CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
PUBLICATIONS
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
 


 

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
Advisors: Dr. Asif A. Ghazanfar & Dr. Daniel I. Rubenstein

M.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
Advisor: Dr. Daniel R. Papaj

B.S. Biological Sciences (with Honors), Stanford University
Advisor: Dr. Carol L. Boggs



 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Senior research associate, University of Notre Dame, IN

Postdoctoral researcher, UCC, Ireland

Independent researcher, Duke Lemur Center, Duke University, NC

Ph.D. Thesis research, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, NJ

Research associate at SETI Institute & visiting scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, CA

M.S. Thesis research, bumblebee decision-making, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, AZ

Research on caching behavior of Florida scrub-jays, Archbold Biological Station, FL

Undergraduate Honors research, butterfly mate location behavior, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, CA

Research assistant, Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, CA


 


PUBLICATIONS and BOOK CHAPTERS

Kulahci, I.G. 2022. Animal cognition, animal consciousness, and human-animal communication. International Multispecies Methods Research Symposium.

Reichert, M.S., Crane, J., Davidson, G.L., Dillane, E., Kulahci, I.G., O’Neill, J., van Oers, K., Sexton, C., Quinn, J.L. 2022. No reproductive fitness benefits of dear enemy behaviour in a territorial songbird. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 76: 1-20.

Davidson, G.L., Reichert, M.S., Coomes, J.R., Kulahci, I.G., de la Hera, I., Quinn, J.L. Inhibitory control performance is repeatable across years and contexts in a wild bird population. Animal Behaviour 187:305-318

Coomes, J.R., Davidson, G.L., Reichert, M.S., Kulahci, I.G., Troisi, C.A., Quinn, J.L. 2022. Inhibitory control, personality, manipulated ecological context are associated with foraging plasticity in great tit. Journal of Animal Ecology 91: 320-333.

Reichert, M.S., Morand-Ferron, J., Kulahci, I.G., Firth, J.A., Davidson, G.L., Crofts, S.J., Quinn, J.L. 2021. Cognition and covariance in producer-scrounger game. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 2497– 2509.

Davidson, G.L., Wiley, N., Cooke, A.C., Johnson, C.N., Fouhy, F., Reichert, M.S., de la Hera, I., Crane, J.M.S., Kulahci, I.G., Ross, R.P., Stanton, C., Quinn, J.L. 2020. Diet induces parallel changes to the gut microbiota and problem solving performance in a wild bird. Scientific Reports 10: 20783.

Reichert, M.S., Crofts, S.J., Davidson, G.L., Firth, J.A., Kulahci, I.G., Quinn, J.L. 2020. Multiple factors affect discrimination learning performance, but not between-individual variation, in wild mixed-species flocks of birds. Royal Society Open Science 7: 192107.

Kulahci, I.G. 2020. Individual differences can affect how networks respond to demography: a comment on Shizuka & Johnson. Behavioral Ecology 31: 15-16.

Kulahci, I.G., Quinn, J.L. 2019. Dynamic relationships between information transmission and social connections. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 34: 545-554. Cover Image

Wascher, C.A.F.*, Kulahci, I.G.*, Langley, E.J.G. & Shaw, R.C. 2018. How does cognition shape social relationships? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 373: 20170293. * equal contribution and joint first-authorship.

Kulahci, I.G., Ghazanfar, A.A. & Rubenstein, D.I. 2018. Knowledgeable lemurs become more central in social networks. Current Biology 28: 1306–1310.

Kulahci, I.G., Ghazanfar, A.A. & Rubenstein, D.I. 2018. Consistent individual variation across interaction networks indicates social personalities in lemurs. Animal Behaviour 136: 217-226. Special issue: Social networks.

Kulahci, I.G., Rubenstein, D.I., Bugnyar, T., Hoppitt, W., Mikus, N. & Schwab, C. 2016. Social networks predict selective observation and information transmission in ravens. Royal Society Open Science 3: 160256. Cover Image

Kulahci, I.G. & Ghazanfar, A.A. 2016. Speaking of which: a multimodal approach to individual recognition. In "The Missing Lemur Link: An Ancestral Step in the Evolution of Human Behaviour" by Ivan Norscia & Elisabetta Palagi. Cambridge University Press.

Kulahci, I.G., Rubenstein, D.I. & Ghazanfar, A.A. 2015. Lemurs groom-at-a-distance through vocal networks. Animal Behaviour 110: 179-186.

Kulahci, I.G. 2014. Social interactions predict patterns of communication and learning. Ph.D. Dissertation.

Kulahci, I.G., Drea, C.M., Rubenstein, D.I. & Ghazanfar, A.A. 2014. Individual recognition through olfactory - auditory matching in lemurs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281: 20140071. Cover Image

Kulahci, I.G. & Ghazanfar, A.A. 2013. Multisensory recognition in vertebrates (especially primates). in "Integrating face and voice in person perception" Part 1. pg: 3-27. Editors Belin, P., Campanella, S. & Ethofer, T. Springer Press.

Kulahci, I.G. & Bowman, R. 2011. Recaching decisions of Florida scrub-jays are sensitive to ecological conditions. Ethology 117: 700-707.

Freund, F.T., Kulahci, I.G., Cyr, G., Ling, J., Winnick, M., Tregloan-Reed, J., Freund, M.M. 2009. Air ionization at rock surfaces and pre-earthquake signals. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 71: 1824-1834.

Kulahci, I.G., Dornhaus, A. & Papaj, D.R. 2008. Multimodal signals enhance decision-making in foraging bumblebees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 275: 797-802.

Kulahci, I.G. 2007. Cognitive ecology of foraging: complex signals and the speed-accuracy tradeoff. Master's Thesis.

Boggs C.L., Holdren C.E., Kulahci I.G., Bonebrake T.C., Inouye B.D., Fay J.P., McMillan A., Williams E.H. & Ehrlich P.R. 2006. Delayed population explosion of an introduced butterfly. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 466-475.


 


SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

University of Cambridge. Dynamic relationships between social connections & information transmission (2021)

Animal Behavior Conference, Indiana University. Kulahci, I.G., Davidson, G.L., de la Hera, I., Reichert, M.S., Quinn, J.L. Birds utilize nest-building materials less efficiently with age (2021)

University of Notre Dame. Dynamic interactions between social relationships & information transmission. (2019)

International Society for Behavioral Ecology Meeting. Reciprocal relationships between information transmission and social connections. (2018)

Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting. Reciprocal relationships between information transmission and social connections. (2018)

Workshop on individual differences in cognition. University of Exeter, UK. Hanging out with the smart ones? The influence of cognitive performance on social connections. (2017)

International Society for Behavioral Ecology meeting (30th anniversary). Kulahci, I.G., Rubenstein, D.I. & Ghazanfar, A.A. Lemurs groom-at-a-distance through vocal networks. (2016)

Cognitive XIII: International Cognitive Neuroscience Meeting. Animal Cognition & Insights from Ethology. (2016)

Cognitive XIII: International Cognitive Neuroscience Meeting. Social interactions predict patterns of communication and learning. (2016)

Princeton University. Social interactions predict patterns of communication and learning. (2014)

Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting, Alison Jolly Memorial Session. Kulahci, I.G., Rubenstein, D.I. & Ghazanfar, A.A. Lemur vocal communication networks indicate social relationships. (2014)

University of Pennsylvania, Psychology 701: Topics in Animal Behavior. Attention, learning, and social connections. (2014)

Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting (50th anniversary). Kulahci, I.G., Schwab, C., Rubenstein, D.I. & Bugnyar, T. Do social network connections matter for corvid learning? (2013)

Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting. Zimbler-DeLorenzo, H.S., Wei, C.A., Sirot, L.K., McLinn, C.M. & Kulahci, I.G. Building the ABS education portal and teaching resources collection. (2013)

Princeton University, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Attention, learning, and social connections. (2013)

University of Vienna, Department of Cognitive Biology. Role of social connections in information transmission. (2012)

Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting*. Kulahci, I.G., Drea, C.M., Rubenstein, D.I. & Ghazanfar, A.A. Ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) recognize others by matching odor and sound. (2012)
*Animal Behavior Society Founders Memorial Poster Paper Award, Honorable Mention

Princeton University Research Symposium. Kulahci, I.G., Habiba, Barale, C.L., Sulo, R. Berger-Wolf, T. & Rubenstein, D.I. Habitat conditions and individual differences influence group dynamics. (2010)

Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting. Kulahci, I.G., Habiba, Barale, C.L., Sulo, R. & Rubenstein, D.I. Influence of ecological and social factors on sheep group dynamics. (2010)

Astrobiology Science Conference & Astrobiology Graduate Conference. Kulahci, I.G. & Freund, F. Molecular Hydrogen and its implications for early life and the deep biosphere. (2008)

Gordon Research Conference & Gordon Graduate Research Seminar, Origin of Life. Kulahci, I.G. & Freund, F. A novel mechanism for hydrogen production in rocks and its consequences for early life. (2008)

Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting. Kulahci, I.G., Dornhaus, A. & Papaj, D.R. Multimodal signals enhance decision making in bumblebees. (2007)

University of Arizona, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Complex signals and the speed- accuracy trade-off in decision making. (2007)

Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting. Kulahci, I.G., Bowman, R., Woolfenden, G.E. Food-handling decisions after cache recovery in Florida Scrub-Jays. (2006)

Archbold Biological Station. Influence of ecological and social factors on food handling decisions after cache recovery in Florida Scrub-Jays. (2005)

Stanford University Honors Symposium. Kulahci, I.G., Boggs, C.L. Mate location behavior of Euphydryas gillettii males. (2004)

Yale University STARS program. Gray wolf restoration effects on cattle and elk populations in Yellowstone National Park. (1999)


 


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant, EEB 311: Animal Behavior.
Taught by Dr. James L. Gould, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, NJ

Workshop Leader, Senior Thesis Writing Group.
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, NJ

Teaching Assistant, Ecology 487L: Animal Behavior Lab.
Taught by Dr. Daniel R. Papaj, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, AZ

Teaching Assistant, Ecology 130: Natural History of the Southwest.
Taught by Drs. Larry Venable & Judith Becerra, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, AZ

Ipek G. Kulahci, Ph.D.