Curriculum Vitae
Oct 2006-Mar 2011:
Sept 2008-Jun 2010:
2003-2006:
EDUCATION
HONOURS & AWARDS
2011-2012
Mar 2011
June 2010
Nov 2008
May 2007, 2009
June 2006
May 2004
June 2003
POSTERS & PRESENTATIONS
Bazazi, S. “What drives collective motion in migrating insects?” (Poster, SET for Britain, Parliament, London, UK, March 2012).
Bazazi, S. “Nutritional needs, cannibalism and collective behaviour in animal groups” (Departmental Seminar, Toulouse, France, January 2012).
Bazazi, S., Romanczuk, P., Simpson, S.J., Sword, G.A., Couzin, I.D. “Collective motion and cannibalism in migratory insects” (Poster, MBI, The Ohio State University, March 2011).
Bazazi, S. “Locust migratory bands: cannibalism and collective motion” (Departmental Seminar, CEAB, Blanes, Spain, February 2010).
Bazazi, S. & Couzin, I. D. “Locust Migration - A Forced March Driven By Cannibalism” (Poster, Princeton Research Symposium, Nov 2008).
Bazazi, S. “Mass migrations in the Mormon cricket, Anabrus simplex” (Oral Presentation, Dept. of Zoology, University of Oxford, Aug 2008).
Bazazi, S. “Collective motion and cannibalism in locust migratory bands” (IBRG Seminar, Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, March 2008).
FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE
June 2007
April 2005
May 2004
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Université Paul Sabatier: “Redaction Scientifique” course to doctoral students (writing
scientific articles).
Oxford University: Provided tutorials in animal behaviour.
Teaching assistant for undergraduate practicals.
Co-supervisor of an undergraduate project.
PUBLICATIONS
Bazazi, S., Buhl, J., Hale, J.J., Anstey, M.L., Sword, G.A., Simpson, S.J. & Couzin, I.D. (2008) Collective motion and cannibalism in locust marching bands. Current Biology 18(10), 735-739. (pdf)
Bazazi, S., Ioannou C.C., Simpson, S.J., Sword, G.A., Torney, C., Lorch, P.D. & Couzin, I.D. (2010) The social context of cannibalism in migratory bands of the Mormon cricket, PLoS ONE, 5(12), e15118. (pdf)
Bazazi, S., Romanczuk, P., Thomas, S., Schimansky-Geier, L., Hale, J.J., Miller, G.A., Sword, G.A., Simpson, S.J. & Couzin, I.D. (2011) Nutritional state and collective motion: from individuals to mass migrations, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 278(1704), 356-363. (pdf)
Hansen, M.J., Buhl, J., Bazazi, S., Simpson, S.J., Sword, G.A. (2011) Cannibalism in the life boat- collective movement in Australian plague locusts, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65(9), 1715-1720.
Bazazi, S., Pfennig, K.S., Hardegard, N.O. & Couzin, I.D. (2012) Vortex formation and foraging behaviour in Spadefoot toad tadpoles, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66(6), 879-889.
Bazazi, S., Bartumeus, F., Hale, J.J., & Couzin, I.D. (2012) Intermittent motion in desert locusts: behavioural complexity in simple environments. PloS Computational Biology, 8(5), e1002498 . (pdf)
Bazazi, S., von Zimmermann, J., Bahrami, B., & Richardson, D. (2019) Self-serving incentives impair collective decisions by increasing conformity. PLoS ONE, 14(11), e0224725 . (pdf)
Photo by: N. Lefevre
Fondation Fyssen Postdoctoral Research Grant
British Ecological Society Conference Grant
Santander Academic Award
Princeton Research Symposium 2008, 1st Prize Poster Award
Hertford College Travel Award
St. Peter’s College Scholar Award
Orielton Conservation Award
Ennis Biology Prize
Utah, USA – examined cannibalism in Mormon crickets, Anabrus simplex:
how angle of an individual relative to band flow affects its risk of attack.
The Algarve, Portugal – examined species diversity and evolution of
Mediterranean flora, completed a fieldwork project on floral mechanisms.
Pembrokeshire, SW Wales – carried out various projects in population
ecology, entomology and insect identification, succession in sand dunes.
DPhil candidate in the Dept. of Zoology, University of Oxford.
Supervisors: Prof. Iain D. Couzin, Dr. Graham K. Taylor.
Oxford-Princeton Exchange Student, Couzin Lab, EEB.
BA in Biological Sciences, First Class Honours.
St. Peter’s College, University of Oxford.
Postdoc postition
Post-doctoral researcher, Research Centre on Animal Cognition, DYNACTOM, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, (working with Audrey Dussutour).
