Jared Wilson-Aggarwal

Tel: +44 (0) 1223 331 861
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 336 676
Email: jw787 at cam.ac.uk

Position held: BBSRC-funded Research Assistant

I am a research assistant working alongside Martin Stevens, Claire Spottiswoode and Jolyon Troscianko. My work involves assisting in the collection and analysis of data for investigations into avian egg camouflage and predator vision. This research focuses on nightjar and plover species found in Zambia and South Africa. The aim is to address fundamental issues about how camouflage influences survival in natural environments, using modern approaches to studying animal vision and camouflage theory.

My interests are broad but I have a particular passion for herpetology. In addition to this I am interested in areas within behavioural ecology, sexual selection and conservation.

Prior Research
I graduated from Exeter in 2012 with a BSc in Zoology. My research project investigated theories behind the evolution of deception. Deceptive signalling has seen much theoretical attention, and yet our understanding of its mechanisms in communication systems is limited. This is partly because it is not always practical to study deceptive signals in the wild. I designed a versatile method, using human foragers, to generate data on the key predictions of deceptive signalling.