Rate My Professor Ximena Nelson

Professor Ximena Nelson is an internationally recognised behavioural ecologist in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Canterbury. Her primary research interests lie at the interface between animal behaviour, conservation, ecology, and physiology, with a particular focus on animal cognition and the ways in which animal sensory systems interact with behaviour to shape neuroethology, information processing, and decision-making. More recently, her work has explored how behavioural ecology can inform conservation, pest management, and biosecurity practices. She typically investigates these topics using alpine parrots (kea) and jumping spiders as model systems.