Kim Schalcher

I was born in Morges and studied biology at the University of Lausanne. In 2017, I received my Master’s in Behavior, Evolution, and Conservation while working in this group and studying habitat selection in Barn Owls. I have continued my work in the group, first as a field assistant in 2017, and now as a doctoral candidate since 2018. I am studying the ecology of movement in Barn Owls. My research focuses on the way in which these owls adapt their hunting strategies as a function of environmental conditions. Using bio-loggers (accelerometers, GPS, pressure sensors), I am studying the questions connected to flight behavior, the use of space and energy to understand the optimal feeding strategies of Barn Owls.