Webpage last modified Oct. 7th, 2011

Born on the 23rd of June 1982 in Vienna, Austria.

Professional:

Positions

2010- Lecturer at the Dept. of Anthropology, University of Vienna

2005- Scientific research (Rating and morphometric studies) at EFS Unternehmensberatung GmbH

2010 Scientific project staff at the Dept. of Anthropology, University of Vienna

2007- Feb 2010 Research and teaching assistant (Studienassistent) at the Dept. of Anthropology, University of Vienna

2006- Feb 2007 Research associate at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Urban Ethology

Field work

Apr 2009 Addis Ababa and surrounding areas, Ethiopia: Morphometric study on human facial growth, rating study on the cross-cultural perception of car fronts.

Feb 2008 Addis Abebba and surrounding areas, Ethiopia: Rating study on car fronts, morphometric study on human facial shape variation.

Teaching

2010- Digital Acquisition of Human Surface Morphology and Behavior (Lecture + Practicum); Practical Course: Human Ethology (Seminar + Practicum)

2006-2010 Temporary stand in: Lecture in Human Behavioral Ecology

2005 Practical Course V: Human ethology

Oct 2007- Feb 2010 Teaching assistance in
Digital Acquisition of Human Surface Morphology and Behavior (Lecture + Practicum); Basic Human Ethology Course for Anthropologists (Practicum); Practical Course IV (formerly V): Human ethology (Practicum); Human Behavioral Ecology (Lecture); Palaeoethology (Seminar); Seminar for Masters, Diploma and PhD-students in Anthropology.

2005-2007 Tutorials in human ethological practical courses

Grants

Upon request

Professional Memberships

Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Human Behavior & Evolution Society (HBES)
The BioSocial Society (BioSocSoc)

Referee

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Public Outreach

Upon request

Publications:

Papers

Windhager S., Bookstein F.L., Grammer K., Oberzaucher E., Said H., Slice D.E., Thorstensen T., Schaefer K. (in press). “Cars have their own faces”: Cross-cultural ratings of car shapes in biological (stereotypical) terms. Evolution and Human Behavior. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.06.003 

Windhager S., Schaefer K., Fink B. (2011). Geometric morphometrics of male facial shape in relation to physical strength and perceived attractiveness, dominance and masculinity. American Journal of Human Biology 23 (6), 805-814. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.21219

Windhager S., Atzwanger K., Bookstein F.L., Schaefer K. (2011). Fish in a mall aquarium—An ethological investigation of biophilia. Landscape and Urban Planning 99(1), 23-30.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.08.008 

Windhager S., Hutzler F., Carbon C.-C., Oberzaucher E., Schaefer K., Thorstensen T., Leder H., Grammer K. (2010). Laying eyes on headlights: Eye movements suggest facial features in cars. Collegium Antropologicum 34(3), 1075–1080. http://www.collantropol.hr/?id_0=2&year_id=559&vol_id=601

Windhager S., Slice D.E., Schaefer K., Oberzaucher E., Thorstensen T., Grammer K. (2008, cover feature). Face to face: the perception of automotive designs. Human Nature 19 (4), 331–346.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12110-008-9047-z

Talks

Windhager S., Schaefer K. (2010). Psychomorphospace—Mapping perception onto morphology with geometric morphometrics (applied to aging). 22nd Annual Conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES), Jun 16–20, Eugene (Oregon), USA.

Windhager S., Bookstein F.L., Grammer K., Thorstensen T., Schaefer K. (2009). Principles of growth perception: does the human face processing pathway generalize to cars? 78th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA), Apr 1–4, Chicago, USA.

Windhager S., Slice D.E., Bookstein F.L., Thorstensen T., Grammer K., Schaefer K. (2008). Generalizing morphological correlates of maturity: Visualization and perception. 16th Congress of the European Anthropological Association, Aug. 28th–31st, Odense, Danemark.

Windhager S., Slice D. E., Schaefer K., Oberzaucher E., Thorstensen T., Grammer K. (2008). Car fronts as (human) faces: Overperception errors as evolutionary stable strategy? 19th International Conference of the International Society for Human Ethology (ISHE), July 13th–17th, Bologna, Italy.

Posters

Windhager S., Fink B., Mitteroecker P., Schaefer K. (2011). Strong and handsome: Partial Least Squares analysis and deformation grids depict male facial characteristics that correspond to physical strength. 23rd Annual Conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES), Jun 29-Jul 3, Montpellier, France.

Meindl K., Windhager S., Schaefer K. (2009). Second to fourth digit ratio and facial shape in children. 5th International Anthropological Congress of Aleš Hrdlička, Sep 2–5, Prague, Czech Republic.

Koch K., Fenk L., Keber A.M., Schuetze H.-C., Windhager S., Schaefer K. (2008). Human behavior in a potential courtship situation. 2nd MEi:CogSci (Middle European Interdisciplinary Master Program in Cognitive Science) Student Conference, Jun 20–21, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Windhager S., Ruso B., Atzwanger K. (2004). Fishing for consumers' attention. Conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES), July 21st–25th, Berlin, Germany.