The Centre has been pleased to host many distinguished researchers.
Our most recent visitors were:
Dr. Jeremy Robertson from Flinders University
Prof. Robert W. Elwood from Queen's University Belfast, UK
Prof. Beth Jakob from University of Massachusetts, USA
Dr. Richard Mankin from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Dr. Mankin's research (http://ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=3559) focuses on acoustic communication in insects. He has been collaborating with Dr. Phil Taylor.
Dr. Kit M. Kovacs from the Biodiversity Research Programme at the Norwegian Polar Institute.
Dr. Kovacs' (http://www.unis.no/RESEARCH/BIOLOGY/staff/kk.htm) research interests include ecology, behaviour and population biology of marine mammals. She is the President of the Society for Marine Mammalogy and an adjunct professor in Arctic Marine Biology. She has been collaborating with Dr. Rob Harcourt.
Christian Lydersen from the Biodiversity Research Programme at the Norwegian Polar Institute.
Dr. Lydersen's (http://npiweb.npolar.no/) research interests include marine mammalogy, diving physiology, population biology, and ecology. He has been collaborating with Dr. Rob Harcourt.
Dr. Dr Isabelle Charrier from CNRS Paris
Dr Charrier researches (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/isa-seal/) the
relationship between individual vocal recognition systems and social structures in pinnipeds. She is collaborating with Dr. Rob Harcourt.
Dr. Mike Polak from the University of Cincinnati.
Dr. Polak's research (http://bioweb.ad.uc.edu/faculty/polak/) focuses on host-parasite evolutionary ecology, sexual selection in insects, and fluctuating asymmetry. He has been collaborating with Dr. Phil Taylor.
Professor Sara Shettleworth from the University of Toronto.
Professor Shettleworth (http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/~shettle/) is currently working on publishing an updated vision to her book: Cognition, Evolution and Behavior and has been collaborating with Dr. Ken Cheng.
Professor Robert Jackson (FRSNZ) from the University of Canterbury.
Professor Jackson's research (http://www.biol.canterbury.ac.nz/people/jacksonr.shtm) involves the visual behaviour of jumping spiders. He has been collaborating with Dr. Phil Taylor.
Professor Jeff Galef from McMaster University.
Professor Galef's research (http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/psychology/galef/) involves the role of social learning in development of adaptive patterns of animal behaviour.
Professor Pat Bateson (FRS) from University of Cambridge.
Professor Bateson researches (http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/bateson.htm)the development of behaviour, investigating the processes that translate genetic and environmental influences into behavioural outcomes.
Dr. Mertice Clark from McMaster University.
Dr. Clark's research (http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/psychology/mertice.html ) focuses on behavioral endocrinology.
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