James Stranks
Main Research
Interests
Evolution of Social
Relationships
Primate Behaviour
Behavioural Genetics
Primate Physiology
Academic
Career
October 2018 –
Present. PhD student. Behavioural Ecology, University of Göttingen.
- Ph.D. program Behaviour and Cognition (BeCog)
- DFG Research Training Group (RTG 2070) on Understanding
Social Relationships
March – September. 2018.
Primate Field Research Assistant, Lilongwe Wildlife Trust, Malawi
- Lead the Samango Monkey Research Project, collecting
data in multiple study sites.
January – April 2017.
Volunteer, Carnivore Research Malawi, Malawi
- Collected data on carnivores, primarily the spotted
hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
2014 – 2015. MRes in
Biodiversity, Evolution & Conservation, University College London
- Project 1: Examining correlates of vulnerability to
climate change in the world’s mammals.
- Project 2: The roles of the environment, host and
ranavirus on the microbiome of the amphibian skin.
2010 – 2014.
BSc (Hons) Zoology with Industrial Experience, University of Manchester
- Project 1: The effect of personality on the welfare of
Hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas)
- Project 2: Investigating the repeatability of jumping
mechanics in the Californian quail (Callipepla californica)
Publications
- Trede F*, Kil N*, Stranks J*, Connell A, Fischer J, Ostner J, Schülke O, Zinner D & Roos C (2021) A refined panel of 42 microsatellite loci to universally genotype catarrhine primates. Ecology and Evolution 11, 498-505 *joint first authorship
Conference Contributions
- Stranks, J (2019)
Ontogenetic changes in social relationship patterns and social buffering
of the stress response in juvenile male Assamese macaques. 16th
Conference of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie (GfP), Göttingen
(Poster)
- Stranks, J (2019) Physiological
correlates of dynamics in affiliation, dominance rank and group membership
in dispersing male Assamese macaques at Phu Khieo Wildlife
Sanctuary. 40th Thai Wildlife Symposium, Bangkok (Poster)