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I'm a Marie Curie post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Konstanz, the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
My research focuses on understanding the behavior, ecology, and development of social animals - especially bats and primates. These two groups of mammals show high amounts of diversity in social organization and ecology and are great comparative groups to understand the evolution of mammalian social organization & life history and their relationship to ecology. |
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Research, &tc
Social & Ecological Development
My work with bats & primates explores how individuals learn from each other, how they filter social information, and how this happens in an ecological context. Learning in a social context is an important aspect of growing up, finding food, and navigating social relationships.
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Evolution of Sociality
One goal in my work with bats is to understand the flexibility of sociality under high energetic and ecological constraints. I'm particularly interested if these social groups evolved as a way to leverage social information to find food.
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Sex, Behavior, & Biology
Males and females can grow differently, eat different diets, and interact with their social groups in many different ways. I'm interested in when and why males and females differ in development and how this is related to ecological and social strategies.
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Sociality &
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