I am a Marie Curie Individual Research Fellow in Prof Iain Couzin's Collective Behavior Group at the Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior and the University of Konstanz.   This project will investigate how birds use visual and vocal information to coordinate group movement and maintain group cohesion. We will also test how these methods of maintenance and coordination are affected by different visual and acoustic environments, to determine the effects of anthropogenic noise on flocking behaviour in birds.

My broader interests include: cooperative group behaviors, vocal animal communication (information encoding, information flow, interspecific communication), and how groups coordinate movement using vocalizations. If you want to learn more about my current and past research check out the Research section or have  a look at my CV.