The Team
The Researchers:
Dr Lucy Aplin (Project Leader)
Associate Professor, Australian National University & University of Zurich
( animal culture, animal cognition, social networks, urban ecology)
Dr Julia Penndorf
Postdoctoral Researcher, Australian National University
(Social cognition, social networks, social learning)
Dr Michael Chimento
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Zurich & Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour
(animal culture, cultural evolution)
Lisa Fontana
PhD Student, Australian National University
(cognitive evolution, animal innovation, animal culture)
Sofia Bolcato
PhD Student, Australian National University
(animal culture, urban ecology, conservation biology)
Shefali Dorepalli
PhD Student, Australian National University
(animal cognition, social behaviour, foraging ecology)
Lara Blumenstiel
Masters Student, University of Zurich
(animal cognition, social behaviour)
Annegret Csak
Masters Student, University of Zurich
(breeding behaviour, social networks)
Leo North
Honours Student, Australian National University
(animal innovation, foraging behaviour)
Haoyue Liu
Honours Student, Australian National University
(landscape genetics, remote sensing)
Research Support:
Collaborators:
Dr John Martin
Senior Ecologist, Ecosure
(co-founder of Wingtags and Big-City-Birds Citizen Science Projects)
Dr Barbara Klump
Assistant Professor, University of Vienna
(previous senior postdoc on the project)
Dr Kyle Ewart
Postdoctoral Researcher, Molecular Ecology, Evolution, and Phylogenetics Laboratory, University of Sydney
(collaborator for genetic analysis)