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 Behavioral and Disease Ecology Lab 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 research focuses on understanding the social behaviour of bats in the wild and developing the technologies and methods we use to study them. My work is broadly interdisciplinary, integrating field ecology, engineering, and community-based science to expand our knowledge of species’ natural histories, and help inform the effective management of both protected and persecuted species in Panamá (where I am living!) and around the world.
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.