Dr Adrian Hailey

Senior Lecturer (Zoology)

Education:

• Ph.D. (Zoology) University of Nottingham (1984)

• B.Sc. (Zoology) King's College, London (1980)

• University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (from September 2003)

• University of Bristol, UK (Temporary Lecturer)

• Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (Visiting Professor)

• University of Zimbabwe (Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow)

• Medical College of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, University of London (Postdoctoral Researcher)

• University of Thessaloniki, Greece (Royal Society European Exchange Programme Research Fellow)

Research Interests:

• Animal ecology and conservation

• Ecological physiology

• Herpetology - Managing Editor, Applied Herpetology

Courses Offered (*current):

• General Ecology and Biometry*

• Animal Behaviour*

• Conservation Biology

• Tropical Forest Ecology and Management*

• Research Project (B.Sc.)*

• Research Project (M.Sc.)

Current Graduate Students:

• Daveka Boodram (M.Phil.) Ecology of the white-tailed sabrewing hummingbird on Tobago.

• Michelle Cazabon (M.Phil.) Distribution and abundance of hawksbill and green turtles on Tobago and an assessment of their value in the ecology and economy of the island.

• Kerrie Naranjit (M.Phil.) Ecology of the Trinidad piping-guan or pawi.

• Nicole Sookoo (M.Phil.) Ecotoxicology of pesticides in tropical frogs.

• Jo-Anne Sewlal (Ph.D.) Contribution of habitat diversity to the biodiversity of orb-weaving spiders in Trinidad.

Current Research Projects:

• Formation of an ecological community - invasive Anolis species in Trinidad

• Surveys of the sabrewing hummingbird and pawi

• Ecology, ecophysiology and ecotoxicology of tropical amphibians and reptiles

• Population dynamics of Greek tortoise populations

Professional Memberships (*current) :

• Biodiversity Advisory Council, Trinidad and Tobago

• Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (MIEEM)

• IUCN  Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group*

• IUCN-UK Committee

• American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

• Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation*

• British Ecological Society

• British Herpetological Society*

• Herpetologists' League*

• Palaeontological Association

• Societas Herpetologica Europea*

• Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles*

• Zimbabwe Scientific Association

• Zoological Society of London (Scientific Fellow)

• Acta Herpetologica (Italy)

• African Journal of Ecology (UK)

• African Zoology (South Africa)

• Amphibia-Reptilia (Netherlands)

• Applied Herpetology (Netherlands)

• Asiatic Herpetological Research (China)

• Australian Journal of Zoology (Australia)

• Behavioral Ecology (USA)

• Biodiversity and Conservation (Netherlands)

• Biological Conservation (UK)

• Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (UK)

• Canadian Journal of Zoology (Canada)

• Chelonian Conservation and Biology (USA)

• Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology (UK)

• Contributions to Zoology (Netherlands)

• Functional Ecology (UK)

• Herpetologica (USA)

• Herpetological Journal (UK)

• Italian Journal of Zoology (Italy)

• Journal of Herpetology (USA)

• Journal of Tropical Ecology (UK)

• Journal of Zoology (UK)

• Living World (Trinidad and Tobago)

• Miscellania Zoologica (Spain)

• Oecologia (Germany)

• Oikos (Sweden)

• Oryx (UK)

• South African Journal of Zoology (South Africa)

• Zoo Biology (USA)

Bibliography:

• Full list (with abstracts)