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  • Dr Anastasia Dalziell (Lab Leader) - Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (Western Sydney University) & Lab Associate (The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University)​
  • Professor Justin Welbergen (co-founder) - Head of the Lab of Animal Ecology & Professor of Animal Ecology at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (Western Sydney University)
  • Dr Fiona Backhouse - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Western Sydney University. Topic: Cultural evolution in lyrebirds
  • Dr Vanessa Ferdinand - Senior Research Fellow in Computational Cognitive Science, University of Melbourne
PhD students​
  • Matthew Chaumont - PhD Candidate (Western Sydney University; supervisors: Prof Justin Welbergen, Dr Anastasia Dalziell, Prof Robert Magrath). Topic: Cultural evolution and the multi-modal display of the superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)
  • Emily Bradstock - PhD Candidate (Western Sydney University; supervisors: Dr Anastasia Dalziell; Prof Justin Welbergen; Dr Kim Maute).  Topic: Conservation translocation and song cultures in the Eastern Bristlebird, Dasyornis brachypterus
Collaborators
  • Rob Magrath - Professor of Behavioural Ecology, Research School of Biology, Australian National University.
  • Victoria Austin - Postdoctoral Fellow, Charles Sturt University
  • Kim Maute - Principal Ecologist, Ecosystems and Threatened Species Biodiversity and Conservation, NSW Department of Planning and Environment.
  • Karan Odom - Assistant Professor, University of the Pacific, and leader of the Female Bird Song Project.
  • Naomi Langmore -​ Professor of Avian Ecology, Research School of Biology, Australian National University.
  • Alex Maisey - Postdoctoral Fellow, La Trobe University, and Chair of the Sherbrooke Lyrebird Survey Group.
  • Irby Lovette - Fuller Professor of Ornithology, Cornell University.
  • Aaron Rice - Science Director, Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell University.
  • Mike Webster ​- Professor and Robert G. Engel Professor of Ornithology, Cornell University.
  • Kris French - Professor and Director of the Janet Cosh Herbarium, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong.
  • Alan Stuart - ​Leader of the Rufous scrub-bird project, Hunter Bird Observers Club.​
Allumni 
  • Victoria Austin - PhD Candidate (Western Sydney University; supervisors: Prof Justin Welbergen, Dr Anastasia Dalziell, Prof Naomi Langmore).  Topic: Investigating the structure and function of mimetic song in female superb lyrebirds (Menura novaehollandiae)
  • Fiona Backhouse - PhD Candidate (Western Sydney University; supervisors: Prof Justin Welbergen, Dr Anastasia Dalziell, Prof Robert Magrath). Topic: Explaining geographic variation in the multimodal display of the Albert’s lyrebird (Menura alberti)​
  • Kirsten Keleher - Research Assistant (Cornell University)
  • Santi Tabares Erices - Undergraduate Research Student (Cornell University)
  • Eryn Woernley - Undergraduate Research Student (Cornell University)
  • Andre Golumbeski - Undergraduate Research Student (Cornell University)
  • Clara Thomas - Undergraduate Research Student (Cornell University)
  • Karan Odom - Postdoctoral Associate (Cornell University)
  • Bryce Robinson - Research Assistant (Cornell University)
  • Alex Maisey - Research Assistant (University of Wollongong)
  • Tane Sinclair-Taylor - Research Assistant (Western Sydney University)
  • Ben Stepkovich - Research Assistant (University of Wollongong)
  • Eric Hughes - Undergraduate Research Student (Cornell University)
  • Chloe Mikles - Undergraduate Research Student (Cornell University)
  • Kelsie Lopez - Undergraduate Research Student (Cornell University)
  • Kevin Macias - Undergraduate Research Student (Cornell University)
  • Hannah Mirando - Undergraduate Research Student (Cornell University)
  • Tristan Herwood - Undergraduate Research Student (Cornell University)
  • Rani Carol - Summer Scholarship (Western Sydney University)
  • Benoît Sommervogel - Research Assistant (Western Sydney University)
  • Samantha Yabsley - Research Assistant (Western Sydney University)
  • Odile Maurelli - Undergraduate Research Student (Cornell University)
  • Max Kirsch - Undergraduate Research Student (Cornell University)
  • Alex Wiebe - Undergraduate Research Student (Cornell University)
  • Max Witynski - Undergraduate Research Student (Cornell University)
  • Taylor Heaton Crisologo - Research Intern/Undergraduate Research Student (Western Sydney University/ Cornell University)
  • Sarah Dzielski - Undergraduate Research Student (Cornell University)
  • James Purcell - Undergraduate Research Student (Cornell University)
  • Daniel Veronese - Undergraduate Research Student (Cornell University)
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