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
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
Marie-Anna Sedlinská
Working on aspects of odour communication
Working on aspects of 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 worked at Edinburgh Napier University and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the Institute of Neuroscience at Newcastle University.
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 worked at Edinburgh Napier University and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the Institute of Neuroscience at Newcastle University.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 teaching 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 teaching 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 Senior Lecturer, 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 Senior Lecturer, 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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Caitlin Rennie Maria Koutsonanou Vikki Martin Mia Oebels Faize Eryaman Hannah Turrell Francesca Singleton Devin Johnson Julia Sanz-Vidania Mike Nicholls Claire Binnie Lauren Marshall Gillian Crawford Andrew Pool Kelly Cobey Attila Jardan Simon Utstoel Heather Williams Juan David Leongomez Ruth Scutter Lilia Kristjansdottir Gabrielle Tamosaityte Jessica Mallach James Garrity Micheal de Barra David Mobbs Ting Gao Scott Poglitsch Antonios Vakirtzis Cara Evans Christina Boulter Victor Lane |
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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 across the menstrual cycle - a cross-cultural investigation Body size and physical attractiveness Mate choice copying in humans Contraceptive pill use: an investigation of potential evolutionary implications Effect of hair length on attractiveness Seeing red |
