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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