Lorenz Gygax

• career

  • 1970, January, 13th: date of birth
  • 1988: Matura
  • 1992: Diploma thesis, ETH Zurich (proximate biology)
  • 2000: PhD, University of Zurich (behaviour ecology and statistics)
  • 2000-2002: statistician for brunner & hess software ag

  • 2002-2010: postdoctoral studies
    • 2002: Individual based modelling of cultural transmission with Charlotte Hemelrijk at the Artificial Intelligence-Lab at the Institute of Informatics of the University of Zurich

    • 2003-2010: Proper housing of animals at the Centre for Proper Housing of Ruminants and Pigs, Federal Food Science and Veterinary Office.

  • 2009-2017: Scientist at the Center for Proper Housing of Ruminants and Pigs (ZTHT, Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, at Agroscope, Tänikon)

  • from 2017 onwards: Scientist at the the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin at the group of Animal Husbandry responsible for Comparative Vertebrate Ethology.

• peer reviewed publications: