Gabriella E. Smith
@explanimals.bsky.social
Seeking a post-doc for 2026! 👩🏻🎓
Animal listener • BA @bu-biology.bsky.social • MA @huntercollege.bsky.social • PhD student @vetmedunivienna & @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social🦜🐵
https://sites.google.com/view/gabriella-e-smith/home?authuser=1
Animal listener • BA @bu-biology.bsky.social • MA @huntercollege.bsky.social • PhD student @vetmedunivienna & @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social🦜🐵
https://sites.google.com/view/gabriella-e-smith/home?authuser=1
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Hello! My name is Gabriella and in April '26 l will graduate with my PhD in compcog from VetMedUni Vienna🤩👩🏻🎓🦜🐒🐕🇦🇹
With this in mind, I am excited to soon extend my passion for animal behavior/cognition in a post-doc/job position, so any recs/ connections would be greatly appreciated!!
Website below☺️
With this in mind, I am excited to soon extend my passion for animal behavior/cognition in a post-doc/job position, so any recs/ connections would be greatly appreciated!!
Website below☺️
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These rare dogs eavesdrop on their owners to learn new words. “Under the right conditions, some dogs present behaviors strikingly similar to those of young children.” arstechnica.com/science/2026...
These dogs eavesdrop on their owners to learn new words
“Under the right conditions, some dogs present behaviors strikingly similar to those of young children.”...
arstechnica.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:05 PM
These rare dogs eavesdrop on their owners to learn new words. “Under the right conditions, some dogs present behaviors strikingly similar to those of young children.” arstechnica.com/science/2026...
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The application deadline for our advertised PhD position ⬇️ on mental simulation in nonhuman apes & children is approaching (January 11th). If you know someone who might be interested please let them know.🙏
Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
www.eva.mpg.de
January 7, 2026 at 9:41 AM
The application deadline for our advertised PhD position ⬇️ on mental simulation in nonhuman apes & children is approaching (January 11th). If you know someone who might be interested please let them know.🙏
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We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project.
Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
January 5, 2026 at 10:09 AM
We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project.
Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour.
drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
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Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧
We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.
Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.
Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
January 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧
We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.
Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.
Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
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I’m thrilled to announce that I’m recruiting a funded PhD student at Nottingham Trent University to study the cognitive mechanisms underlying individual differences in parenting in rhesus macaques!
Deadline: 2 February | Start date: April 2026
Deadline: 2 February | Start date: April 2026
Fully funded PhD project available at Nottingham Trent University. Linked to a BBSRC funded grant, this project will investigate how primates perceive and respond to infants, combining cutting-edge cognitive testing with behavioural data. See 🧵
January 6, 2026 at 12:42 PM
I’m thrilled to announce that I’m recruiting a funded PhD student at Nottingham Trent University to study the cognitive mechanisms underlying individual differences in parenting in rhesus macaques!
Deadline: 2 February | Start date: April 2026
Deadline: 2 February | Start date: April 2026
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Check out the new and improved linktree! 🐮
linktr.ee/animalbehavi... I’ve take down some old links that no longer work and added some new listservs that have popped up. Have I missed any? Let me know!
linktr.ee/animalbehavi... I’ve take down some old links that no longer work and added some new listservs that have popped up. Have I missed any? Let me know!
@animalbehavioropps | Linktree
Linktree. Make your link do more.
linktr.ee
January 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Check out the new and improved linktree! 🐮
linktr.ee/animalbehavi... I’ve take down some old links that no longer work and added some new listservs that have popped up. Have I missed any? Let me know!
linktr.ee/animalbehavi... I’ve take down some old links that no longer work and added some new listservs that have popped up. Have I missed any? Let me know!
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I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
January 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
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I had the honour of working to bring @auersperga.bsky.social’s baby to life. It’s a VERY heavy baby - over 200 references (and yes I read them all) - but necessary to do justice to our new hypothesis of combinatory tool use origins 📝👶🛠️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The flexible, the stereotyped and the in‐between: putting together the combinatory tool use origins hypothesis
Tool use research has long made the distinction between tool using that is considered learned and flexible, and that which appears to be instinctive and stereotyped. However, animals with an inherite...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I had the honour of working to bring @auersperga.bsky.social’s baby to life. It’s a VERY heavy baby - over 200 references (and yes I read them all) - but necessary to do justice to our new hypothesis of combinatory tool use origins 📝👶🛠️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Christmas borbles are extra round this year 😍🎄🕊️ @birdfybynetvue.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Christmas borbles are extra round this year 😍🎄🕊️ @birdfybynetvue.bsky.social
How do curiosity and surprise intersect following a violation of expectation? Read our paper here🔥
@auersperga.bsky.social @ivojacobs.bsky.social @elifduran.bsky.social
@auersperga.bsky.social @ivojacobs.bsky.social @elifduran.bsky.social
Physio-behavioral manifestations of 'surprise' in two parrot species: kea (Nestor notabilis) and Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana): doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #RSOS #cognition
December 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
How do curiosity and surprise intersect following a violation of expectation? Read our paper here🔥
@auersperga.bsky.social @ivojacobs.bsky.social @elifduran.bsky.social
@auersperga.bsky.social @ivojacobs.bsky.social @elifduran.bsky.social
Thrilled for my 2021 paper “If I Fits I Sits” to be featured in @derstandard.at! Tis the season for empty boxes 😻
www.derstandard.de/story/300000...
www.derstandard.de/story/300000...
Die magische Anziehungskraft von Schachteln und Boxen auf Katzen
Wer eine Katze besitzt, weiß: Steht eine leere Schachtel herum, dauert es nicht lange, bis sie vom Stubentiger besetzt wird. Warum das so ist, beschäftigt auch Forschende
www.derstandard.de
December 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thrilled for my 2021 paper “If I Fits I Sits” to be featured in @derstandard.at! Tis the season for empty boxes 😻
www.derstandard.de/story/300000...
www.derstandard.de/story/300000...
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🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Marine Scientist Position – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), full-time, permanent Marine Scientist position based in Panama. Application review begins February 15, 2026 (open until filled). Early-career researchers are strongly encouraged to apply. www.stri.si.edu
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute was founded with the purpose of increasing and sharing knowledge about the past, present and future of tropical ecosystems and their relevance to human welf...
www.stri.si.edu
December 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Marine Scientist Position – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), full-time, permanent Marine Scientist position based in Panama. Application review begins February 15, 2026 (open until filled). Early-career researchers are strongly encouraged to apply. www.stri.si.edu
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Sweet postdoc in ML for budgie bioacoustics 🔊
www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeaw-home...
www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeaw-home...
Job vacancies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
www.oeaw.ac.at
December 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Sweet postdoc in ML for budgie bioacoustics 🔊
www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeaw-home...
www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeaw-home...
Excited to share that the second paper of my PhD is now published!
Kea but not cockatoos are susceptible to a bait-and-switch magic trick. And check out that thermal imaging! ❤️🔥
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
Kea but not cockatoos are susceptible to a bait-and-switch magic trick. And check out that thermal imaging! ❤️🔥
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
December 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Excited to share that the second paper of my PhD is now published!
Kea but not cockatoos are susceptible to a bait-and-switch magic trick. And check out that thermal imaging! ❤️🔥
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
Kea but not cockatoos are susceptible to a bait-and-switch magic trick. And check out that thermal imaging! ❤️🔥
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
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I'm recruiting a PhD student to study how predation shapes animal cognition and the conservation opportunities of animal cognition. Lots of fun field work in beautiful places : )
Please share !!
www.eifwooster.org/opportunities
Please share !!
www.eifwooster.org/opportunities
Opportunities — Eamonn I.F Wooster
www.eifwooster.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm recruiting a PhD student to study how predation shapes animal cognition and the conservation opportunities of animal cognition. Lots of fun field work in beautiful places : )
Please share !!
www.eifwooster.org/opportunities
Please share !!
www.eifwooster.org/opportunities
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POSTDOC ALERT🚨
Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today!
We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January.
Collaboration with
@dustinrubenstein.com
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today!
We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January.
Collaboration with
@dustinrubenstein.com
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
POSTDOC ALERT🚨
Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today!
We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January.
Collaboration with
@dustinrubenstein.com
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today!
We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January.
Collaboration with
@dustinrubenstein.com
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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#job opportunity in #zoo #animalwelfare at Oakland Zoo! Work with some progressive thinkers and be involved in wildlife rescue, conservation recovery, welfare, and research activities. @oaklandzoo.bsky.social #AZA @animalopps.bsky.social
www.oaklandzoo.org/employment/a...
www.oaklandzoo.org/employment/a...
Animal Welfare & Research Program Manager | Oakland Zoo
www.oaklandzoo.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
#job opportunity in #zoo #animalwelfare at Oakland Zoo! Work with some progressive thinkers and be involved in wildlife rescue, conservation recovery, welfare, and research activities. @oaklandzoo.bsky.social #AZA @animalopps.bsky.social
www.oaklandzoo.org/employment/a...
www.oaklandzoo.org/employment/a...
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📣Please share: We are looking for a field assistant to join our team in studying #ruffs on coastal meadows at Botnian Bay in Finland. The job will provide fantastic insights into lekking behaviour and provide essential skills in field ornithology. Details here www.bi.mpg.de/2790786/2512...
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
📣Please share: We are looking for a field assistant to join our team in studying #ruffs on coastal meadows at Botnian Bay in Finland. The job will provide fantastic insights into lekking behaviour and provide essential skills in field ornithology. Details here www.bi.mpg.de/2790786/2512...
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14 2y postdoc positions to rescue you from the US:
Early Career Rescue Fellowship Programme 2026
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship Programme 2026
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
FRIAS, CoF and ZuKo: Early Career Rescue Fellowship Programme 2026
uni-tuebingen.de
December 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
14 2y postdoc positions to rescue you from the US:
Early Career Rescue Fellowship Programme 2026
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship Programme 2026
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
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Interested in sensory information & animal behaviour but you are in Germany (or close by) and Edinburgh is far? We are hosting a @asab-meetings.bsky.social Hublet in Berlin! Join us for free next week (15-16/12) to follow the conference together😁
More👉 www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/hublet...
More👉 www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/hublet...
Hublet at SCIoI: Winter Conference of the Association For the Study of Animal Behavior (ASAB) - scienceofintelligence.de
How does sensory information shape animal behaviour?
www.scienceofintelligence.de
December 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Interested in sensory information & animal behaviour but you are in Germany (or close by) and Edinburgh is far? We are hosting a @asab-meetings.bsky.social Hublet in Berlin! Join us for free next week (15-16/12) to follow the conference together😁
More👉 www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/hublet...
More👉 www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/hublet...
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Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins is inviting applications for 3 open-rank tenured/tenure-track positions in (1) Behavioral Neuroscience, (2) Cognitive Neuroscience, and (3) Cognitive Psychology.
pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
Jobs | Psychological & Brain Sciences
Tenured/Tenure-track position in Cognitive Psychology Open Date Dec 01, 2025 Salary Range or Pay Grade The expected academic base salary range for this position is $110,000- $144,500 (Assistant Profes...
pbs.jhu.edu
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins is inviting applications for 3 open-rank tenured/tenure-track positions in (1) Behavioral Neuroscience, (2) Cognitive Neuroscience, and (3) Cognitive Psychology.
pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
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Interested in #RaptorResearch and #MovementEcology? 🧪
The #AnimalEcology Lab at @utu.fi has an open #PhDposition!
We’ll be tagging WTEs with cutting-edge #GPS devices to study their early-life journeys.
Curious to learn more? See the advert: shorturl.at/HMZ84
#PhDOpening #PhDChat #BioLogging
The #AnimalEcology Lab at @utu.fi has an open #PhDposition!
We’ll be tagging WTEs with cutting-edge #GPS devices to study their early-life journeys.
Curious to learn more? See the advert: shorturl.at/HMZ84
#PhDOpening #PhDChat #BioLogging
December 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Interested in #RaptorResearch and #MovementEcology? 🧪
The #AnimalEcology Lab at @utu.fi has an open #PhDposition!
We’ll be tagging WTEs with cutting-edge #GPS devices to study their early-life journeys.
Curious to learn more? See the advert: shorturl.at/HMZ84
#PhDOpening #PhDChat #BioLogging
The #AnimalEcology Lab at @utu.fi has an open #PhDposition!
We’ll be tagging WTEs with cutting-edge #GPS devices to study their early-life journeys.
Curious to learn more? See the advert: shorturl.at/HMZ84
#PhDOpening #PhDChat #BioLogging
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Are you interested in doing a PhD about what humans infer about animal minds?
Check out this opportunity @northumbriapsy.bsky.social with me, @mdconstable.bsky.social and Lee Shepherd!
Deadline 23 Jan 2026
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Check out this opportunity @northumbriapsy.bsky.social with me, @mdconstable.bsky.social and Lee Shepherd!
Deadline 23 Jan 2026
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Bridging the Species Divide: Animal minds and the human-animal relationship (Ref: RDF26/HW/PSY/RENNER) at Northumbria University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Bridging the Species Divide: Animal minds and the human-animal relationship (Ref: RDF26/HW/PSY/RENNER) at Northumbria University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Are you interested in doing a PhD about what humans infer about animal minds?
Check out this opportunity @northumbriapsy.bsky.social with me, @mdconstable.bsky.social and Lee Shepherd!
Deadline 23 Jan 2026
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Check out this opportunity @northumbriapsy.bsky.social with me, @mdconstable.bsky.social and Lee Shepherd!
Deadline 23 Jan 2026
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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@aspca.org is hiring a Director, Shelter Behavior Science. Guide shelter behavior programs nationwide—setting standards, training teams, managing staff, supporting cruelty cases, and advancing practices. #dogs #animalwelfare #animalbehavior. #job
careers.aspca.org/search/jobde...
careers.aspca.org/search/jobde...
Director, Shelter Behavior Science at ASPCA
ASPCA is Hiring! Search available jobs or submit your resume now by visiting this link. Please share with anyone you feel would be a great fit.
careers.aspca.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
@aspca.org is hiring a Director, Shelter Behavior Science. Guide shelter behavior programs nationwide—setting standards, training teams, managing staff, supporting cruelty cases, and advancing practices. #dogs #animalwelfare #animalbehavior. #job
careers.aspca.org/search/jobde...
careers.aspca.org/search/jobde...
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We are happy to announce that registration for ISBE2026 is now open! We encourage you to register as soon as possible to take advantage of reduced fees and to plan your trip and accommodation in advance.
Please read the information on www.isbe2026.com before proceeding with your registration.
Please read the information on www.isbe2026.com before proceeding with your registration.
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
We are happy to announce that registration for ISBE2026 is now open! We encourage you to register as soon as possible to take advantage of reduced fees and to plan your trip and accommodation in advance.
Please read the information on www.isbe2026.com before proceeding with your registration.
Please read the information on www.isbe2026.com before proceeding with your registration.