; Micheletta, J.; Gupta, S.; Majolo, Bonaventura; M., L.; Pflüger, L.; Böhm, P.M.; Massen, J.; Bourjade, M.; Duran, E.; Hobaiter, C. & Monteiro, A. (2023).Photo-regulatory functions drive variation in eye coloration across macaques. Manuscript submitted for publication

 

Mikuni J., Dehove, M., Dörrzapf, L., Moser M.K., Resch, B., Böhm, P.M., Prager, K., Podolin, N., Oberzaucher, E., Leder, H. (2023). Art in the City Enhances Subjective Well-being: A field study examining the impact of artistic intervention in urban public space on well-being. Manuscript submitted for publication

 

Hammer, R., Stribos, M. S., Boehm, P.M., Pink, K. E., Herzele, J., Wallner, B., Huffman, M. A., Massen, J. J. M., & Pflüger, L. S. (2023). A novel methodological approach for group classification during fission of a semi-free-ranging group of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)American Journal of Primatology, 85(2), [e23463]. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23463

 

Laumer, I.B., Massen, J.J.M., Boehm, P.M., Boehm, A., Geisler, A., Auersperg, A.M.I. (2021) “Goffin´s cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) show flexible targeted helping in a tool transfer task”, PLOS ONE.

Poster and Talks

Boehm, P.M., Stojan, A., Pflüger, L.S., De Moor, D. (2024) “RETHINKING BEHAVIOURAL OBSER-VATIONS - A direct comparison of sampling method performance”. poster at the CoBeNe PhD Academy, Vienna, 31.01.2024 – 02.02.2024

Boehm, P.M., Dehove, M., Leder, H., Mikuni, J., Magloth, M., Prager, K., Tebbich, S. & Oberzaucher, E. (2023) “Why Art Moves Us – An Analysis of Physiological Responses to Art”. poster at the Summer Institute of the International Society for Human Ethology (ISHE), České Budějovice, 22.07.2023 – 25.07.2023

 

Magloth, M., Bornemann, R., Boehm, P.M., Dehove, M., Leder, H., Mikuni, J., Prager, K., Riedl, I., Tebbich, S., Oberzaucher, E. (2022). „The Effect of Art and Plants on Behaviour in Public Spaces”. poster at the Summer Institute of the International Society for Human Ethology (ISHE), České Budějovice, 22.07.2023 - 25.07.2023

 

Prager, K., Boehm, P.M., Dehove, M., Guggi, F., Leder, H., Magloth, M.,  Mikuni, J., Tebbich, S., Oberzaucher, E. (2023). „How Art Makes Public Space a More Interactive Behaviour Setting”. poster at the Summer Institute of the International Society for Human Ethology (ISHE), České Budějovice, 22.07.2023 – 25.07.2023

 

Pflüger, L.S., Böhm, P.M. (2022). “From Europe back to the roots. Comparative studies on free ranging and semi-free ranging Japanese macaques originating from Minoo”, joint talk at the Mini-Symposium Unexplored Science Research Unit, "Research Group Multilayer Network" held at Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 29. November 2022

 

Böhm, P.M., Pflüger, L.S., Pink, K., Huffman, M., Wallner, B. (2022). “Consortship Stability of female homosexual consortships in Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata)”. talk presented at the EFP-GfP joint conference, Arnhem, Netherlands.

 

Boehm, PB, Pflüger, LS & Wallner, B (2022). „Pair bond quality in female homosexual consortships in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)”. poster presented at the 1st CoBeNe PhD Academy, online conference.

 

Böhm, P.M., Pflüger, L.S., Pink, K., Huffman, M., Wallner, B. (2021) “Consortship stability of female homosexual consortships in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)”, conference talk at VII ESCBC, Budapest, Hungary & online

 

Boehm, PB, Pflüger, LS & Wallner, B (2021). „Pair bond quality in female Japanese macaque homosexual consortships”. Talk presented at the International Society of Human Ethology (ISHE) online conference 2021.

 

Böhm, PM, Schmehl, S., Masuch, K., Tiller, A., Fernandez, AM, Fisher, M. & Oberzaucher, E. (2019) “Cultured Laterality – Foot laterality around the globe and in art depictions”, oral presentation & poster at ISHE summer institute, Zadar, Croatia

 

Laumer, IB, Böhm, A, Boehm, PM, Geisler, A, Massen, J & Auersperg, AMI (2018) “Pass me the ...! – Do Goffins act prosocially in a tool transfer task?“, poster at Conference on Parrot Cognition, Vienna, Austria

 

Masuch, K., Böhm, PM, Köllner, J., Zingale, S. & Oberzaucher, E. (2018) “Looking at trees – Leaf shapes and preferences“, poster at HBES Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Non-Scientific Publications & Media Appareance

Print Media

 

 

 

 

Online, TV & Radio

„Jedes zweite Weibchen ist bisexuell“, Kleine Zeitung, 10/02/24

„Was wir von Affen lernen können“, Kronen Zeitung, Austria, 14/01/24

„Tierischen Geheimnissen auf der Spur“, Kleine Zeitung, Austria, 11/02/22

„Forschung in Kärnten: Über das Leben der Makaken“, Kronen Zeitung, Austria, 11/02/22

“Sonnenschein und Badespaß machen sexy“, Research Special, DerStandard, Austria 16/10/2019 

„Sexualverhalten bei Makaken-Affen“, Research Special, ORF – Mayer’s Magazin, 09/02/24

„Tier und wir“, ORF local radio, 09/02/24

„Forschung: Auch Affen sind homosexuell“, online article, ORF local news, 07/02/24

“Makaken-Forscher zurück aus Japan“. online article, ORF local news, 01/05/23

„Affenforscher zurückgekehrt“. TV, ORF local news, 14/04/23

„Kärntner Affenberg goes Japan“, online article, ORF local news, 12/12/22

„Affenberg/ Kärnten ist „Europameister“ in der Primatenforschung", online article, Kleine Zeitung, 10/02/22

„Heimatleuchten“, TV documentation, Servus TV, airing 2022

„Der Berg der Tiere- Wo Adler kreisen und Affen rebellieren“, TV documentation, ORF, 22/08/21

„Primatenforschung am Affenberg Landskron“, TV, Servus TV, 16/07/20

„Affenberg wird Außenstelle der Uni Wien“, TV, ORF local news, 07/07/20

“Sonnenschein und Therme sind sexuell anregend – für Makaken“, Online article, Research Special, DerStandard, 19/10/2019

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