Alan Rincon
Research interests
I have a broad interest in how hormones influence animal behaviour and shape social relationships. My PhD work explores the role of oxytocin in the formation and maintenance of social bonds as well as cooperation in male Barbary macaques. In this species, males form strong, long-lasting social bonds and cooperate via coalition formation during the mating season. These ecological attributes make the Barbary macaque male an excellent model for studying the physiological mechanisms underpinning bonding and cooperation between non-kin and outside of pair bonds.
Education and relevant field experience
- Nov 2015 - Present: Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany
- Sep 2014 - Sep 2015: University of Roehampton, UK
- Jan 2012 - Jan 2013: Research Assistant, The Barbary Macaque Project, Morocco
- 2008 - 2011: The University of Manchester, UK
- PhD Student
Behavior and Cognition
RTG 2070 Understanding social relationships
PhD topic: The role of oxytocin in bonding and cooperation in male Barbary Macaques
- MRes Primate Behaviour Biology and Conservation (Distinction)
Thesis: Correlates of testosterone in wild male Barbary macaques: testing the
challenge hypothesis
- BSc (Hons) Zoology
Publications
- Rincon AV, Maréchal L, Semple S, Majolo B, MacLarnon A (2017) Correlates of androgens in wild male Barbary macaques: Testing the challenge hypothesis. American Journal of Primatology, 10.1002/ajp.22689