Miguel Veiga
PhD student
Department of Ecological Dynamics
Tel: 0049 (0) 30 5168 - 520
E-Mail: veiga@izw-berlin.de
Short curriculum vitae
- Since 04/18: PhD candidate, Leibniz-IZW
- 08/2017-02/2018: Veterinarian practitioner, Proença-a-Nova, Portugal
- 10/2016-07/2017: MSc Basic and Applied Research in Hunting Resources, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
- 09/2016-02/2017: Internship Estación Experimenal de Zonas Áridas, Almería, Spain
- 04/2013-02/2014: Internship Wildlife rehabilitacion, LxCRAS, Lisbon, Portugal
- 2010-2016 MSc Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Projects
Behaviour, ecology and health of spotted hyenas in the Serengeti National Park
Causes and consequences of infections: Fitness consequences and determinants of parasite infections in a wild social carnivore, the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
Research interests
- Infectious disease ecology
- Host-pathogen interactions
- Immunology
- Non-invasive sampling