IIHAN Staff and Investigators
Eliza Bliss-Moreau, Ph.D
Co-Investigator, Dolphin Social Cognition and Emotion
Area of Specialization
Eliza focuses on understanding affect, a fundamental ingredient of emotional experiences, and how organism-to-organism variation in affect shapes variation in psychological wellbeing. She oversee's scientific aspects of the IIHAN Dolphin Socio-cognition and Emotion program at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.
Stacy Hooper, Ph.D
Comunication Specialist, Dolphin Socio-cognition and Emotiotion
Area of Specialization
Dr. Hooper is a post doc in the Patricelli Lab at UC Davis working on modifying a software modeling package called NMSim. With IIHAN, she provides valuable input on the theory, collection, and analysis of dolphin vocalizations.
Darren E. Minier, MAIS
Area of Specialization
Darren's interests lie in the intersection of behavioral ecology and conservation biology, whereby knowledge gained has immediate application to problems facing managed animal populations, both captive and free-ranging. He oversee's the development of the International Insitute for Human-Animal Networks and coordinates research projects on behavior and health networks in human-animal interactions (India); social aggression and captive well-being in chimpanzees (Oakland Zoo, PASA); and dolphin social cognition and emotion. He also conducts and oversees workshops and events relating to the IIHAN'core values.
Kristine Fernandez
Area of Specialization
Kristine is interested in the epidemiology and risk assessment of infectious diseases of waterborne and fecalborne zoonotic diseases, and is also interested in studying the spatial distribution of virulence genes and genetic similarities between bacteria carried by different vectors. She oversees the health and genetics components of the 'monkey menace' project in northern India.
