The Team

The Researchers:

Dr Lucy Aplin (Project Leader)

Associate Professor, Australian National University & University of Zurich

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( animal cognition, animal culture, social networks, urban ecology)

Dr Julia Penndorf

Postdoctoral Researcher, Australian National University

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(Social cognition, social networks, social learning)

Dr Michael Chimento

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Zurich & Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour

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(animal culture, cultural evolution)

Lisa Fontana

PhD Student, Australian National University

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(cognitive evolution, animal innovation, animal culture)

Sofia Bolcato

PhD Student, Australian National University

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(animal culture, urban ecology, conservation biology)

Shefali Dorepalli

PhD Student, Australian National University

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(animal cognition, social behaviour, foraging ecology)

Research Support:

Helen Osmond

Research Officer, Australian National University

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Rene Riedelbauch

Research Officer, Australian National University

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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)