Evolution and Behavioural Biology
My research focuses on the evolution of sociality in lizards with a particular interest in the role of kin recognition. Specifically, I am interested in the role of kin recognition itself, its importance in the early evolution of sociality and how it becomes refined as social systems become increasingly complex. While I am based at the University of Tasmania in Hobart (BEER group), my field and experimental work takes place at Macquarie University in Sydney (Lizardlab).
Before moving to Australia I completed both my Master’s and Bachelor’s at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. During this time I studied animal personalities in birds for my Master’s thesis and took part in a project on urbanisation and island effects in lizards.
PhD in Biological sciences
University of Tasmania, Australia
MSc in Behaviour and Evolutionary Biology
University of Antwerp, Belgium
BSc in Biology
University of Antwerp, Belgium