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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.

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Graduate Students

Ilias Berberi, PhD – Social and ecological competition

Emil Isaksson, PhD – Social learning in birds (co-supervised Julien Martin)

Courtney Donkersteeg, MSc – Exploration behaviour in hummingbirds

Caitlin Menzies, MSc – Social behaviour in turtles (co-supervised Christina Davy)

Ru Ratnayake, MSc – Effects of the environment on social structure

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Undergraduate Students

Augusto Urena Pichardo

Amy Bachhuber

Rebecca Moreno

Emily Cornthwaite

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Alumni

Graduate Students

Erin Jackson, MSc 2022 – Bird migration dynamics

Undergraduate Honours Students

Justyna Fleming 2021-22 – Inheritance of social capital

Jessica Bellefeuille 2021-22 – Winter flocking in birds

Brenna Gagliardi 2021-22 – Scaling of social network properties

Ashley Irwin 2020-2021 – Interpretation of data by scientists

Jenna Watson 2020-21 – Mate choice for social skills

Grace Simonds 2020-21 – Bird distributions & urbanization

Zoe Hillier-Weltman 2020-21 – Bird population estimates & observer age

Courtney Donkersteeg 2019-2020 – Aerial insectivore population declines

Paisley Clunis 2019-20 – Reciprocity in social networks

Erin Jackson 2019-20 – Flight morphology and bird collisions

Undergraduate Research Awards

Eric Maquignaz 2021-22 – Social networks across species, iCureus Award

Charlotte Jerome 2021 – Hummingbird foraging behaviour, DSRI Award

Kara Scott 2020 – Bird collisions with windows, iCureus Award

Volunteers and Technicians

Many thanks to Lauren Miner, Albana Berberi, Kara Scott, Kyna Crumley, Blossom Opanike, Mahmoud El-Saadi, and other excellent volunteers who have been helping with our research!