Iliana Medina Guzmán
I am an evolutionary biologist from Colombia but came to Australia in 2012 and decided to stay. I finished my PhD at The Australian National University and then moved to Melbourne on 2017. I like birds, colour, insects, stats and anything related to evolution.
POSTDOCS
Dr Claire Taylor
Claire did her PhD at The Australian National University and joined our group to work on nest structure focusing on superb fairy-wrens. She explores how temperatures affect eggs and potentially the way that birds build their nests. Follow the link to her website to learn more.
STUDENTS
Fabian Salgado (2020-2024)
Fabian is a PhD student at University of Melbourne and he works with colourful spiders and the evolution and consequences of colour polymorphism.
Silvia Colombo (2021-2025)
Silvia is a PhD student working on the evolution of nests and is co-supervised by Naomi Langmore (ANU) and me. She is interested in understanding the importance of nest architecture in thermal properties of nests. Link to Silvia’s CV here.
Kei-Lin Ooi (2021-2025)
Kei-Lin is a PhD student co-supervised by Devi Stuart-Fox and I. Her work explores the effects that anti-predator colourations could have at a macroevolutionary scale. Link to Kei-Lin’s CV here.
Amy Carboon (2023-2025)
Amy is a MSc student cosupervised by Devi Stuart-Fox and I. She is working on the link between behaviour and iridescence in colourful birds, using museum data and video footage of courtships.
Cassie Taylor (2018-2021)
Cassie is a PhD student co-supervised by Naomi Langmore (ANU) and I. She works with yellow-rumped thornbills and is interested in understanding why they have such special nests.
Previous students
Sophie Roberts (Honours), co-supervised with Devi Stuart-Fox
Emmet Mulcahy (Honours), co-supervised with Devi Stuart-Fox
Wen-Yun Liao (MPhil), co-supervised with Devi Stuart-Fox.
Justin Cally (MSc), co-supervised with Devi Stuart-Fox and Luke Holman
Joshua Munro (MSc), co-supervised with Devi Stuart-Fox