Fischer, Julia, Prof. Dr.

Professor of Primate Cognition


  • Since 2016 Professor for Primate Cognition, University of Göttingen and Head of the Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center Göttingen
  • 2004 Professor for Ethology, University of Göttingen and Head of the Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center Göttingen
  • 2004 Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) at the University of Leipzig, Heisenberg Fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 1997 Post-doctoral fellow, University of Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1996 Doctorate at the Freie Universität (FU) Berlin


Major Research Interests

  • Primate cognition
  • Communication
  • Evolution of language
  • Social Behavior

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