Teaching and supervision

 
 

Teaching in Undergraduate and graduate courses

I am a lecturer in various courses offered at the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU, Umeå). In particular, I teach the following topics:

  • Behavioural ecology in BI1434 Forest Ecology and Conservation Biology

  • Animal behaviour in BI1415 Ecological Zoology and Entomology

  • Microsatellite genotyping and parentage analysis in BI1449 Conservation genetics

  • Invasive species biology in BI1301 Applied Population Ecology

Supervision of Undergraduate and graduate students

I’m always looking for new students to join our group. To me, the most important thing is that you are excited about your research! I therefore work with students to tailor thesis projects according to their interests (within the limits of our resources obvs.). This means that projects can range from lab, field, or computational work, but they all revolve around topics in reproductive and social ecology.

MSc students to date:

  • Sarah Thorn (2026). Studying how chemical contaminants in the environment alter ecological niche construction in an African cichlid. Co-supervised with Dr. Erin McCallum (SLU)

  • Emily Berlage (2025 – 2026). Microplastic uptake pathways compared across several species of Tanganyikan cichlid fishes. Co-supervised with Dr. Petter Lundberg (SLU)

  • Lovisa Utsi (2025 – 2026). How the social behaviour develops in Neolamprologus multifasciatus under exposure to an anxiolytic drug. Co-supervised with Dr. Erin McCallum (SLU)

  • Margaux Le Fouler (2025 – 2026). Comparative life history evolution of filial cannibalism in fishes. Co-supervised with Dr. John Fitzpatrick (Stockholm University)

  • Amanda Johansson (2025). How is parental care impacted by pharmaceutical pollution in Neolamprologus multifasciatus? Co-supervised with Dr. Erin McCallum (SLU)

  • Elin Juhlin Eriksson (2025). Sociality under pharmaceutical pollution in Neolamprologus multifasciatus. Co-supervised with Dr. Erin McCallum (SLU)

  • Theodora Georgaka (2023 – 2024). Reproductive endpoint perturbations of pharmaceutical pollutants in Neolamprologus multifasciatus. Co-supervised with Dr. Erin McCallum (SLU)

  • Léa Candillier (2023 – 2024). Sex differences in behaviour and resource-use of Neolamprologus multifasciatus under exposure to a pharmaceutical pollutant. Co-supervised with Dr. Erin McCallum (SLU)

  • Lidian Bakkenes (2023). Effects of oxazepam on activity and social behaviour in Neolamprologus multifasciatus. Co-supervised with Dr. Erin McCallum (SLU)

  • Johanna Dabernig-Heinz (2019 – 2020). Female biased dispersal and reproductive competition in Neolamprologus multifasciatus. Co-supervised with Dr. Kristina Sefc (University of Graz)

  • Ana Zaalishvili (2019 – 2020). The role of submissive behaviour during reproduction and parental care in Neolamprologus multifasciatus. Co-supervised with Dr. Alex Jordan (Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour)

  •  Sylvia Garza (2018 – 2020). Male approaching behavior towards cannibalistic female in Trichonephila clavipes spiders. Co-supervised with Dr. Alex Jordan (Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour)

  •  Jakob Gübel (2018 – 2020). Sexual conflict and the polygyny threshold model in Neolamprologus multifasciatus. Co-supervised with Dr. Alex Jordan (Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour)

 

BSc students to date:

  • Ryan Hodgson (2023). Lunar synchrony in fish reproductive behaviours. Co-supervised with Dr. Sigal Balshine (McMaster University)

  • Samuel Malm (2023). Edge versus center effects at the colony level in Neolamprologus multifasciatus (SLU) 

  • Ida Nordstrand (2023). Competitive function of sand digging behaviour in Neolamprologus multifasciatus (SLU)

  • Elin Kvarnström (2022). Social aggression is affected by exposure of oxazepam in brown trout. Co-supervised with Dr. Erin McCallum (SLU) 

  • Olivia Jirlen (2022). Social dominance is affected by exposure of oxazepam in brown trout. Co-supervised with Dr. Erin McCallum (SLU) 

  • Robin Olofsson (2022). Dear enemy effects in Neolamprologus multifasciatus. (SLU) 

  • Jan Oberkofler (2020). Kinship mediates aggressive and submissive interactions in group-living Neolamprologus multifasciatus. Co-supervised with Dr. Alex Jordan (Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour) 

  • Johannes Windorfer (2019). Resource architecture preferences in Neolamprologus multifasciatus. Co-supervised with Dr. Alex Jordan (Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour)

  • Vanessa Ng (2018). Nesting behaviours of plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus, in the wild. Co-supervised with Dr. Sigal Balshine (McMaster University)

  • Madeline Rawlins (2018). Parental care behaviours in relation to perceived paternity threat in plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus. Co-supervised with Dr. Sigal Balshine (McMaster University)

  • Noah Houpt (2018). Intertidal adaptations in the plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus. Co-supervised with Dr. Sigal Balshine (McMaster University)

  • Naylor Lobban (2017). Diet and stable isotope comparisons between male alternative reproductive tactics in round goby, Neogobius melanostomus. Co-supervised with Dr. Sigal Balshine (McMaster University)

  • Shagun Jindal (2016). Thesis: Offspring cannibalism as a mating strategy in Neolamprologus pulcher. Co-supervised with Dr. Sigal Balshine (McMaster University)

  • Nick Luymes (2016). Nest density and reproductive success in the plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus. Co-supervised with Dr. Sigal Balshine (McMaster University)

  • Henry Kou (2015). Paternity reduction and parental care in the plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus. Co-supervised with Dr. Sigal Balshine (McMaster University)