Assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Bernard Wallner, Privatdoz.

Curriculum Vitae:

1992 Master thesis at the University of Vienna with Greatest Distinction
1993-1994 Establishing the enzyme immunoassay (EIA) method at Prof. Dr. J. Dittami's endocrine lab, University of Vienna
1994-1997 Head of lab - EIA analysis of fecal, salvia and blood samples
1995 Field work at Affenberg Salem (Germany)
1997 Doctor in Science (Rerum naturalis) at the University of Vienna with Greatest Distinction
1998 Research stay at Prof. Dr. A. Zahavi's lab, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University
1999 Research stay at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
1999-2000 Employed at the Logistic Center of the University of Vienna
2001-2007 Head of Quality Assurance Unit, University of Vienna; Responsibilities: research evaluation, research documentation, knowledge transfer
2002-2004 Research fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Vienna
2005-2012 Research fellow Department of Anthropology and Department of Behavioral Biology University of Vienna
2005 Habilitation Primatology/Anthropology
2011-2014 Associated member of the Cognitive Science Research Platform, University of Vienna
2012-2014 Postdoc position Department of Anthropology
2012-2014 Consultant of the deans' team at the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna
2014-2019 Scientific coordinator and management advisor at the Affenberg Landskron (Austria)
2014-2017 Ass. Prof. Department of Behavioural Biology
since 2017 Deputy Head of the Dept of Behavioural Biology
since September 2017 Associate Professor of Comparative Anthropology, Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Vienna

Research Areas:

* Behavioral endocrinology, physiological stress modulation in humans, non-human primates, and guinea pigs
* Behavioral molecular biology, effects of individual polymorphism on stress metabolism in relation to miRNA and mtDNA expression rates in non-human primates, guinea pigs
* Effects of sexual attractiveness (coloration and morphological expression rates) on hypothalamic pituitary–gonadal axis, hypothalamic-pituitary-andrenal axis, social behavior, social rank in non human primates
* Influence of fatty acids on hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis, hypothalamic-pituitary-andrenal axis, fat metabolism, social behavior, social hierarchy in non-human primates and guinea pigs
* Organizational behavior, evolutionary aspects of human pro-social behavior in the modern working process and its effects on the sex ratio at birth and stress physiology in relation to socioeconomic status