about me
My name is Dr. Caleb Cook Ryan (he/him), and I am currently an Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Center for Animal Behavior Research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in the USA.
My research broadly focuses on the social behaviour of bats. My work is strongly interdisciplinary, linking approaches from psychology, sociology, and engineering to better understand bat lives. I am broadly interested in integrating technology into wildlife research and using data-driven approaches to expand our understanding of species’ natural histories.
My work has been supported by research grants from the American Museum of Natural History, as well as funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the University of Waterloo.
Outside of research, I try to spend as much time as possible outdoors—mountain biking, surfing, running, birding, or sleeping in my hammock.
Photos from along the way.