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Dr Kirsty J MacLeod
Marie Skłowdowska Curie Actions Research Fellow, Lund University, Sweden
Associate at: University of Tasmania, Simon Fraser University

Postdoctoral associate, Penn State 2016 - 2018
Postdoctoral associate, University of Cambridge 2014 - 2016
PhD, University of Cambridge 2011 - 2015
kirstyjmacleod [@] gmail.com

ecology, behaviour, evolution

I am a behavioural and evolutionary ecologist with broad interests in maternal investment, reproductive systems, stress physiology, and sociality. I'm fascinated by how individuals interact with one another and their environment, how those interactions affect physiology and behaviour, and how this contributes to evolution and shapes vertebrate communities. My work is both field and laboratory-based, integrating aspects of behavioural and evolutionary ecology with comparative physiology to test key hypotheses and to elucidate the mechanistic basis of processes observed in the field. My research has given me experience of a range of taxa including birds and mammals, but I now primarily work on reptiles. 🦎
Unfortunately, I am not currently able to take on PhD or Masters students, and cannot host trainees or interns. If this changes, I will advertise here. I am, however, always happy to hear from people interested in working together on collaborative projects!
LATEST NEWS!
23.10.19 - Paper out in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society: History of predator exposure affects cell-mediated immunity in female eastern fence lizards, Sceloporus undulatus

17.10.19 - Arrival in Tasmania for my field season! Follow #Tazards on Twitter for more

10.9.19 - Paper accepted in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society on how history of predator exposure influences immune response under stress! Led by former labmates Kristen Sprayberry and Caty Tylan.
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18.6.19 - New paper out online! "Gestation alters the gut microbiota of an oviparous lizard"