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Madeleine Beekman is a Professor Emerita at the University of Sydney, where she has worked since 2001. She completed her postdoctoral research at the University of Sheffield in the UK. Beekman has extensive global collaborations and a passion for fieldwork, particularly in Far North Queensland, where she observes endangered cassowaries. Her research focuses on evolutionary questions and social insects, particularly honey bees, using them as a model system. Key interests include conflict and cooperation, evolution of dance language in the genus Apis, decision-making and decentralized systems, and the evolution of cognition and information processing. Beekman has authored multiple significant publications, including studies on honey bee communication and the role of RNA viruses. She has been involved in various research grants that highlight her work on honey bee behavior, evolution, and ecological dynamics. Beekman's dedication to advancing knowledge in these fields is evident in her research pursuits and publications.
University of Sydney • Sydney, Australia
Held a faculty position with a focus on life and environmental sciences, emphasizing research in evolutionary biology and social insects.
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