Jennifer Leichliter
Curriculum Vitae
2021 – Present |
Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Emmy Noether Group for Hominin Meat Consumption at the Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany. The Onset and Evolution of Early Hominin Meat Consumption (HoMeCo) – Southern African early hominins, their tropic position and dietary behavior |
2021 – Present |
Guest Researcher in the Department Applied and Analytical Paleontology, Institute of Geosciences at Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU), Mainz, Germany. |
2018 – 2021 |
Visiting Scientist in the Department of Human Evolution, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany (Director: Prof. Dr. Jean-Jacques Hublin) |
2019 – 2021 |
Visiting Scientist in the Climate Geochemistry Department, Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany (Group Leader: Dr. A. Martínez-García) |
2018 – 2021 |
Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Department Applied and Analytical Paleontology, Institute of Geosciences at Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU), Mainz, Germany. As part of the ERC-funded project Investigating the origins of Vertebrate Herbivory granted to Prof. Thomas Tütken |
2012 – 2018 |
PhD candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado U.S.A. Doctoral Project Early Hominin Environments in Southern Africa: A Micromammalian Perspective. Supervisors: Dr. Matt Sponheimer |
2009 - 2011 |
Master’s candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado U.S.A. |
2004 – 2008 |
Undergraduate education, Anthropology (Magna cum laude; GPA 4.0), Art Studio (minor), Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado U.S.A. |