Roz Dakin, Principal Investigator
I am fascinated by animal behaviour, how it works, and how it evolves. I completed my BSc, MSc and PhD at Queen’s University, and was a postdoctoral fellow at UBC and the Smithsonian. I am passionate about data and quantitative biology
Graduate Students
Ilias Berberi, PhD – Social and ecological competition
Emil Isaksson, PhD – Social learning in birds
Erin Jackson, MSc – Bird migration dynamics
Courtney Donkersteeg, MSc – Exploration behaviour in hummingbirds
Caitlin Menzies, MSc – Social behaviour in turtles
Ru Ratnayake, MSc – Effects of the environment on social structure
Undergraduate Students
Augusto Urena Pichardo
Amy Bachhuber
Rebecca Moreno
Charlotte Jerome
Alumni
Undergraduate Honours Students
Justyna Fleming – Inheritance of social capital
Jessica Bellefeuille – Winter flocking in birds
Brenna Gagliardi – Scaling of social network properties
Ashley Irwin – Interpretation of data by scientists
Jenna Watson – Mate choice for social skills
Grace Simonds – Bird distributions & urbanization
Zoe Hillier-Weltman – Bird population estimates & observer age
Courtney Donkersteeg – Aerial insectivore population declines
Paisley Clunis – Reciprocity in social networks
Erin Jackson – Flight morphology and bird collisions
Undergraduate Research Awards
Eric Maquignaz – Social network properties across species, iCureus Award
Charlotte Jerome – Hummingbird foraging behaviour, DSRI Award
Kara Scott – Bird collisions with windows, iCureus Award
Volunteers and Technicians
Many thanks to Lauren Miner, Kyna Crumley, Blossom Opanike, Mahmoud El-Saadi, and other excellent volunteers who have been helping with our research!