Sean O'Donnell

Sean O’Donnell has been teaching and doing research at the university level since 1996. His current research focuses on relating brain evolution and brain plasticity to ecology and behavior; evolution and development of animal thermal physiology; complex social and ecological group interactions; and the evolution of body shape and size. His study subjects include diverse social insects and arthropods (bees, ants, wasps, termites, and social spiders), and Neotropical birds. He collects data mainly in the Neotropics, with additional field work in Israel. Sean’s teaching interests span ecology, evolution and animal behavior, including tropical field courses. He regularly works as an expert science consultant with natural history film crews on location.