School of Biological and Chemical Sciences
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London
E1 4NS
Tel: 020 7882 5555 x 4807
Research Interests
I have a strong interest in decision-making and thus the behavioural choices made by animals, in particular how those behaviours may alter in the face of a changeable environment. My current research is focused on how memory in the bumblebee changes over time when unreinforced. In particular I am looking at whether memory, rather than simply degrading, changes in a predictable way using certain rules, for example incorporating known innate biases toward particular colours, shapes or patterns.
CV
• 2009-Present: PhD, Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL)
‘ How Memory Changes With Time: Bees as a Model '
Supervisor: Professor Lars Chittka
• 2007-2009: Msc Animal Behaviour, Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU)
Research project: ‘ The Scout-Recruit Concept and Central Place Foraging Theory in the Leaf-Cutter Ant Acromyrmex octospinosus '
Supervisor: Dr Barry Stevens-Wood
• 2003-2006: BSc (Hons) Zoology, University of Leeds
Research project: ‘ Familiarity in fish: The role of diet-based cues in association preferences in the guppy ( Poecilia reticulata )'
Supervisors: Professor Jens Krause & Dr Lesley Morrell
Publications
Morrell L. J., Hunt K. L ., Croft D. P., and Krause, J. (2007). Diet, familiarity and shoaling decisions in guppies. Animal Behaviour 74: 311 – 319.