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Dr Patrick Tkaczynski

School of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Faculty of Science

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I’m a behavioural ecologist, and occasional comparative psychologist, aiming to understand how different individuals manage their social lives and the impact these choices have on social structures. My work focuses on wild, non-human primates as model species to address these questions. Most primate species are under threat due to anthropogenic activity. Therefore, I hope to ascertain how group-living may mediate or exaggerate human-related threats to individual fitness, as well as population persistence and survival. I do this using behavioural observation data and non-invasive physiological measures (e.g. hormones).

Academic appointments

Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, 2022 - present
Postdoctoral research associate, Max Planck Instiute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Instiute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 2016 - 2021

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