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 (co-supervised Julien Martin)
Caitlin Menzies, MSc – Social behaviour in turtles (co-supervised Christina Davy)
Ru Ratnayake, MSc – Effects of the environment on social structure
Undergraduate Students
Augusto Urena Pichardo
Amy Bachhuber
Rebecca Moreno
Emily Cornthwaite
Rami Al-Arabi
Nader St-Amant
Alumni
Post-doc
Dr. Ethan Hermer, 2022-23 – Heuristics in science
Graduate Students
Courtney Donkersteeg, MSc 2022 – Exploration behaviour in hummingbirds
Erin Jackson, MSc 2022 – Bird migration dynamics
Undergraduate Honours and Project Students
Rami Al-Arabi 2022-23 – Bird skeletal anatomy
Lauren Miner 2022-23 – Hummingbird skeletal anatomy
Emily Cornthwaite 2022-23 – Local hummingbird feeder monitoring
Justyna Fleming 2021-22 – Inheritance of social capital
Jessica Bellefeuille 2020-22 – Winter flocking in birds
Brenna Gagliardi 2020-22 – Scaling of social network properties
Ashley Irwin 2020-21 – 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
Kara Scott 2020-21 – Weather and bird building collisions
Courtney Donkersteeg 2019-20 – Aerial insectivore population declines
Paisley Clunis 2019-20 – Reciprocity in social networks
Erin Jackson 2019-20 – Flight morphology and bird collisions
Undergraduate Research Awards
Emily Cornthwaite 2023 – NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award
Nader St-Amant 2023 – Laura Thomas Summer Research Internship in Biology
Eric Maquignaz 2022 – 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!