Place & date of birth: Budapest, Hungary – August 21, 1981
Nationality: Hungarian
Education: doctor of veterinary medicine (DVM)
Contact: linda.gerencser@gmail.com

Studies:
2011-2014           Doctoral School of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
2001-2007          Szent István University Faculty of Veterinary Science, Budapest

Languages skills: English, German, Italian

Degree: PhD (2016)

Professional experience and positions:
2017 –                  research fellow, MTA-ELTE Lendület Neuroethology of Communication Research Group
2015 – 2017          assistant research fellow, Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
2011 – 2014          PhD student, Department of Ethology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

Scholarships:
2016-2017             scientific research grant (Nestlé Purina Ptc., Research and Development Network)
2015-2017             scientific research grant (The Waltham Foundation)
2011-2014             PhD position (Swiss National Science Foundation)

5 most significant publications (within 5 years):

Gerencsér, L., Fraga, P.P., Lovas, M., Újváry, D. and Andics, A., 2019. Comparing interspecific socio-communicative skills of socialized juvenile dogs and miniature pigs. Animal cognition, 22(6): 917-929. doi:10.1007/s10071-019-01284-z

Gerencsér, L., Bunford, N., Moesta, A., Miklósi, Á. 2018. Development and validation of the Canine reward responsiveness scale–Examining individual differences in reward responsiveness of the domestic dog. Scientific Reports, 8: 4421. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-22605-1

Gerencsér L., Kosztolányi A., Delanoeije J., Miklósi Á. 2016. The effect of reward-handler dissociation on dogs’ obedience performance in different conditions. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 174: 103-110. doi: 10.1016/j.applanim.2015.11.00/a>. 9

Gerencsér, L., Vásárhelyi, G., Nagy, M., Vicsek, T., Miklósi, Á. 2013. Identification of behaviour in freely moving dogs (Canis familiaris) using inertial sensors. PLoS ONE, 8: e77814.

Miklósi, Á., Gerencsér, L. 2012. Potential application of autonomous and semiautonomous robots in the study of animal behaviour. In: 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications: CogInfoCom, Kosice, Slovakia, 759-762.