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Dr. Alba Motes Rodrigo is a Researcher at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, and a member of the Van de Waal Group. Her work focuses on understanding behavioral acquisition and information transmission mechanisms across animal species, particularly in birds, primates, and social insects. Current research examines how individual cognitive variations influence group-level decision-making in ant colonies and caste-specific behaviors.
Her research interests span social learning, cultural evolution, and cognitive ecology, with a strong emphasis on experimental and comparative methods. Notable projects include studies on song learning in passerines, tool behavior in great apes, and social network dynamics in ants. She advocates for methodological rigor in behavioral research, co-developing the BRAVO workflow to enhance rating reliability.
Recent publications highlight interdisciplinary approaches, linking animal behavior to epidemiological risks, urbanization impacts, and evolutionary origins of human culture. Her work bridges primatology, entomology, and cognitive science, contributing to both theoretical understanding and practical applications in conservation and robotics.
Dr. Motes Rodrigo collaborates extensively within the Van de Waal Group, fostering open science practices to ensure reproducibility. Her research has been featured in high-impact journals and contributes to debates on cultural transmission limitations in non-human apes and the cognitive underpinnings of tool use evolution.
