Team

S. Craig Roberts

University of Stirling, UK

Craig is the project's leader. He is a biological psychologist with particular interest in mammalian olfactory communication 

Benoist Schaal

CNRS-Univ. of Burgundy, France

Benoist is an ethologist focusing on olfactory communication between mothers and offspring, including rabbits and humans

Vivien Swanson

University of Stirling, UK

Viv is a health psychologist focusing on barriers/facilitators of breastfeeding and has expertise in behaviour change interventions 

Jonathan Williams

MPI Chemistry, Mainz, Germany

Jonathan is an atmospheric chemist at the Max Planck Institute of Chemistry. He leads our analysis of odour chemistry

Jan Havlíček

Charles University, Czech Republic

Jan is an ethologist with particular expertise in cultural and reproductive influences on human olfaction and behaviour 

Karine Durand

University of Burgundy, France

Karine is a developmental psychologist specialising in olfaction in newborn infants

Agnieszka Sorokowska

University of Wrocław, Poland

Agnieszka leads the Taste and Smell Lab in Wrocław. She is interested in sensory perception and cross-cultural psychology

Fabrice Damon

University of Burgundy, France

Fabrice is a developmental and cognitive psychologist. He is the Director of the Newborn Lab in the Dijon University Hospital

Dimitrios Kourtis

University of Stirling, UK

Dimitrios is a cognitive neuroscientist interested in neural mechanisms underpinning human interactions and social cognition

Piotr Sorokowski

University of Wrocław, Poland

Piotr is a cross-cultural anthropologist/psychologist with expertise in remote fieldwork and big-science collaborative research 

Michaela Silvestri

University of Stirling

Michaela is the WOLF Project Manager. She is a neuroscientist interested in neural processes in sensory perception

Kateřina Roberts

University of Stirling

Kateřina works on evolutionary mechanisms in reproductive ecology; she is working on barriers and facilitators of breastfeeding

Alice Poirier

University of Burgundy, France

Alice is a behavioural ecologist interested in how primates, including humans, use smell in social interactions and foraging

Nijing Wang

MPI Chemistry, Mainz, Germany

Nijing is a post-doc at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, focusing on analysis of airborne volatile chemical compounds

Justus Sander

MPI Chemistry, Mainz, Germany

Justus is at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, focusing on analysis of airborne volatile chemical compounds

Šárka Kaňková

Charles University, Czech Republic

Šárka leads the Evolutionary Psychology and Reproduction Lab, an interdisciplinary group for the study of human pregnancy

Lucie Jelínková

Charles University, Czech Republic 

Lucie is a zoologist interested in sensory processes, especially olfaction, underpinning human behaviour

Dylan Brimaud

University of Burgundy, France

Dylan is an ethologist specialising in olfaction. He will be working with newborn infants and parents.

Lenka Kapicová

Charles University, Czech Republic 

Lenka is a zoologist who works on the potential role of areolar glands on infant development and maternal bonding

Daniela Dlouhá

Charles University, Czech Republic 

Daniela is a biologist who is working on the emotion of disgust during pregnancy

Tatjana Arnoldi-Meadows

MPI Chemistry, Mainz, Germany 

Tatjana is at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, focusing on analysis of airborne volatile chemical compounds

Emmanuel Simon

Dijon University Hospital, France

Emmanuel is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Dijon Burgundy University Hospital, and serves on our steering committee

Denis Semama

Dijon University Hospital, France

Denis is the head of the Neonatology Unit at the Dijon Burgundy University Hospital, and serves on our steering committee

Ben Langford

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology UK 

Ben is an environmental scientist, with expertise in real-time flux of airborne compounds and analysis of resulting datasets

Sho Tsuji

University of Tokyo, Japan 

Sho runs the IRCN BabyLab at the University of Tokyo, where she studies infant language acquisition

Ike Ernest Onyishi

University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Ernest is a Professor of Psychology based in Nsukka, and assists us with research in Nigeria

Tomás Huanca

Bolivian Centre for Research and Integral Social Development

Tomás is our local liaison in San Borja and assists us with fieldwork in that area of Bolivia

Alix Aitken-Arbuckle

Edinburgh Napier University, UK

Alix is a Clinical Academic Senior Midwife at NHS Lothian and Edinburgh Napier University. She serves on our steering committee

Syed Imran Ali Shah

CMH Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, Pakistan

Imran is a doctor and researcher assisting with research in Pakistan