CURRENT
PhD students

Paxton Culpepper
Working on behavioural immunity and evolutionary approaches to religion
Working on behavioural immunity and evolutionary approaches to religion

Faize Eryaman
Faize started in April 2018 and is working on developmental aspects of mate preferences
Faize started in April 2018 and is working on developmental aspects of mate preferences

Francesca Singleton
Francesca started her PhD in October 2017 and is working on hormonal effects on women's behaviour
Francesca started her PhD in October 2017 and is working on hormonal effects on women's behaviour
Assistants

Fraser Caldwell
MSc Placement student, working on odour communication
MSc Placement student, working on odour communication

Sophie Iwanikiw
Working on individual assessment through odour, funded by a University Vacation Scholarship
Working on individual assessment through odour, funded by a University Vacation Scholarship

Ilze Kraujina
MSc student working on individual assessment through odour
MSc student working on individual assessment through odour

Marianne Larsen
MSc student, working on odour communication
MSc student, working on odour communication

Steven McDiarmid
MSc Placement student, working on odour communication
MSc Placement student, working on odour communication

Vaia Papakyritsi
MSc Placement student, working on odour communication
MSc Placement student, working on odour communication

Marie-Anna Sedlinská
Working on various studies involving odour communication
Working on various studies involving odour communication

Pannavat Veeraburinon
MSc student, working on odour communication
MSc student, working on odour communication
ALUMNI and VISITORS
Research Assistants

Caroline Allen
After finishing her PhD with us, Caroline worked on aspects of fragrance psychology and communicatory signficance of odour, as well as on our contracts with Boots. She has since done postdoctoral research at Edinburgh Napier University and in the Institute of Neuroscience at Newcastle University. She is now on the teaching staff in the Dept of Psychology at Newcastle.
After finishing her PhD with us, Caroline worked on aspects of fragrance psychology and communicatory signficance of odour, as well as on our contracts with Boots. She has since done postdoctoral research at Edinburgh Napier University and in the Institute of Neuroscience at Newcastle University. She is now on the teaching staff in the Dept of Psychology at Newcastle.

Julia Baumann
Julia was an undergraduate student at Stirling, and worked in the lab on odour methodology development and validation, funded by a 2016 Wellcome Trust Biomedical Vacation Scholarship.
Julia was an undergraduate student at Stirling, and worked in the lab on odour methodology development and validation, funded by a 2016 Wellcome Trust Biomedical Vacation Scholarship.

Rob Burriss
Postdoctoral research assistant for ESRC project on consequences of oral contraceptive use during partner choice. 2011-2012. He since held a Research Fellowship at the University of Northumbria, and is now in the Dept of Psychology at Basel University.
Postdoctoral research assistant for ESRC project on consequences of oral contraceptive use during partner choice. 2011-2012. He since held a Research Fellowship at the University of Northumbria, and is now in the Dept of Psychology at Basel University.

Kelly Cobey
Kelly worked on a number of projects on hormonal effects on mating psychology and on odour communication. Part of her time here was funded by a Fyssen Foundation fellowship. She is now a Senior Research Associate at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.
Kelly worked on a number of projects on hormonal effects on mating psychology and on odour communication. Part of her time here was funded by a Fyssen Foundation fellowship. She is now a Senior Research Associate at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.

Zsófia Csajbók
Zsófie visited for 6 months in 2018 on an ERASMUS exchange, from her PhD at Charles University in Prague, working on models of mate preferences.
Zsófie visited for 6 months in 2018 on an ERASMUS exchange, from her PhD at Charles University in Prague, working on models of mate preferences.

Camille Ferdenzi-Lemaitre
Fyssen Foundation postdoc working on body odour and communication. 2007-2008. She has since worked at the Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, and is now in the NEUROPOP group at the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center.
Fyssen Foundation postdoc working on body odour and communication. 2007-2008. She has since worked at the Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences, and is now in the NEUROPOP group at the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center.

Jitka Fialová
Worked on body odour perception and androstenes while visiting from Charles University in Prague during 2014-15
Worked on body odour perception and androstenes while visiting from Charles University in Prague during 2014-15

Theresa Grod
Worked on hormonal effects on relationship satisfaction during 2016, funded by a University Vacation Scholarship.
Worked on hormonal effects on relationship satisfaction during 2016, funded by a University Vacation Scholarship.

Lydie Kubicova
Lydie worked for several weeks on body odour experiments while visiting in 2012 from Charles University, Prague
Lydie worked for several weeks on body odour experiments while visiting in 2012 from Charles University, Prague

Mike Nicholls
RA working on social consequences of oral contraceptive use, 2014
RA working on social consequences of oral contraceptive use, 2014

Irena Pavela
Irena visited in June and throughout autumn of 2016. She was funded by a British Scholarship Trust grant and worked on hormonal influence on vocal characteristics and vocal perception. She holds a position in the Dept of Psychology at the University of Zadar.
Irena visited in June and throughout autumn of 2016. She was funded by a British Scholarship Trust grant and worked on hormonal influence on vocal characteristics and vocal perception. She holds a position in the Dept of Psychology at the University of Zadar.

Valentina Piccoli
Valentina spent a few months with us during 2013, from the University of Trieste, and worked on hormonal influences on female competition.
Valentina spent a few months with us during 2013, from the University of Trieste, and worked on hormonal influences on female competition.

Vít Třebický
Worked on perception of formidability in faces, while visiting from Charles University in Prague during 2014-15.
Worked on perception of formidability in faces, while visiting from Charles University in Prague during 2014-15.
Former PhD students

Caroline Allen
Caroline worked on fragrances and effects on perception of body odour, 2012-2015. She is currently working in the lab on various projects, and as a research assistant at Napier University, Edinburgh. She then did her initial postdoctoral work in Stirling on work with an industrial partner, did a postdoc at Newcastle University and is now on the teaching staff there.
Caroline worked on fragrances and effects on perception of body odour, 2012-2015. She is currently working in the lab on various projects, and as a research assistant at Napier University, Edinburgh. She then did her initial postdoctoral work in Stirling on work with an industrial partner, did a postdoc at Newcastle University and is now on the teaching staff there.

Kelly Cobey
PhD on how intimate relationships and social behaviors are shaped by hormones and how use of hormonal contraception influence mate preferences and behaviors. Her PhD was at University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 2009-2013. I was her secondary supervisor. She then worked with me during her initial postdoctoral research. She is now a Senior Research Associate at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.
PhD on how intimate relationships and social behaviors are shaped by hormones and how use of hormonal contraception influence mate preferences and behaviors. Her PhD was at University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 2009-2013. I was her secondary supervisor. She then worked with me during her initial postdoctoral research. She is now a Senior Research Associate at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.

Juan David Leongomez
PhD on music from an evolutionary perspective and how music transmits information, experimentally studying the implicated human behaviours and comparing them to the non-verbal codes of language. He is now a lecturer at the Universidad El Bosque, Colombia.
PhD on music from an evolutionary perspective and how music transmits information, experimentally studying the implicated human behaviours and comparing them to the non-verbal codes of language. He is now a lecturer at the Universidad El Bosque, Colombia.

Alice Murray
PhD on behavioural effects of the 16-androstenes and male body odour, University of Liverpool, 2008-2012 (spending the last two years of her studentship here in Stirling). She has then worked as Executive Editor at BioMed Central and is now Research Governance Facilitator at Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London.
PhD on behavioural effects of the 16-androstenes and male body odour, University of Liverpool, 2008-2012 (spending the last two years of her studentship here in Stirling). She has then worked as Executive Editor at BioMed Central and is now Research Governance Facilitator at Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London.

Tamsin Saxton
PhD on individual variation in human mate choice, University of Liverpool, 2005-2008. Tamsin then held an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship with Prof David Perrett at St Andrews and a Lectureship at Abertay University. She is now an Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Northumbria.
PhD on individual variation in human mate choice, University of Liverpool, 2005-2008. Tamsin then held an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship with Prof David Perrett at St Andrews and a Lectureship at Abertay University. She is now an Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Northumbria.

Jim Swaffield
PhD on evolutionary perspectives on diet and appetite at University of Stirling, 2012-2018. Now Assistant Professor at University of the Fraser Valley, Canada.
PhD on evolutionary perspectives on diet and appetite at University of Stirling, 2012-2018. Now Assistant Professor at University of the Fraser Valley, Canada.

Tony Vakirtzis
PhD on mate choice copying in humans, University of Liverpool, 2009-2012.
PhD on mate choice copying in humans, University of Liverpool, 2009-2012.
MSc Dissertation students
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Mechanisms of odour discrimination in humans
Mechanisms of odour discrimination in humans Individual variation in odour perception Facial symmetry and attractiveness judgments Discrimination of attractiveness among homosexual adults Early life experience and olfactory preferences in adulthood Conservatism and threat management Human olfactory communication Changes in addictive behaviour across the menstrual cycle Mutual odour recognition between mother and child Odour and Equine therapy Oral contraceptive use and relationship satisfaction Evolutionary perspectives on perception of crime Verbal and non-verbal elements of language - are they linked? Consequences of using oral contraceptives during mate choice Personality and altruistic punishment: an experimental approach Consequences of using oral contraceptives during mate choice Height and perceived attractiveness Clothing colour and attractiveness judgements Behavioural changes across the menstrual cycle Male hirsuteness and physical attractiveness Attentional bias across the menstrual cycle From mate preference to partner choice Variation in human voice in response to intra- and inter-sexual stimuli Correlates of MHC heterozygosity Personality and willingness to punish Facial similarity and attractiveness in couples Correlates of cooperation in children and young adults Perceived attractiveness between static and dynamic images The role of facial resemblance in human mate choice Is confidence really attractive? Female attractiveness - a cross-cultural investigation Body size and physical attractiveness Mate choice copying in humans Contraceptive pill use: potential evolutionary implications Effect of hair length on attractiveness Seeing red |