Alumni
Name | Year | Award | Project Title | Current Position |
Emma Siddall | 2008 | Ph.D. | The influence of multimodal warning displays on avian avoidance behaviour | |
Grainne Cleary | 2008 | Ph.D. | The diet of the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) in the Republic of Ireland | |
Harriet Elson | 2007 | Ph.D. | An investigation into the short-term effects of environmental enrichment on the behaviour of Psittacines in captivity | |
Stephanie Armstrong | 2006 | Ph.D. | Nutrition, foraging behaviour and space use by captive plains zebra (E. burchelli) housed in mixed species exhibits | |
Courtney Keane | 2005 | M.Sc. | The effects of zoo visitors on the behaviour of Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), Citron-Crested (Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata) and Moluccan Cockatoos (Cacatua moluccensis) | |
Jasmin Barwig | 2001 | Ph.D. | The effects of the presence of pups on the social behaviour of adults in a newly formed captive timber wolf pack (Canis lupus occidentalis) at Dublin Zoo | |
Vicky Melfi | 2001 | Ph.D. | Identification and evaluation of the captive environmental factors that affect the behaviour of Sulawesi crested black macaques (Macaca nigra) | Senior Zoo Research Officer, Paignton Zoo |
David Kelly | 2001 | Ph.D. | Dietary conservatism in passerines: the influences of novel odour and novel colour | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Zoology, TCD |
Emma Seale | 2001 | M.Sc. | The Chilean flamingo Phoenicpoterus chilensis at Dublin Zoo: an investigation of the social integration of young birds into a captive breeding flock | Ph.D. student, Quercus |
Anouska Kinahan | 2001 | Ph.D. | Addressing fundamental behavioural and welfare issues associated with zoo housed animals: using Lowland Tapirs Tapirus terrestrius and Giraffes Giraffa camelopardalis as model species | |
Elaine Healy | 2000 | M.Sc. | The behavioural implications of the physical and social environment for big cats in captivity | |
Ciara Kelly | 1999 | M.Sc. | A study of the effect of enclosure change and environmental enrichment on the behaviour of the African lion (Panthera leo leo) in Dublin Zoo | |
Elizabeth Barry | 1999 | M.Sc. | A study of captive polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at Dublin Zoo. The effect of enclosure change and environmental enrichment on behaviour | |
Sheena McDevitt | 1999 | Ph.D. | An investigation of the behavioural effects of changing circumstances and environmental enrichment on the snow leopards (Panthera uncia) in Dublin Zoo | |
Alison Sloane | 1998 | M.Sc. | A behavioural study of two captive jaguars (Panthera onca) in Dublin Zoo, with an investigation into the effects of environmental enrichment |