Staff Profile
A. Maria Wollnik
PhD Student, PsychologyUniversity of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Scotland, UK 01786466374
a.m.wollnik@stir.ac.uk
In 2008 I graduated from Durham University in Human Sciences.
My Bsc dissertation: ‘The evolutionary aspects of male homoerotic behaviour. Cross-cultural study’ was supervised by Dr. Jan de Ruiter.
In 2009 I obtained my masters degree in Evolutionary Anthropology, also from Durham University.
My Msc dissertation: ‘Sociosexual signalling and male-male competition in white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia) was supervised by Dr. Joanna Setchell.
Currently I am a PhD student at the University of Stirling. My research project: ‘The communicative role of pelage colouration in all-body sexually dichromatic primate: The black-and-gold howler (Alouatta caraya)’ is under primary academic supervision of Prof Hannah Buchanan-Smith and secondary supervision of Dr. Craig Roberts.
I am a member of the Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) and the Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG).
My Bsc dissertation: ‘The evolutionary aspects of male homoerotic behaviour. Cross-cultural study’ was supervised by Dr. Jan de Ruiter.
In 2009 I obtained my masters degree in Evolutionary Anthropology, also from Durham University.
My Msc dissertation: ‘Sociosexual signalling and male-male competition in white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia) was supervised by Dr. Joanna Setchell.
Currently I am a PhD student at the University of Stirling. My research project: ‘The communicative role of pelage colouration in all-body sexually dichromatic primate: The black-and-gold howler (Alouatta caraya)’ is under primary academic supervision of Prof Hannah Buchanan-Smith and secondary supervision of Dr. Craig Roberts.
I am a member of the Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB) and the Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG).
My general research interests:
- Sexual selection
- Primate behavioural ecology
- Secondary sexual traits and their role in signalling
- Socioendocrinology
Specifically, I am interested in the relationship between sexual selection, hormones and behaviour in primates, the function of colouration in communication, and the proximate mechanisms and evolution of primate colouration patterns.
- Sexual selection
- Primate behavioural ecology
- Secondary sexual traits and their role in signalling
- Socioendocrinology
Specifically, I am interested in the relationship between sexual selection, hormones and behaviour in primates, the function of colouration in communication, and the proximate mechanisms and evolution of primate colouration patterns.