Studying social structure and the evolution of sociality
I attended the Animal Behavior Society Conference at the University of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I gave a research talk called “Signals of quality vs. individual recognition: A model of the tradeoffs in assessment strategies” (co-authored with Eleanor Harris).… [Read full details]
I went to the Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution for the first time. I had a great visit in Guelph and really enjoyed the conference.
I was invited to talk in the Peter Yodzis Colloquium in Fundamental Ecology, which focused this year on “Integrating the Ecology and Evolution of Social Interactions”. … [Read full details]
I participated in (and gave a talk at) a working group at SFI where we focused on collective computation in animal and human model systems, using both behavior and neural data to try and understand commonalities in how individuals come to consensus decisions.… [Read full details]
I attended the third “Postdocs in Complexity” Conference at SFI, which brings together resident SFI postdocs and postdocs holding fellowships from the James S. McDonnell Foundation.
More information here.… [Read full details]
I presented some new research on the global trade patterns of an invasive parakeet in the British Ornithologists’ Union’s first Twitter conference.
Global patterns of pet trade in monk parakeets and connections to species invasions
The global pet trade market moves thousands of animals around the world every year.… [Read full details]
I attended the Behaviour meeting in Estoril Portugal and presented a poster called “The hidden structure of dominance hierarchies”. This project is a collaboration with Dan Monster and Simon DeDeo. I had a fantastic time at the meeting and really enjoyed seeing a bit of Portugal on the trip. … [Read full details]
I attended the Animal Behavior conference at the University of Toronto and presented a talk called “The hidden structure of dominance hierarchies”. This project is a collaboration with Dan Mønster and Simon DeDeo.
I was invited to speak in the Complexity in Ecological, Evolutionary, and Social Dynamics Symposium at the Center for the Study of Complex Systems at the University of Michigan.… [Read full details]