Gabriella E. Smith M.A.

Animal listener • BA @BU_Biology • MA @PsychatHunter • PhD student @vetmedunivienna & @st_psy 🦜🐒 • seeking a post-doc for 2026! 👩🏻‍🎓

[Gabriella E. Smith M.A. @Explanimals]

Hello! My name is Gabriella and in April ‘26 I will graduate with my PhD in compcog from VetMedUni Vienna🤩👩🏻‍🎓🐒🦜🐕🇦🇹

[Gabriella E. Smith M.A. @Explanimals]

Excited to share that the second paper of my PhD is now published!

Kea but not cockatoos are susceptible to a bait-and-switch magic trick. And check out that thermal imaging! ❤️‍🔥

https://t.co/VSolROjszs

[Gabriella E. Smith M.A. @Explanimals]

Vienna dog owners! Clever Dog Lab researchers and I have new study for your pups to participate in😊

Only need one visit to the lab to play with their favorite toy😍Email to participate today!
@VetmeduniVienna @andrea_sommese

[Gabriella E. Smith M.A. @Explanimals]

Intrigued by animal innovation and avian cognition? My PI Dr. Megan Lambert is advertising a new shiny PhD position studying innovation in kea parrots! Info attached 🤩🦜
@VetmeduniVienna
For inquiries: [email protected]
#PhD #animalcognition

[Gabriella E. Smith M.A. @Explanimals]

https://t.co/ueTi6tn3Rf

[Gabriella E. Smith M.A. @Explanimals]

Hello! My name is Gabriella and in April ‘26 I will graduate with my PhD in compcog from VetMedUni Vienna🤩👩🏻‍🎓🐒🦜🐕🇦🇹

[Gabriella E. Smith M.A. @Explanimals]

With this in mind, I am excited to soon extend my passion for animal behavior/cognition in a post-doc/job position, so any recs/connections would be greatly appreciated!! Website below☺️

[Gabriella E. Smith M.A. @Explanimals]

First paper of my PhD is out! Do kea and human children express epistemic curiosity?
@UCBerkeley @VetmeduniVienna @mitpress

https://t.co/Hkb3tP2Sfp

[Animal behavior opps animalopps.bsky.social @AnimalOpps]

🚨Volunteer Position Alert 🚨
Collect data on wild chimpanzees in Sierra Leone
Joint project between the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and the University of Exeter

[Tiago R. Simões @paleoTsimoes]

Postdoc Alert!🚨 Application portal for the 2025 @Princeton EEB Postdoctoral Fellowship is now open!
We encourage applicants to identify at least 2 faculty members who could be suitable mentors and collaborators on their independent work.
https://t.co/fmrR7Y1bBD

[Animal behavior opps animalopps.bsky.social @AnimalOpps]

🚨Funded PhD opportunity🚨
Topic: The impact of anthropogenic noise on fitness-related behaviours, gene expression profiles, and gut microbiome in birds 🦅🦆🐓
University of Bielefeld, Germany
Learn more: https://t.co/1MtVi5gt12

[Animal behavior opps animalopps.bsky.social @AnimalOpps]

🚨Research Assistant Alert 🚨
Title: Scientific Assistant: Behavior and Welfare at Chester Zoo
Learn more: https://t.co/QsOhrYWZNJ

[Fay Clark @DrFayClark]

I have a really exciting PhD opportunity on a highly novel topic: flow state in animals! This is open to students worldwide, drawing on the University of Bristol's strengths in animal cognition, animal welfare and human game design https://t.co/UntFCzSZax

[Alex Mielke @MielkeAlexander]

PhD Studentship available

I am looking for a student to study the 'Quality and function of affiliative actions in non-human primates' - if you are interested in primate sociality, communication, and relationships, get in touch!

https://t.co/Nve4ieQIvl

[Petra Sumasgutner @PeSumas]

Job Alert: 5 Year #PostdoctoralFellowship @KLF_UniVienna for #Behaviour and #Cognition in Thomas Bugnyar's lab:
https://t.co/EiTqvOg29n
Specifically for work on wild #ravens in close collaboration with our #movementecology group. Apply by 14.10. photo: @MatthiasLoretto

[Tadeg Quillien @TadegQuillien]

My lab at Edinburgh Uni is recruiting PhD students starting Fall 2025.
If you are interested in building and testing theories of causal cognition, theory of mind, etc, I'd love to chat. See more about what we do here:
https://t.co/Byd53EnAla

[Prof Kathelijne Koops @KathelijneKoops]

Come join us in beautiful Zurich for a postdoc!!! 🤩 @APE_Group_UZH

https://t.co/32TWOOTQKd

@UZH_Science @UZH_ch

[Kaja Wierucka @KajaWierucka]

Amazing opportunities for #PhD, #MSc & #Undergrad students to study alpaca social behaviour and communication🦙with @stephanleu and me.

Full remote possibilities and flexible start dates!
@DPZ_eu @anbpositions @AnimBehSociety @AnimBehav @AnimalOpps @UniofAdelaide @uniGoettingen

[Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project @UasoNgiro]

Applications are open for the 3rd year of our NSF IRES! Spread the word to undergrads interested in gaining fieldwork experience working with wild olive baboons in Kenya. For more info contact Dr. Corinna Most @papio_anubis, and apply here by 12/1/24: https://t.co/VV7S3kn5Kw 🐒👀

[Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas @Ilyena]

Interested in undertaking a PhD in developing novel technologies for animals?
I am looking to recruit PhD students, please share or get in touch. For scholarship info (Deadline 31st Jan) https://t.co/xZQc2fXveT

[Koraly Pérez-Edgar 🇵🇷 @Dr_Koraly]

We're hiring @PSUPsychology TWO positions!

Assistant or Associate Professors in

Cognitive
https://t.co/KS0JMq7jcl

Industrial/Organizational:
https://t.co/6ImckjkhQE

@penn_state @PSULiberalArts