Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
My main research interests are in the areas of self-organization in biological systems, collective animal behaviour and collective intelligence in group-living animals.
I focus in particular on problems of coordination of collective motion in animal groups (such as flocking and schooling phenomena) and in the collective formation of spatial structures (e.g. nest building in social insects).
External positions
Programme Visitor, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge
5 Jul 2023 → 20 Dec 2023
Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
1 Aug 2022 → 31 Jul 2023
Network
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Spotlighting Homeless Women: Creating a new streamline service at Sutton Night Watch Charity to help women at risk of abuse
31/03/23 → 30/09/23
Project: Research
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Retracing the evolution of cathedral termite mounds in Australia
Perna, A., Douady, S. & Lo, N.
28/02/22 → 27/08/24
Project: Research
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Substrate evaporation drives collective construction in termites
Facchini, G., Rathery, A., Douady, S., Sillam-Dussès, D. & Perna, A., 15 May 2023, In: eLife.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A growth model driven by curvature reproduces geometric features of arboreal termite nests
Facchini, G., Lazarescu, A., Perna, A. & Douady, S., 22 Jul 2020, In: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE. 17, 168, 11 p., 20200093.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effect of nest topology on spatial organization and recruitment in the red ant Myrmica rubra
Vaes, O., Perna, A. & Detrain, C., 20 May 2020, In: Die Naturwissenschaften.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Energetic equivalence underpins the size structure of tree and phytoplankton communities
Perkins, D., Perna, A. & Yvon-Durocher, G., 16 Jan 2019, In: Nature Communications.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the relationship between flapping behaviour and accelerometer signal during ascending flight, and a new approach to calibration
Van Walsum, T. A., Perna, A., Bishop, C. M., Murn, C. P., Collins, P. M., Wilson, R. P. & Halsey, L., 2 Feb 2019, In: Ibis: International journal of avian science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile78 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Virtual museum of social insect nests
Andrea Perna (Advisor)
2022 → …Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Media Article or Participation
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Futuro Remoto
Andrea Perna (Advisor)
2020Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Public speaking engagements
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Movement ecology (Journal)
Andrea Perna (Peer reviewer)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial Activity