Place & date of birth: Kaposvár, Hungary – 01. 09. 1987.
Nationality: Hungarian
Education: biologist
Contact: anna.gergely66@yahoo.com
Studies:
2011-2014 PhD, Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, PhD School in Biology, PhD Program in Ethology. Title of dissertation: Dog-robot interaction
2009-2010 MSc student – Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Biology, Department of Ethology
2007-2009 BSc student – SZIE
Languages skills: English, French
Degree: PhD (2014)
Professional experience and positions:
2018- Research assistant, MTA TTK, Comparative behavioural research
2016-2018 Parental leave
2015 – Research assistant, MTA TTK, Comparative behavioural research
2015 – Guest Researcher, Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Ethology
Teaching experience:
Professional awards and recognition:
2011 National Students’ Scientific Conference of Biology, Section of Ethology, Eötvös Lóránd University, Institute of Biology, fist place
2010 Students’ Scientific Conference of Biology, Section of Ethology, Eötvös Lóránd University, Institute of Biology, first place
2008 Students’ Scientific Conference of Biology, Section of Ethology, Eötvös Lóránd University, Institute of Biology, Second place
2008 Students’ Scientific Conference, Szent István University Faculty of Veterinary Science, Budapest, Second place
5 most significant publications (within 5 years):
Abdai, J, Gergely, A, Petró, E, Topál, J, & Miklósi, Á (2015) An Investigation on Social Representations: Inanimate Agent Can Mislead Dogs (Canis familiaris) in a Food Choice Task. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0139531. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139531
Gergely, A, Abdai, J, Petró, E, Kosztolányi, A, Topál, J & Miklósi, Á (2015) Dogs rapidly develop socially competent behaviour while interacting with a contingently responding self-propelled object. Animal Behaviour, 108, 137-144.
Péter A, Gergely A, Topál J, Miklósi Á, & Pongrácz P (2014) A Simple but Powerful Test of Perseverative Search in Dogs and Toddlers. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2014.970206
Gergely, A, Topál, J, Dóka, A, & Miklósi Á (2014) Dogs are able to generalize directional acoustic signals to different contexts and tasks. Applied Animal Behviour Science. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2014.04.005
Gergely A, Petró E, Topál J, & Miklósi Á (2013) What Are You or Who Are You? The Emergence of Social Interaction between Dog and an Unidentified Moving Object (UMO). PLoS ONE 8(8): e72727. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072727