Born in Toronto, Ontario, I grew up in Edmonton, Alberta. I began my undergraduate degree in Zoology at the University of Alberta, but transferred to Monash University in Australia about half way through and then completed my Honours thesis with Dr. John Nelson on the feeding behaviour of wallabies, kangaroos and their relatives. After some traveling across Canada, I landed in Lethbridge where I pursued my MSc in Psychology on the feeding behaviour of carnivorans with Drs. Sergio Pellis and Ian Whishaw. I then returned to Monash University to work with John again, but this time on variations in brain size and composition in birds. After several years down under and my first visit to the Smithsonian Institutions, I returned to Canada to pursue a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Doug Wylie at the University of Alberta. Finally, I did a one year stint as a post-doctoral fellow at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC with Dr. Storrs Olson on the neuroanatomy of extinct birds.

Currently, I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge in southern Alberta. When not writing papers, teaching or researching various topics, I spend my time hiking, birding, skiing and hunting with my Large Munsterlander Breck (SaskElkana’s Branta) and Wire-haired Pointing Griffon Caillie (named after the Capercaillie).

My research interests are broad and currently encompass three major areas of research: Evolutionary Neurobiology, Neuroendocrine Control of Social Behaviours and the Neurobehavioural Effects of Endocrine Disruptors.

To contact me:

andrew.iwaniuk(AT)uleth.ca

Department of Neuroscience

Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience

University of Lethbridge

4401 University Drive

Lethbridge, AB, T1K3M4

Canada

ph. +1 403 332 5288

fax +1 403 329 2775