Ph.D student Département de Sciences Biologiques Université du Québec à Montréal Case postale 8888, Succursale Centre-Ville Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3P8 Phone (lab): (514) 987-3000 ext. 1677 e-mail: hamblin.steven@courrier.uqam.ca
I'm a Ph.D student in the Department of Biology at UQÀM under the supervision of Dr. Luc-Alain Giraldeau. Our lab looks at the evolution of social foraging behaviour, situations in which an animal's foraging decisions depend not only on their own choices, but on the choices of the animals with which they are interacting (so-called "frequency dependent" behaviour). My current work is focused on the network dynamics of social foraging and as such, I use mathematics (especially game theory, graph theory, and social network analysis) and computer simulation to study the theoretical bases of social foraging. I'm also interested in other evolutionary questions, especially as they pertain to human beings; please see my research page for more information on what I do and what I'm interested in.
If you would like a copy of my current C.V., you can download a .pdf version here.
I successfully defended my Master's thesis, entitled "Exploring the dynamics of biological game theory models with genetic algorithms", on July 17, 2007 and received my M.Sc in Psychology under the supervision of Dr. Peter Hurd. My Master's research focused on the study of aggressive animal communication and the larger issue of the use of game theory models in behavioural biology. If you would like to know more, please e-mail me.