Past Post-Docs

  • Dr Kees Wanders

    Genetic diversity and speciation in shorebirds (2019-2023)

  • Dr William Jones

    Demographic analyses of Madagascar plovers (2020-2022)

  • Dr Vojtěch Kubelka

    Sex role behaviour in shorebirds (2018-2022)

  • Dr Zitan Song

    Mate choice and mate fidelity in plovers (2018-2021)

  • Dr Pinjia Que

    The adaptive value of camouflage in plovers (2016-2019)

  • Dr Sergio Ancona

    Demographic analyses of adult sex ratios (2014-2016)

  • Dr Ákos Pogány

    Experimental analyses of parental role learning (2012-2015)

  • Dr Kate Ashbrook

    Reintroducing the Great Bustard Otis tarda to UK (2011-2014)

  • Dr Tatsuya Amano

    Bayesian analyses of waterbird population trends (2011-2018)

  • Dr René van Dijk

    Conflict and cooperation in penduline tits (2009-2010)

  • Dr Peter Long

    Landscape genetic analyses of Malagasy waterbirds (2008-2010)

  • Dr Mark O'Connell

    Teaching Fellow (2007-2009)

  • Dr Freya Harrison

    Parental cooperation (2007-2009)

  • Dr Valerie Olson

    Sexual conflict between parents (2006-2009)

  • Prof András Liker

    Mortality cost of sexual selection and parental care (2004-2005)

  • Prof András Kosztolányi

    Negotiations between parents over care of their offspring (2003-2006)

Past PhD Students

  • Dr Claire Tanner

    Reproductive strategies in shorebirds (2023)

  • Dr Jia Zheng

    Evolutionary ecology of the variable breeding system of Chinese penduline tits (2022)

  • Dr Xiaoyan Long

    The evolution of parental sex roles (2022)

  • Dr José Valdebenito

    Causes of sex-different mortalities in birds: pathogens and immunocompetence (2020)

  • Dr Naerhulan Halimubieke

    Mating system variation in relation to disease biology in Charadrius plovers (2020)

  • Dr Vojtěch Kubelka

    Significance of predation for breeding ecology and conservation in shorebirds (2018)

  • Dr Josephine D'Urban Jackson

    Population genetic consequences of mating systems and dispersal (2018)

  • Dr Kathryn Maher

    Genomic basis of adaptation in avian systems (2018)

  • Dr Luke Eberhart-Phillips

    Consequences of individual variation on population dynamics (2017)

  • Dr Cristina Carmona

    Breeding system evolution in relation to adult sex ratios (2016)

  • Dr Pinjia Que

    Breeding system of plovers in Bohai Bay (2015)

  • Dr Mohammed Al-Malki

    Conservation biology of wetland birds: breeding ecology, spatial analyses and genetic differentiation (2014)

  • Dr Nina Ockendon

    Comparative transcriptome profiling in wild species: uncovering gene expression signatures of mating systems (2014)

  • Dr Alex Ball

    Sexual conflict in the penduline tits (Remizidae): implications for sperm competition and speciation (2014)

  • Dr Jorge Parra

    Breeding system evolution of Malagasy plovers (2014)

  • Dr Natalie dos Remedios

    The evolutionary history of plovers, genus Charadrius: phylogeography and breeding systems (2013)

  • Dr John R Burnside

    Reintroduction and conservation of Great Bustard (2013)

  • Dr Sama Zefania

    Conservation biology of endangered Madagascar plover (2012)

  • Dr Araceli A. Tico

    Sexual selection, breeding systems and melanin-based plumage colouration in plovers (2011)

  • Dr Fiona Burns

    Conservation biology of endangered St Helena plover (2011)

  • Dr Monif Al Rashidi

    Breeding ecology and conservation of Kentish plover in Saudi Arabia (2010)

  • Dr James St Clair

    Plovers, invertebrates and invasive predators: Aspects of the ecology of some island populations (2010)

  • Dr Lidia Anna Mészáros

    Breeding system and cuckoldry in the Eurasian penduline tit (2010)

  • Dr Gabriel Ernesto García-Peña

    Phylogenetic comparative analyses of breeding systems and life-history strategies in shorebirds (2009)

  • Dr René van Dijk

    Sexual conflict over parental care in penduline tits (2009)

  • Dr Ákos Pogány

    Breeding systems in penduline tits: sexual selection, sexual conflict and parental cooperation (2009)

  • Dr Peter Long

    Ecological and life-history basis of wetland bird conservation: phylogenetic and spatial analyses (2008)

  • Dr Martín Alejandro Serrano Meneses

    Sexual size dimorphism in dragonflies, damselflies and birds: function and development (2006)

  • Dr István Szentirmai

    Sexual conflict in penduline tit (2005)

  • Dr Fiona Sharpe

    Conservation biology of northern lapwing (2005)

  • Dr Gavin H. Thomas

    Sexual conflict, ecology and breeding systems in shorebirds: phylogenetic analyses (2004)

  • Dr András Kosztolányi

    Costs and benefits of parental care in the Kentish Plover (2003)

  • Dr János Kiss

    Parental behaviour of Kentish plover and northern lapwing (2003)

  • Dr András Liker

    Mate choice, mating pattern and parental care in the lapwing (1998)

  • Dr Zoltán Barta

    The role of information-transfer in the evolution of colonial breeding (1996)