The humpback whale: Socially intelligent or just ‘winging’ it?

Speaker

Originally from Ireland, Rebecca has a BSc (Honours) degree in Environmental Biology, a PhD in fish neuroethology from The Queen’s University of Belfast and a post-doc in humpback whale social communication. She began lecturing in the School of Veterinary Science in  animal physiology at the University of Queensland in 2010, and then moved to the School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland in 2021.

She is the Director of the Cetacean Ecology and Acoustics Laboratories, based at North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, where she carries out research into: acoustic communication and behaviour in humpback whales and bottlenose dolphins; the affects of noise on humpback acoustic behaviour; cetacean population dynamics; and endocrine physiology in cetaceans.

How to attend

Please register on Zoom to attend this online event. If you have any queries email Dr Anna Sturrock (anna.sturrock@essex.ac.uk).