Webpage last modified July 5th, 2010

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

Professional:

Positions

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

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

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

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)

2006-2009 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., 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.

Windhager S. (2005). Fishing for attention -- An ethological experiment on human biophilia in a real-life situation. Diploma thesis, University of Vienna. Supervisor: ao. Univ.Prof. Dr. Katrin Schaefer

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 theEuropean 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

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.