Sonya Pashchevskaya
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- 2020-2021: MSc in Primate Behaviour and Conservation. Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- 2010-2013: BSc in Mathematics, National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Department of Mathematics, Moscow, Russia
- 2007-2009: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Kuban State. Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia
Work experience
- Oct 2021 – present: Research Assistant, LuiKotale Bonobo Project, DRC
- Feb 2019 – Feb 2020: Research Assistant, LuiKotale Bonobo Project, DRC
- May 2017 – Mar 2018: Research Assistant, Filoha Hamadryas Project, Awash National Park, Ethiopia
- Mar 2016 – Mar 2017: Research Assistant, Laboratory of Dr. M. Westneat, The University of Chicago and Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA
- Feb 2016 – Feb 2017: Research Assistant, Laboratory of Dr. S. London, Institute for Mind and Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Extra information
My main interest is social behaviour of bonobos (Pan paniscus): its evolution, structure and functions. I am fascinated by the dynamics of bonobo networks: how their properties change with ecological factors and how individuals’ positions vary in the potential influence on network structure. Using my mathematical background, I apply social network analysis to study global and local patterns of associations and interactions between individuals within a community. For my MSc thesis, I focused on how network characteristics influence disease spread in the bonobos of LuiKotale.