Hi! I am a post-doctoral researcher interested in fundamental principles of how and why animals move together and how their interactions shape their group behaviour.
In the shallow waters of the Maldives, young blacktip reef sharks circle within large schools of baitfish. We use drones and quantitative analysis to study their behavior.
For my PhD I looked at the effects of parasites on both fish shoaling behavior and individual-level kinematics.
A large school of hardyhead silversides face four juvenile blacktip reef sharks, which attack and cause the fish to respond collectively.
In fish schools, risk is encoded as a collective property, and synchronized movements of many individuals can facilitate predator avoidance.
A nurse shark rests on a sandy floor, partly hidden beneath a large school of fish.
Two young blacktip reef sharks swim in the shallow water, their fins slicing through the waves as they close in on a stingray evading their attack.
A squid glows in the dark water, lit up by our dive light. Its golden color stands out against the black background as it floats quietly.