Tanmay Dixit has received a Rosemary Grant Award (2021), an award which contributes to research costs for PhD students towards the latter part of their PhD. This will allow him to enhance his dissertation work by conducting more fieldwork on the coevolution of egg patterns in cuckoo finches and their hosts. Congratulations, Tanmay! And a massive thank you to the SSE for their wonderful support.
What role does learning play in the origin of new species? As part of the "Network for the Integration of Speciation" research series, Dr Gabriel Jamie gave a seminar together with Professor Maria Servedio on learning, imprinting and speciation:...
The Scientific Awards Committee of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have awarded a Certificate of Commendation to Tanmay Dixit for his PhD thesis.
Our paper “Chase-away evolution maintains imperfect mimicry in a brood parasite–host system despite rapid evolution of mimics” has been published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Our paper “Repeatable randomness, invariant properties, and the design of biological signatures of identity” has been published in the journal Evolution.