Project on decision making in great tits. Supervised by Emily Burdfield-Steel at the Department of Evolutionary & Population Biology at the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecoystem Dynamics (IBED) at the University of Amsterdam, in collaboration with Johanna Mappes at the University of Helsinki.

Preparing manuscripts and grant proposals in avian chemical ecology. Supervised by Barbara Caspers at the Department of Behavioural Ecology at Bielefeld University.

PhD thesis on The role of preen oil and body odour in birds. Supervised by Barbara Caspers and Innes Cuthill at the Department of Behavioural Ecology at Bielefeld University.

MSc thesis on The effect of early food availlability on morphology and personality in blue tits. Supervised by Jon Brommer and Barbara Class at the Department of Biology at the University of Turku.