▁awarded ▁with ▁an ▁inter dis cipl inary ▁master ' s ▁degree ▁in ▁physics , ▁ge ology ▁and ▁anth rop ology ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 . ▁Con ard ▁earned ▁an ▁additional ▁master ' s ▁degree ▁and ▁a ▁doctor al ▁degree ▁in ▁anth rop ology ▁at ▁Y ale ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁respectively . ▁After ▁ach ieving ▁his ▁Ph . D . ▁he ▁worked ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Connecticut ▁as ▁an ▁assistant ▁professor ▁in ▁Anth rop ology ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁until ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁In ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 9 0 s , ▁he ▁worked ▁ ▁at ▁the ▁R öm isch - G erman isches ▁Zent ral museum ▁in ▁Main z / Ne uw ied ▁as ▁a ▁H umb old t ▁Research ▁Fellow . ▁He ▁was ▁appointed ▁to ▁the ▁position ▁Chair ▁of ▁Early ▁Pre history ▁and ▁Qu atern ary ▁E col ogy ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁T üb ingen ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁ ▁Research ▁ ▁Con ard ▁is ▁the ▁project ▁leader ▁of ▁a ▁team ▁working ▁on ▁an ▁arch ae ological ▁exam ination ▁of ▁the ▁H oh le ▁F els ▁cave ▁in ▁the ▁Sw ab ian ▁J ura ▁area , ▁a ▁low ▁mountain ▁range ▁in ▁Baden - W ür ttemberg , ▁Germany , ▁bounded ▁by ▁the ▁Dan ube ▁in ▁the ▁sout heast ▁and ▁the ▁upper ▁Ne ck ar ▁in ▁the ▁north west . ▁This ▁is ▁near ▁where ▁the ▁Lö wen m ensch ▁figur