Current members can be found at People
Rachel Smolker, PhD (co-founder of Shark Bay dolphin research with Richard Connor in the early 1980s)
Acoustic communication of bottlenose dolphins
PhD thesis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Amy Samuels, PhD (great field biologist and dearly missed mentor, colleague and friend)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Memories: Amy Samuels
Coco Ackermann, MSc
Contrasting vertical skill transmission patterns of a tool use behaviour in two groups of wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.), as revealed by molecular genetic analyses
MSc thesis, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Kathrin Bacher, MSc
The evolutionary and ecological mechanisms underlying the rise of material culture in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in Shark Bay, Western Australia
MSc thesis, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Lynne Barre, MSc
Dedicated field biologist in the 1990s and coauthor of several important papers with Prof. Richard Connor.
Lars Bejder, PhD
Linking short and long-term effects of nature-based tourism on cetaceans
PhD thesis, Dalhousie University, Canada
Manuela Bizzozzero, MSc
Alliance formation and sponge tool use in male bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.)
MSc thesis, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Riccardo Cicciarella, MSc
Long-term movements of Shark Bay bottlenose dolphins
MSc thesis, UMASS Dartmouth, USA
Whitney Friedman, PhD
Social and Cognitive Complexity in Wild Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops sp.)
PhD thesis, University of California, San Diego, USA
Livia Gerber, PhD
The Influence of Social and Genetic Relationships on Cooperation in Male Bottlenose Dolphins
PhD thesis, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Maja Greminger, PhD
The quest for the Y ─ Development and application of male-specific markers in orangutans (Pongo spp.) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.)
MSc thesis, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Alexander Heer, MSc
Identification of Y-chromosomal genetic markers in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)
MSc thesis, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Mike Heithaus, PhD
PhD thesis, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Kathryn Holmes, PhD
Thesis title
PhD thesis
Kay Horlacher, Msc
Reproductive success in male bottlenose dolphin alliances in Shark Bay, Western Australia
MSc thesis, University of Zurch, Switzerland
Stephanie Kalberer, MSc
Relatedness patterns in male bottlenose dolphin alliances in Shark Bay, Western Australia
MSc thesis, University of Zurch, Switzerland
Natalie Kelpacova, MSc
Investigating the effects of climatic variability on long term behavioural activity budgets of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Shark Bay, Western Australia
MSc thesis, University of Bristol, UK
Anna Kopps, PhD
Ecological, social and genetic forces shaping behavioural variation in bottlenose dolphins
Ph.D. thesis, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Who is the one? Paternity assessment in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) – a species with multi-level alliances
MSc thesis, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Sina Kreicker, MSc
Culturally transmitted tool use in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) – utilization of an unexploited niche?
MSc thesis, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Svenja Marfurt, MSc
Using social network analysis to investigate association patterns and community structure of female Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)
MSc thesis, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Oliver Manlik, PhD
Fitness and major histocompatibility complex diversity of two bottlenose dolphin populations
PhD thesis, University of New South Wales, Australia
Séverine Miszak, MSc
Population Genetics and Phylogenetic Analyses of Australian Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops spp.) using reduced representation libraries
MSc thesis, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Bronte Moore, MSc
Vocal synchrony in allied male Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)
MSc thesis, University of Western Australia, Australia
Alexander Nater, PhD
New microsatellite markers in orang-utans (Pongo spp.) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.)
MSc thesis, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Krista Nicholson, MSc
Abundance, survival and temporary emigration of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in the Western gulf of Shark Bay, Western Australia
MSc thesis, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
Orla O’Brien, MSc
Alliance-specific habitat selection by male dolphins in Shark Bay, Western Australia
MSc thesis, UMASS Dartmouth, USA
Haley Pedersen, MSc
Population level assessment of BaitSTR performance – a test case in deep-pedigree reconstruction of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins using genomic microsatellites
MSc thesis, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Srđan Randić, MSc
Spatial analysis of distribution and home ranges of male bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia.
MSc thesis, UMASS Dartmouth, USA
Andrew Richards, PhD
Life history and behavior of female dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in Shark Bay, Western Australia
PhD thesis, University of Michigan, USA
Luca Scheu, MSc
Age estimation based on DNA methylation patterns in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)
MSc thesis, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Pernille Meyer Sørensen, PhD
Title of PhD thesis
PhD thesis, University
Rufus Sowerbutts, MSc
Social drivers of signature whistle complexity in bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops aduncus)
MSc thesis, University of Bristol, UK
Julian Tyne, PhD
Does sponge distribution lead to sponging behaviour by bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay?
BSc(Hons) thesis, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
Sonja Wild, PhD
Social transmission of foraging behaviour in bottlenose dolphins and its interplay with climate change
PhD thesis, University of Leeds, UK
Samuel Wittwer, PhD
Investigating the Structure, Connectivity and Colonization History of Australian Dolphin Populations (Tursiops sp. and Sousa sahulensis) Using Next-Generation Sequencing
PhD thesis, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Zurich