Daisy Johnston-Barrett, PhD Candidate
Daisy is researching perception and behaviour in swordtails, and is co-supervised with Jolyon Troscianko.
Menno van Berkel, PhD Candidate
Menno is researching the role of cognitive, social, and environmental factors in the production of male great bowerbird courtship displays. Co-supervised with Alex Thornton.
Caitlin Evans, PhD Candidate
Caitlin is investigating bower building and display behaviour in great bowerbirds. Co-supervised with Alex Thornton.
Kathryn Bullough, PhD Candidate
Kathryn is researching sexual signalling in green swordtails, and is co-supervised with Bram Kuijper.
Emma Inzani, PhD Candidate
Emma is investigating the behaviour of European herring gulls Larus argentatus is co-supervised with Neeltje Boogert.
Zixiang Li, PhD Candidate
Zixiang is investigating the role of highly contrasting patterns on camouflage, his lead supervisor is Martin Stevens.
Jordan McDowall, PhD Candidate
Jordan is investigating social connections in jackdaws and their welfare implications in the wild, her lead supervisor is Alex Thornton.
Jake Cush, research assistant
Jake is a research assistant in the fish lab, helping out with experiments and animal husbandry.
Former group members
Dr Eleanor Caves (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow 2019-2021, now Assistant Professor at Brown University)
Dr Sam Green (Research Assistant 2023, now a Freshwater Ecologist at WildFish)
Madeleine Goumas (PhD 2022)
Laura Kelley 