Research Area(s)
- Animal behaviour
- Animal communication
- Chemical ecology
- Microbial ecology
- Host-microbe interactions
- Mate choice
- Sexual selection
- Ornithology
Publications
Research
Behavioural ecology Communication Olfaction Ornithology
Dr. Leanne Grieves (PhD) is a behavioural ecologist interested in avian mating and social systems, communication, and behaviour. Her research group at USask combines field and laboratory approaches and molecular genetics tools to determine how olfaction and symbiotic microbiota influence avian social and reproductive behaviour.
Education & Training
2025 - Present Houston Chair in Ornithology, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan
2023 - 2025 Rose Postdoctoral Fellow, Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University
2021 - 2023 NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, McMaster University
2020 - 2021 McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, McMaster University
2016 - 2020 PhD, Department of Biology, Western University
2012 - 2014 MSc, Department of Biology, McMaster University
2005 - 2011 BSc (Hons), Department of Biology, University of Winnipeg