“My name is Ilona Chateau and I’m a student from the Engineering school of Purpan in France. I had the opportunity to realize a three-month internship with the Family Dog Project, focused on dogs who exhibit symptoms of a separation-related disorder when separated from their owner.
I’m a very lucky girl to have worked with one of the most highly-reputed dog behaviour research laboratories.
The Department of Ethology has very technologically advanced equipment. Each experiment follows a very precise protocol, most of which have been validated and published in high-ranking scientific journals. Additionnally, some publications appeared in well-known and prestigious scientific magazines in France and around the world.
The researchers in the lab(s) form a cohesive and genuine team. I really enjoyed how they work together. The atmosphere is friendly and relaxed. In addition, owners of dogs are very pleasant partners to work with, especially in Hungary.
Autonomy, trust, partnership and love of dogs are the keywords that best characterize the working environment in the department. I acquired some real workplace experience that I will never forget.”

“Dear All,
Following my presentation last week and right before the weekend, I submitted my Marie Curie grant application. While doing so, I realized that this was not something I could have decently written on my own. So, I wanted to send an e-mail to thank you all for your help. Throughout the week preceding the submission, I was feeling touched by how many of you put your time into advising and helping me and into giving me feedback and information. I feel very grateful for all your support. I’ve been in many beautiful departments that still I love and feel very close to, but I have never experienced the degree of collective help and generosity as I do here. Thank you! Best, Patty”

International Students (BSc)
Name	University	Country	Title of research	Supervisor	Year
Andrea Piseddu	Sassari University	Italy	internship	Enikő Kubinyi, PhD	2017
Meghana Kandlur	Wesleyan University	Amerikai Egyesült Államok	The association between attachment styles and sleep macrostructure in 6-12 month-old puppies	Bunford Nóra, PhD	2017
Ilona Chateaun	Purpan Engineering School	Franciaország	Separation between dogs and the owners	Miklósi Ádám, Prof. Dr. Gerencsér Linda, PhD	2017
Doreen Schrimpf	Universität Wien	Austria	Attachment and empathy in dogs	Gácsi Márta, PhD	2015
Gilmert, Elodie	University Paris 13	France	Do dogs use emotional expressions to infer preference?	Enikő Kubinyi, PhD	2015
Sabine Nanuru	Groningen University	The Netherlands	Consistency of parental care during incubation in zebra finches	Ákos Pogány, PhD	2015
Douwe Mul	Groningen University	The Netherlands	Consistency of parental care during incubation in zebra finches	Ákos Pogány, PhD	2015
Mari Annukka Kinnunen	University of Oulu	Finland	Dogs’ olfactory capacities	Gácsi Márta, PhD	2014
Camille Hansart	Maastricht University	The Netherlands	Social Interaction and Clicker Training in the Context of a Nose Touch Exercise on a Touch Screen Device	Gácsi Márta, PhD	2014
Zita Polgár		US	How do dogs use their olfactory capacities in different contexts?	Gácsi Márta, PhD	2014
Ablanedo de Dios, Juan	University of Cordoba	Spain	Leader-follower comparison in dyads of domestic dogs (Canis familiaris)	Enikő Kubinyi, PhD	2014
van Hoof, Rianne	HAS University	The Netherlands	The link between leadership, social dominance and personality in dog pairs	Enikő Kubinyi, PhD	2014
Adriana Fernandes M. Oliveira	UFSCaR	Brazil	FOXP2 gene review	Enikő Kubinyi, PhD	2014
Chris Guggiari-Peel	University of Bath	United Kingdom	Experimental manipulation of parental behaviour in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata): is compensation predictable?	Ákos Pogány, PhD	2014
Diede de Haan	Groningen University	The Netherlands	Social learning of parental sex roles in zebra finches	Ákos Pogány, PhD	2014
Gerard Lansink	Groningen University	The Netherlands	Social learning of parental sex roles in zebra finches	Ákos Pogány, PhD	2014
Sofie Lillebo	University of Life Sciences, Ås	Norway	Connection between hair whorls and different type of behavior in dogs (Canis familiaris)	Enikő Kubinyi, PhD	2013
Joni Delanoeije	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven	The Netherlands	Dogs’ processing of point-light figures	Ádám Miklósi, Prof.	2013
Eugene Kitsios	Groningen University	The Netherlands	Social transmission of parental sex roles in zebra finches: do chicks pay attention to who takes care of them?	Ákos Pogány, PhD	2013
Thijs Böhm	Groningen University	The Netherlands	Social transmission of parental sex roles in zebra finches: do chicks pay attention to who takes care of them?	Ákos Pogány, PhD	2013
Elsa Gilbert	Ecole Nationale Veterinaire	France	Studying dog-robot interaction as a model of interspecific social interaction	Ádám Miklósi, Prof.	2011
Met Amandine	Université de Rennes	France	Dogs are following a human gaze in a foraging situation	Ádám Miklósi, Prof.	2011
Estelle Thorel	Université de Rennes	France	Influence of communication on gaze following in dogs (Canisfamiliaris), studied with eye tracking technique	Ádám Miklósi, Prof.	2010
Erica Ras	Wageningen University	The Netherlands	Comparing the behaviour of three dog breeds	Enikő Kubinyi, PhD	2007
Bianca Jansen	Wageningen University	The Netherlands	Association between the DRD4 gene of the dog and its behaviour, based on behavioural test and questionnaires	Enikő Kubinyi, PhD	2006
Jeroen van Dijk	Groningen University	The Netherlands	Mate choice behaviour in a captive population of penduline tits	Ákos Pogány, PhD	2005
International Students (MSc)
Name	University	Country	Title of research	Supervisor	Year
Tifenn de Jong	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	How does age affect the behaviour of dogs in the Strange Situation Test?	Márta Gácsi, PhD	2017
Lorraine Kraft	Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen	Germany	The association between attachment styles and sleep macrostructure in 6-12 month-old puppies	Nóra Bunford, PhD	2017
Louis Le Nézet	Université de Rennes	France	Developing a sensory test for elderly dogs	Enikő Kubinyi, PhD	2017
Anna Bjurgård Compton	Norwegian University of Life Sciences	Norway	Importance of Social Behaviour in Eliciting A-not-B error in  Domestic Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) with “Unidentified Moving Object” (UMO) as Partner	Ádám Miklósi, Prof.	2014
Héloïse Théro	Ecole Normale Supérieure	France	Transmission of fear towards a stranger in dog-owner dyads using a social referencing paradigm	Gácsi Márta, PhD	2012
Julia Hecht	University of Edinburgh	England	Anthropomorphism and “guilty” behavior in the dog, Canis familiaris	Gácsi Márta, PhD	2010
Jennifer Bentlage	Leibnitz University Hannover	Germany	Ethology of dog behaviour	Ádám Miklósi, Prof.	2010
Sofie Sernekvist	Linköping University	Sweden	The secure base effect in dog (Canis familiaris) – owner relationship	Gácsi Márta, PhD	2006
Visiting Researchers
Name	University	Country	Title of research	Supervisor	Year
Celalettin Etkin Safak	University Ankara	Turkey	Cat vocalisation	Márta Gácsi, PhD	2019
Paula Pérez Fraga	University of Santiago de Compostela, Veterinary Faculty of Lugo	Spain	Automatizált módszerek alkalmazása a kutyák (Canis familiaris) viselkesdésének mérésében	Gerencsér Linda, PhD, Miklósi Ádám, Prof.	2017
Daniel Tejeda	National Autonomous University of Mexico	Mexico	–	Kubinyi Enikő, PhD	2017
PhD Students (part time)
Name	University	Country	Title of research	Supervisor	Year
Andrea Sommese	Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague	Norway	Endocast measures	Ádám Miklósi, Prof.	2019
Christine Olsen	Norwegian University of Life Sciences	Norway	Animal assisted and robot assisted interventions for elderly people with dementia	Ádám Miklósi, Prof.	2014
Lullier Maxime		France		Ádám Miklósi, Prof.	2009