Barnaby J. Dixson

I trained in social and physical anthropology but have broad interests that span behavioural psychology to evolutionary biology. I am currently a post-doctoral researcher in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.
Education
2004 B.A. (Hons) Cultural Anthropology, University of California Santa Cruz, U.S.A.
2010 Ph.D. Behavioural Ecology & Sociobiology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Academic Positions
2010 Teaching Fellow & Research Assistant, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
2012 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2015 UQ Post-doctoral Fellow, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Education
2004 B.A. (Hons) Cultural Anthropology, University of California Santa Cruz, U.S.A.
2010 Ph.D. Behavioural Ecology & Sociobiology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Academic Positions
2010 Teaching Fellow & Research Assistant, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
2012 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2015 UQ Post-doctoral Fellow, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
STUDENTS
Ph.D. Students
Ernest Baker - "Social intelligence" (UQ) co-supervised with Prof. Bill von Hippel Amany Gouda-Vossos - "The evolution of sexism" (UNSW) co-supervised with Prof. Rob Brooks Honours Students Toneya Mcintosh - "The evolution of the behavioural immune system and it's role in mate choice" (UQ) Rebecca Stower - "The evolution of context-specific mate preferences" (UQ) Maya Deacock - "The effect of gender and income inequality on attitudes to sex" (UNSW) Completed in 2015 Dax Kellie - "Why do men and women lie about their sex lives?" (UNSW) Completed in 2014 Zinnia Janif - "Frequency-dependant mate selection in humans" (UNSW) Completed in 2013 |
RESEARCH COLLABORATORS
![]() Professor Rob C. Brooks
Evolution and Ecology Research Centre School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia |
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