People

Tang Tang is in the 2nd year of her MSc project on bat sibling rivalry and parent offspring conflict.  She is co-supervised by Dr. Paul Faure who runs the McMaster Bat Lab.  Tang Tang completed her undergrad degree in the Honours Biology and PNB program. She orginally joined ABEL initially in her 2nd yea working with Eli Latchem to examine how social ranks affect learning preferences and capacity in cichlids. Next Tang Tang did her 4th year thesis on bat sibling rivalry and parent-offspring conflict.  er thesis project was so successful that she has decided to stay for a co-supervised MSc project which began in the fall of 2025 on the same topic.  When Tang Tang is not in the lab, she enjoys going camping, holding bats, and trying to beat her record in the countries of the world quiz. 

Kaitlyn is in the first year of her masters. For her MSc she is interested in researching how wastewater impacts complex social behaviours such as, hierarchy establishment, group formation, and territoriality in Fathead Minnows. Kaitlyn received her BSc degree in Biology from Saint Mary’s University. During her time at Saint Mary’s, she completed an Honours Thesis with Dr. Colleen Barber, where she studied the effects of parental condition and nest
ornamentation on nestling sex allocation in European Starlings. In her free time Kaitlyn enjoys, hiking, teaching dance, and playing board games.

Iman is a second-year master's student in the ABEL and Kidd Lab at McMaster University. She completed her undergraduate degree in Honours Biology at McMaster, where she conducted a thesis on the ingestion and effects of microplastic fibres on freshwater snails with Dr. Karen Kidd. For her MSc research, Iman is investigating how nutrients and contaminants are transported from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems through the consumption of plainfin midshipman fish by bald eagles with Dr. Sigal Balshine and Dr. Karen Kidd as co-supervisors. Outside of her academic work, Iman enjoys traveling, spending time outdoors, and connecting with friends and family.