Teague O'Mara

Dr. Teague O'Mara is a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Zukunftskolleg and Department of Biology, University of Konstanz. He also holds postdoctoral fellowships at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. His research focuses on the behavior, ecology, and development of social animals, particularly bats and primates, examining their social organization diversity and ecological adaptations.

• Education
  • PhD in Anthropology (2012), Arizona State University
  • MA in Anthropology (2005), Arizona State University
  • BSc in Anthropology and Biology (2001), Grand Valley State University
• Research Interests
  • Behavioral ecology of social mammals
  • Comparative analysis of bats and primates
  • Evolutionary links between social organization and life history
  • Ecosystem adaptations in mammalian species
• Affiliations
  • Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (Affiliated Scientist)
  • Bat Conservation International

His work integrates field studies with theoretical frameworks to understand mammalian social evolution, leveraging cross-species comparisons between bats and primates as model systems.