University of Jyväskylä

Post-Doc, Biological and Environmental Sciences

Thesis Title: The costs and benefits of red fox (Vulpes vulpes) dispersal

About

Background:
I did an undergraduate degree in Zoology with specialisation in Animal Ecology at the University of Aberdeen.  I  graduated in 2001 with a 1st Class degree and was awarded the Nicol Prize for the top zoology student.  I went onto do a PhD at at the University of Bristol and stayed on to do a postdoc.  My current position at the University of Jyväskylä starts in November 2010 and in March 2011 was appointed and Associate Editor for Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology and for Wildlife Research.

Interests:
I am interested in all aspects of behavioural ecology, but predominantly in the area of sociality, individual fitness and life history tactics.  My work is based on the examination and generation of long-term individual data and incorporates both broad-scale data such as behaviour (social interactions, spatial analysis, capture-mark-recapture) and population biology (population growth rates, group dynamics), as well as individual-based data including physiology (e.g. nutrition, reproductive and stress hormones), morphology (growth rates, body mass), immunology and genetics (e.g. parentage, pedigree reconstruction, reproductive success). My long-term aim is to work at the interface between environmental variation, individual fitness and population dynamics.

A key aspect of my research portfolio is the broad range of topics that I have developed and have ongoing work in.  These include disease epidemiology, semiochemistry and the impact of ovulation mode on mammalian reproduction. I am always keen to explore and develop research in other areas of behavioural ecology and particularly to lend my skills to a range of projects. Collaboration is something I am always willing to explore.

Thinking of submitting?  Have a look at our aims and scopes or make an enquiry:

Wildlide Research:
http://www.publish.csiro.au/?nid=144

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology:
http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/behavioural/journal/265