Dr Lauren M Robinson Postdoctoral Research Fellow Email: [email protected] University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Citizenships: US and UK Georgia State University
Education
2017 PhD Psychology University of Edinburgh “The influence of personality on primate health, welfare, and happiness.” Affiliations: Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education, Scottish Primate Research Group
2012 MSc Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare University of Edinburgh “The work that binds us: Motivation is linked with sociality in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata).”
2009 BA Psychology University of Washington
2006 Associates of Arts Clark College Running Start student: Attended in place of final two years of high school
Positions
2019 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow Comparative cognition Supervised by: Drs Friederike Range and Sarah Brosnan University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna and Georgia State University
2019 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Animal joy Supervised by: Dr Erica Cartmill University of California, Los Angeles
2017 - 2019 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Animal behavior and endocrinology Animals, Science, and Environment department Disney’s Animal Kingdom
2017 - 2019 Visiting Academic Psychology department University of Edinburgh
Publications
Robinson, L. M., Coleman, K., Capitanio, J. P., Gottlieb, D. H., Handel, I., Adams, M. J., Leach, M. C., Waran, N. K., & Weiss, A. (2018). Rhesus macaque personality, dominance, behavior and health. American Journal of Primatology, 80(2), e22739. Robinson, L. M.*, Altschul, D.*, Wallace, E. K., Ubeda, Y., Machanda, Z., Slocombe, K. E., Llorente, M., Leach, M. C., Waran, N. K., & Weiss, A. (2017). Chimpanzees with positive welfare are happier, extraverted, and emotionally stable. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 191, 90-97. [*co-first authors].
Robinson, L. M., Waran, N. K., Leach, M. C., Morton, F. B., Paukner, A., Lonsdorf, E., Handel, I., Wilson V. A. D., Morton, F. B., Brosnan, S., & Weiss, A. (2016). Happiness is positive welfare in brown capuchins (Sapajus apella). Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 181, 145-151.
Robinson, L. M., Morton, F. B., Gartner, M.C., Paukner, A., Widness, J., Essler, J., Brosnan, S., & Weiss, A. (2016). Divergent personality structures of brown (Sapajus apella) and white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 130(4), 305-312.
Robinson, L. M., Skiver Thompson, R., & Ha, J. C. (2016). Puppy temperament assessments predict breed and American kennel club group but not adult temperament. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 19(2), 101-114.
Robinson, L. M.*, Altschul, D.*, Coleman, K., Capitanio, J. P., & Wilson, V. A. D. (In review). An exploration of the relationships among facial dimensions, age, sex, dominance status and personality in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). [*co-first authors].
Robinson, L. M., Capitanio, J. P., Leach, M. C., Waran, N. K., & Weiss, A. (In review). Happiness, positive welfare and personality in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).
Robinson, L. M., Miller, A., Newcomer, M., Weibel, C., & Ferrie, G. M. (In review). When a habitat becomes a home: Housing and husbandry of two spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) at Disney’s Animal KingdomÒ.
Robinson, L. M. & Weiss, A. (In prep). Primate personality and welfare. In: Robinson, L. M. & Weiss, A. (Eds). Welfare of Nonhuman Primates. Springer.
Simpson, E. A., Robinson, L. M., Paukner, A. (In prep). Personality and well-being in infant rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).
Morton, F. B., Guarino, E., Robinson, L. M., Hancock, P., & Jaakkola, K. (In prep). The aquatic ape: Personality structure in bottlenose dolphins.
Edited Book
Robinson, L. M. & Weiss, A. (Eds). Welfare of Nonhuman Primates (In prep). Springer. Invited Talks and Lectures
2018 The use of animals in research Invited guest lecturer Eckerd College
2018 Comparative psychology, well-being, and animal welfare Invited guest lecturer Eckerd College
2017 Animal personality and welfare Invited guest lecturer University of Florida
2016 Happiness is positive welfare in brown capuchins (Sapajus apella) Invited speaker and student talk finalist International Primatological Society/American Society of Primatologists
2016 Introduction to animal welfare Invited guest lecturer Franklin & Marshall College
Presentations
2018 Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) annual meeting When a habitat becomes a home: Housing and husbandry of two spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) at Disney’s Animal KingdomÒ.
2018 American Society of Primatologists annual meeting Positive welfare and personality in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).
2017 British and Irish Association of Zoo and Aquaria Chimpanzees with positive welfare are happier, extraverted, and emotionally stable.
2017 Scottish Primate Research Group annual meeting Do I look happy to you? Observer ratings of animal welfare.
2017 Primate Society of Great Britain winter meeting Chimpanzees with positive welfare are happier, extraverted, and emotionally stable.
2016 National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement, and Reduction of Animals in Research primate welfare meeting The sums of their parts: Using personality, rank, and behavior to study rhesus macaque health.
2016 International Society for Applied Ethology Testing a 12-item welfare questionnaire and its association with chimpanzee personality. 2015 American Society of Primatologists annual meeting Testing a shortened personality questionnaire and its association with rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) welfare.
2015 British and Irish Zoo and Aquarium Association research symposium Welfare means happiness: Accounting for welfare using a 12-item welfare questionnaire.
2015 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare annual meeting Testing the reliability and validity of a 12-item welfare questionnaire to study chimpanzees.
2015 Scottish Primate Research Group annual meeting Individual differences and welfare of captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) at the Oregon National Primate Research Center.
2013 Individual Differences: 20th KNDV Zoology Conference Puppy temperament assessments predict puppy breed, AKC group, and do not predict adult temperament.
2012 Youth biodiversity project One on one presentation of the results of MSc research to Dr. Jane Goodall as part of her tour of the Highland Wildlife Park.
Teaching
University of Central Florida Zoo Biology
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Research methods Introduction to animal welfare
University of Edinburgh Undergraduate Year 1 Psychology Undergraduate Year 2 Psychology and psychology labs Undergraduate Year 3 Psychology critical analysis Undergraduate Year 3 Psychology quantitative statistics
Committees/Review
2018 - Education Committee – American Society of Primatologists Co-Chair
2018 - Executive Committee – American Society of Primatologists Committee Member
2018 - Primate Care Committee – American Society of Primatologists Committee Member
2018 Disney’s Conservation Fund Annual Grants Committee Member - Africa
2018 AZA Conservation Grants Fund Reviewer
Public Engagement
2018 Guest blog: Making mistakes and owning them: How I submitted corrections to published papers and (currently) live to tell the tale. https://womenareboring.wordpress.com/2018/09/14/making-mistakes-and- owning-them-how-i-submitted-corrections-to-published-papers-and- currently-live-to-tell-the-tale/
2017 Interview: The IAABC’s Journal “Spotlight on Research”. Question and answer about my research on animal welfare and personality. https://summer2017.iaabcjournal.org/spotlight-on-research-lauren- robinson/
2017 Invited guest lecturer at St Thomas of Aquins High School in Edinburgh. Gave “Introduction to Animal Welfare” lecture to 16 and 17-year olds.
2017 Guest blog: Monkeys, Happiness, and Winning Debates https://womenareboring.wordpress.com/2017/02/17/monkeys-happiness- and-winning-debates/
2017 Edinburgh International Science Festival’s Career Hive event Event promoting STEM careers to students at National Museum of Scotland
2016 International Society of Applied Ethology annual conference Social media organizer Ran the ISAE twitter account and helped with Facebook queries
2016 Soap Box Science Edinburgh event Volunteer promoting women in science and public engagement
2016 Guest blog on dog temperament on Dr James Ha’s companion animal blog Blog reviewing my 2016 publication (Robinson, Skiver Thompson, & Ha) https://jamescraigha.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/our-new-research-on- puppy-temperament/
2015 Animal Behaviour and Welfare, Massive Open Online Course Teaching staff
2015 Science Insights at the University of Edinburgh. Met with high school students to discuss experiences working on a PhD.
2015 Edinburgh Zoo Exploration Afternoon. Engaged with children, parents, and zoo visitors as a PhD student at the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College by teaching them about science.
Funding
2017 $3400 - Unitec Institute of Technology New Researcher Fund Named collaborator for study on Asian bear personality and welfare
Additional Research
2017 - Allostatic load, welfare, and happiness in zoo-housed gorillas (Proposal in review). Collaboration with Dr Ashely Edes
2017 - Personality and welfare in captive Asian bear species (Data collection in progress). Collaboration with Dr Kristine Descovitch, Free the Bears, and Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand
2017 - 2018 Submitted project proposal: The impact of guest experiences on views on the role of zoos and connectedness to animals. Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Orlando
2017 - 2018 Pilot study: Factors influencing the welfare of zoo-housed ungulates. Disney’s Animal Kingdom and Brevard Zoo, Orlando and Melbourne
2009 - 2011 Research assistant for projects on behaviour and stereotypies in grizzly bears, Humboldt penguins, Asian and African elephants, and hippos. Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle
2008 – 2009 Research assistant at Dr. Marsha Linehan’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) clinic for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). University of Washington, Seattle
Journals Refereed For
American Journal of Primatology (AJP); Animal Sentience; Applied Animal Behaviour Science (AABS); Collabra: Psychology; Journal of Comparative Psychology (JPC); PloS ONE; The Veterinary Journal; Zoo Biology.
Supervision/Mentorship
2017 - 2018 Providing R and statistical guidance to Jane Braswell BA honor’s thesis at Franklin & Marshall College. Thesis: Brown capuchin (Sapajus paella) dyadic cooperation and personality.
2016 - 2017 Co-supervised Fran Crowther’s BSc thesis with Dr Matthew Leach at Newcastle University. Thesis: Personality and welfare of dusky langurs (Trachypithecus obscurus).
2014 - 2015 Co-supervised Nicola Dunsmore’s MSc dissertation with Professor Natalie Waran. Dissertation: Hair loss and individual differences in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).
Professional Memberships
2018 - Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
2013 - Universities Federation of Animal Welfare (UFAW)
2015 - American Society of Primatologists (ASP)
2012 - International Society of Applied Ethology (ISAE)
References
Dr Alexander Weiss Dr Matthew Leach PhD supervisor (lead) PhD supervisor Department of Psychology School of Natural and Environmental Sciences University of Edinburgh Newcastle University +44 131 650 3456 +44 191 208 7811 [email protected] [email protected]
Professor Natalie Waran Dr James Ha PhD supervisor Undergraduate supervisor One Welfare Department of Psychology Eastern Institute of Technology University of Washington +64 6 830 1411 Extension: 5411 +1 206 543 7494 [email protected] [email protected]