Associate ProfessorPeter Biro
Associate Professor In Behavioural Ecology
Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences
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- Associate Professor In Behavioural EcologyFaculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences
- +61 3 522 72426 (Work)
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
BIO
2011 to present: Assoc. Prof. and ARC Future Fellow, Deakin University
2010 Senior Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow, UNSW.
2009 Lecturer, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia.
2006 Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, UTS.
2006 Endeavour Research Fellow, UTS.
2003 NSERC Postdoctoral fellow, University of Manitoba, Canada.
Research Groups
Postdoctoral fellows
Dr Kerry Fanson (2012
present)
Metabolism and animal personality
Dr Vincent Careau (2013 - present)
Behavior, metabolism, thermal
sensitivity
Dr Bart Adriaenssens (2010-2011)
Metabolism and animal personality
Research Associates
Francesca Santostefano
Guppy personality, honest signals and mating effort
Students
David Mitchell (PhD 2015 - present) Evolutionary and developmental effects
of predation risk on behavior
Portia Sampson
(honours 2011)
Growth-personality links in crayfish, and
implications for fishing harvest
2010 Senior Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow, UNSW.
2009 Lecturer, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia.
2006 Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, UTS.
2006 Endeavour Research Fellow, UTS.
2003 NSERC Postdoctoral fellow, University of Manitoba, Canada.
Research Groups
Postdoctoral fellows
Dr Kerry Fanson (2012
present)
Metabolism and animal personality
Dr Vincent Careau (2013 - present)
Behavior, metabolism, thermal
sensitivity
Dr Bart Adriaenssens (2010-2011)
Metabolism and animal personality
Research Associates
Francesca Santostefano
Guppy personality, honest signals and mating effort
Students
David Mitchell (PhD 2015 - present) Evolutionary and developmental effects
of predation risk on behavior
Portia Sampson
(honours 2011)
Growth-personality links in crayfish, and
implications for fishing harvest
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT
- Associate Professor In Behavioural EcologyDeakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
- Ecology
- Zoology
- Evolutionary biology
AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION
- Masters by Research and PhD supervision
AREA/FACULTY
- Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment
DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences