BIO

Ethologist and primatologist, I obtained my BSc in Natural Science at the University of Pavia (Italy) in 2013. Subsequently I graduated cum laude at the University of Turin (Italy) in 2015, with a Msc in Evolution of Animal and Human Behaviour. My focus on non-human primates was then pursued in the Master in Primatology organized by the University of Girona and Fundaciò Mona (Catalonia, Spain) , from which I graduated in 2019. I obtained my Phd, graduating with honors, at the Universidad Veracruzana (Veracruz, Mexico) under the supervision of Dr. Filippo Aureli and Dr. Gabriele Schino in 2022. Currently looking for a post-doc in order to continue to investigate primate social behaviour, and animal social behaviour in general.

Research

My main research interests:

- Primate social behaviour, with a focus on cooperative behaviours and reciprocal altruism.

- Human-dog interactions, focusing on the owner-dog relationship and how the house environment affects dog behaviour.

Publications

Published peer-reviewed articles:

- Dell'Anna, F., Schino, G., & Aureli, F. (2022). Anxiety in Geoffroy's spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi): Canscratching be used as an indicator? American Journal of Primatology, e23373. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23373

- Dell'Anna F, Llorente M, Weiß BM, von Fersen L, Amici F. The effect of individual and food characteristics onfood retrieval and food sharing in captive Guinea baboons (Papio papio). Am J Primatol. 2019;e23078. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23078

Book chapters:

- Dell'Anna F. et al. - Cognición canina: Desde nuestro lazo con el lobo hasta nuestros días" - in "La Cognición en los Sistemas Biológicos 1", edited by Dr.Eduardo Reynoso-Cruz (Instituto de Neuroetologia, Universidad Veracruzana). In press.

Work in progress:

- Reciprocity in Geoffroy's spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)

- Factors affecting grooming interactions in A. geoffroyi