Rate My Professor Jenny Jandt

In teaching, she delivers BIOL 112 Animal Biology, ZOOL 314 Neurobiology, ZOOL 315 Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology, ZOOL 411 Evaluating Trends and Controversies in Ecology and Evolution, and ZOOL 422 Advanced Topics in Animal Behaviour. Key publications include "Preference and performance of Pūrerehua Kahukura (Vanessa gonerilla gonerilla) on native and introduced nettles of Aotearoa" (2025, New Zealand Journal of Ecology), "Body and mandible size as key factors in male contest outcomes, but no evidence of assessment models in Helm’s stag beetles" (2025, New Zealand Journal of Zoology), "The impact of floral diversity on bumblebee colony development and pollination efficacy among foragers" (2025, Apidologie), "Weapon allometry and shape variation in the Helm's stag beetle (Geodorcus helmsi)" (2025, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society), and earlier works such as "Behavioural syndromes and social insects: Personality at multiple levels" (2014). With approximately 1,800 citations on Google Scholar, her contributions have influenced social insect ecology and behavioural evolution. She serves as Pacific Islands Liaison for the Zoology Department, Editor-in-chief of New Zealand Entomologist, and media expert on social insects, featured in RNZ and Otago Magazine.