About me
I'm an independent postdoctoral researcher hosted by Prof. Cleo Bertelsmeier at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne.
Research interest
I am broadly interested in understanding the processes driving individual and collective decisions in social groups. Specifically, I am fascinated by the interplay between social interactions and individual and collective decisions. At the individual level, I am intrigued by how members of a group integrate social and environmental signals and cues into their decision-making process. I'm also interested in how these decisions can modulate the group's collective response, and how this change in response at the group level feeds back into the individual's behaviour, particularly in the context of division of labour in social insects.
Find out more about what I'm working on in my projects and publications.
Research approach
My experimental approach involves:
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Observations
of behaviour at the group and individual level
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Manipulations
of external and social factors in groups
The projects I undertake, inspired by Tinbergen's four questions, are:
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Integrative
combining behaviour, mechanisms and simulations
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Collaborative
bringing together expertise from different fields
Increasingly, I work with diverse social groups and use newly developed tools like:
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Quantitative tools
such as automated behavioural pose estimation
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Networks
of social and sensory interactions among individuals
Beyond research
I'm equally interested in making research inclusive and in making science accessible to the public. I teach and mentor, organise Animal Behaviour Live with a fantastic team of early-career researchers from across the globe, and have written about science for a wider audience. Read more on the Engagement page.
Or, for something different, see my interests outside research.