Background and experience
2021-2023, Master of Science, University of Toronto, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
2018-2021, Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Toronto, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
2013-2023, Program Assistant & Educator, ROMKids, Royal Ontario Museum.
Areas of responsibility
Claudia is an ecologist interested in the intersection of behavioural ecology, evolutionary ecology and conservation biology. Currently, her PhD research is utilising deep learning methods in bioacoustics to investigate the impact of human activities on various aspects of marine biology from individual behaviours to populations to community ecology. Previously, during her H.B.Sc. and M.Sc., Claudia worked on understanding the communicative function of freshwater turtle vocalisations through a combination of field and lab experiments conducted in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.
Research
- Behavioural Ecology
- Sensory Systems
- Population Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Bioacoustics
- AI for conservation
Selected publications
Lacroix C, Schueler F, Rollinson N (2023). A 73% decline in amphibian abundance inferred from 17 years of on-road surveys. Animal Conservation.
Lacroix C, Davy CM, Rollinson N (2022) Hatchling vocalisations and beneficial social interactions in subterranean nests of a widespread reptile. Animal Behaviour, 187, pp. 233-244.
Terebiznik M, Moldowan PD, Leivesley JA, Massey MD, Lacroix C, Connoy JWH, Rollinson N (2020) Hatchling turtles ingest natural and artificial incubation substrates at high frequency. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 74, 130.