Profile – Animal Behaviour Zone

Education:

2005_highschool diploma_Liceo Classico Berchet (Italy); 2009_BSc_ University of Parma (Italy); 2011_MRes_Aberdeen University(UK)
Qualifications:

MRes
Work History:

University of Aberdeen (UK), NGO CIRCE (Spain); Dalhousie University (Canada)
Current Job:

I work as a researcher in the Philippines

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I enjoy unravel the mistery of dolphins society and communication. Why some dolphins like some but not everybody. How do they show their affection, who are and how do they call their best friends.
My Typical Day:

I usually have very long days and they usually involve behavioural theories, statistic analyses and tons of coffee.
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During field season, I wake up very early and have a coffee. Then I take my camera, GPS and notebook and I spend several hours, sometimes more than 10, on a boat collecting data on dolphins behaviour. Then during University season, I still wake up very early and have my first coffee but then I spend my days, still long, in front of a computer screen creating lines of code that may help me to understand what exactly I saw in the field and especially why.
What I'd do with the prize money:

I would use the money to organize an event at my local aquarium to show blind kids whales and dolphins world using only sounds. It will be in the most complete dark, open to everybody to experience what does it means to be blind or to be at great depth with no light and how dolphins solved the problem using echolocation. The same event can be organized in every city!

Valeria Senigaglia