Research Group Leader
Dr Lucy Aplin
I am a cognitive ecologist who studies information use, social networks and culture, mostly in wild birds. My work asks questions like: how do new behaviours emerge, spread and persist in animal populations? Are these are a source of behavioural flexibility? Can cultural inheritance form an important component of a species’ ecology? What is the relationship between social systems and cultural evolution? My CV
Postdoctoral Researchers
Julia Penndorf
Michael Chimento
PhD Students
Lisa Fontana
Sofia Bolcato
Shefali Dorepalli
Ellie Rose
Ellie started her PhD in April 2025, after moving over from masters at Harvard and undergraduate at Rutgers university. Her PhD project looks at the evolution of cognitive/behavioural mechanisms that allow for cultural evolution, using the bin-opening as a case study.
Masters/Honours/Bachelor Students
Jack Mather
Lara Blumenstiel
Miro Berg
Lab Alumni
Haoyue Liu
Sally Vistalli
Leo North
Tim Jager
Han Zhu
David Walters
Mohnish Deshpande
Killian Gregory
Fraser Campbell
Jana Hoersch
Glenn Honstetter
Collaborators
Dr John Martin
Dr Damien Farine