Dr Thomas Richardson
PhD
Current positions
Senior Research Associate in Computational Ethology and AI-based Behavioural Analysis
School of Biological Sciences
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Recent publications
08/10/2026Modular nest structure influences activity cycle synchronisation in ant colonies
Communications Biology
Ant social network structure is highly conserved across species
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Pheromone relay networks in the honeybee: messenger workers distribute the queen’s fertility signal throughout the hive
BMC Biology
Precise tactile stimulation of worker ants by a robotic manipulator reveals that individual responses are density- and context-dependent
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Social network position is a major predictor of ant behavior, microbiota composition, and brain gene expression
PLOS Biology
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