Studying social structure and the evolution of sociality
I visited the University of Nevada, Reno to give a talk in their Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology 2019 Fall Colloquium series. I really enjoyed meeting everyone in the department and had a great visit!
I was also able to finally meet another of my co-authors – it’s weird that science these days can be done solely over email for some projects, without any kind of real or virtual face to face interaction.… [Read full details]
Background: This semester, I started “Penguin Data Club” for University of Cincinnati undergrads who are interested in learning how to analyze and work with data, how to code in R, and to learn about the social lives of penguins. We are collaborating with Dr.… [Read full details]
This paper started out as an invited talk to the 2018 Animal Behavior meeting in Milwaukee Wisconsin for a symposium organized by Rafa Rodriguez (U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee) called “What Are We Not Asking About The Evolution of Behavior That We Should Be Asking“. … [Read full details]
I was excited to return to NIMBioS this week for a working group looking at new ways to think about null models for animal social behavior.
Update: Thanks for your interest! This position has been filled.
Post Doctoral Fellow
Department of Biological Sciences
UNIVERSITY of CINCINNATI
Postdoctoral position studying social interactions in parrots.
The Hobson Lab at the University of Cincinnati (https://hobsonresearch.com/) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in social behavior.… [Read full details]
First paper for the new lab! I have a review out where I discuss recent research about information in animal dominance hierarchies. Thanks to Joey Cheng for the invite to contribute to the special issue for Current Opinion in Psychology “Power, Status, and Hierarchy”.… [Read full details]
I started “Penguin Data Club” this fall at the University of Cincinnati. Working in collaboration with Dr. Katie Kalafut and the Cincinnati Zoo, we will dig into the social lives of Little Blue Penguins.
This is an opportunity for undergrad students to volunteer 2 hours / week to learn about data analysis, coding in R, social network analysis, and of course, penguins!… [Read full details]