Rebecca Kilner

Rebecca Kilner is a Fellow at the University of Cambridge, affiliated with the School of Biological Sciences. Her research focuses on the relationship between social behaviour and evolution, with an emphasis on social evolution, animal behaviour, behavioural ecology, co-evolution, and animal-microbe interactions. Her work involves experiments in both field and laboratory settings, leading to novel insights into the evolution of social behaviour and its impact on evolutionary processes. She is also the Director of the University Museum of Zoology.

Rebecca Kilner is a researcher at the University of Cambridge, focusing on the evolution of communication and parental investment in birds and insects. Her work explores how offspring signal need to parents and how these signals are exploited by brood parasites. She investigates the evolutionary arms race between hosts and parasites, particularly in the context of egg recognition, mimicry, and begging signals. Her research also examines the role of visual and acoustic signals in parent-offspring interactions and the evolutionary implications of cooperative breeding. Kilner's studies highlight the complexity of animal communication and its adaptive significance in ecological and evolutionary contexts.