Jordi Galbany Casals

Lecturer Professor

Researcher ID: K-8609-2017

Knowledge area: Psicobiologia

Research group: Psicologia Quantitativa

Contact Information
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology
Departament de Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia, Facultat de Psicologia. Universitat de Barcelona. Passeig de la Vall d'Hebron, 171 (Campus Mundet).

jgalbany(a)ub.edu

More Information: https://www.jordigalbany.com/

Academic Training

Tesi Doctoral . Universitat de Barcelona . 19/07/2006 . (Ph.D.)

Teaching impartedi (last 5 years)

Etologia i Evolució de la Conducta (Bachelor's degree) - Psychology - Universidad de Barcelona.

Psicobiologia (Bachelor's degree) - Psychology - Universidad de Barcelona.

Conducta Social, Cognició Animal i Conservació (University Master's Degree) - Recerca en Comportament i Cognició - Universidad de Barcelona.

Research interests

Estudi de microdesgast dentari en primats i hominids

Tooth wear and tooth morphology in Amboseli baboons

Creixement i desenvolupament en primats en llibertat: goril·les de muntanya de les Virunga

Research Projects

Hard Tissue evidence of weaning variation in primates . 2018 - 2023 . Ref.1753651 . National Science Foundation . PI: Shannon Mcfarlin

'Dental ecology and feeding behavior in African great apes' - . 2021 - 2024 . Ref.PID2020-114517GB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación . PI: Romero A

Psicologia Quantitativa . 2022 - 2025 . Ref.2021 SGR 00366 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Joan Guàrdia Olmos

Anàlisi de la heterogeneïtat de l'alumnat en la docència en anglès del grau de psicologia (grups E1): Factors influents en el rendiment acadèmic . 2024 - 2025 . Ref.REDICE24-3722 . Institut de Ciències de l'Educació (ICE) - Universitat de Barcelona (UB) . PI: Ferran Pons Gimeno

Relevant publications

Wright, E.; Galbany, J.; McFarlin, S.C.; Ndayishimiye, E.; Stoinski, T.S.; Robbins, M.M. (2019). Male body size, dominance rank and strategic use of aggression in a group-living mammal. Animal Behaviour, 151, pp. 87 - 102 . ISSN: 0003-3472

Wright, E.; Grawunder, S.; Ndayishimiye, E.; Galbany, J.; McFarlin, S.C.; Stoinski, T.S.; Robbins, M.M. (2021). Chest beats as an honest signal of body size in male mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). Scientific Reports, 11(6879) . ISSN: 2045-2322

McGrath, K.; Eriksen, A.B.; García-Martínez, D.; Galbany, J.; Gómez-Robles, A.; Massey, J.S.; Fatica, L.M.; Glowacka, H.; Arbenz-Smith, K.; Muvunyi, R.; Stoinski, T.S.; Cranfield, M.R.; Gilardi, K.; Shalukoma, C.; de Merode, E.; Gilissen, E.; Tocheri, M.W.; McFarlin, S.C.; Heuzé, Y. (2022). Facial asymmetry tracks genetic diversity among Gorilla subspecies. Proceedings of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289(20212564) . https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2564 . ISSN: 0962-8452

Richardson, J.L.; Levy, E.J.; Ranjithkumar, R.; Yang, H.; Monson, E.; Conin, A.; Galbany, J.; Robbins, M.M.; Alberts, S.C.; Reeves, M.E.; McFarlin, S.C. (2022). Automated, high-throughput image calibration for parallel-laser photogrammetry. Mammalian Biology . https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-021-00174-7 . ISSN: 1616-5047

Harty, T.; Berthaume, M.A.; Bortolini, E.; Evans, A.R.; Galbany, J.; Guy, F.; Hamada, Y.; Kullmer, O.; Lazzari, V.; Romero, A.; Fiorenza, L. (2022). Dental macrowear reveals ecological diversity of Gorilla spp. Scientific Reports, 12(9203) . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12488-8 . ISSN: 2045-2322

Mirghani, N.; Dotras, L.; Llana, M.; Barciela, A.; Hernandez-Aguilar, R.A.; Galbany, J. (2023). New range record for the African brush-tailed porcupine, Atherurus africanus, in southeastern Senegal and northern Guinea. African Journal of Ecology, 61(1), pp. 490 - 495 . https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13125 . ISSN: 0141-6707

Mirghani, N.; Dotras, L.; Llana, M.; Barciela, A.; Renelies-Hamilton, J.; Hernandez-Aguilar, R.A.; Galbany, J. (2024). New range record for the Campbell's monkey (Cercopithecus campbelli) in West Africa. Tropical Zoology, 37(3-4), pp. 34 - 41 . https://doi.org/10.4081/tz.2024.162 . ISSN: 0394-6975

Dotras Laia; Barciela Amanda; Llana Manuel; Galbany Jordi; Hernandez-Aguilar R. Adriana (2024). Savanna chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) crop feeding at Dindefelo Senegal: challenges and implications for conservation. Primates, 65(4), pp. 209 - 215 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-024-01125-9 . ISSN: 0032-8332

Sánchez-Megías A; Galán-Plana CF; Mirghani N; Dotras L; Galbany J; Llana M; Arroyo A; Renelies-Hamilton J; Hernandez-Aguilar RA (2024). Wild chimpanzees remember and revisit concealed, underground army ant nest locations throughout multiple years. Communications Biology, 7(1546) . https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-07206-1 . ISSN: 2399-3642

Directed Thesis, minor thesis and research reports

Sarah Carbonell . (2024) . Monkey Munch: The impact of a low sugar, high fiber diet on barbary macaque behavior at Fundació Mona (Master's Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.

Mona A. Lie . (2024) . Conditioned delayed learning in captive bisons from Barcelona Zoo (Master's Thesis) . Oslo Metropolitan University i Universitat de Barcelona.

Andrea Serrano . (2024) . Mida dels canins i rang social dels goril·les de muntanya del Parc Nacional dels Volcans (Master's Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona i Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Elena Sorribes Duarte . (2024) . Aprenentatge en bisons europeus en condicions de captivitat (Master's Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.

Jaume Sánchez . (2024) . Chimpanzee body size variability using photogrammetry in camera trap images (Master's Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.

Activities (stages) and Work experience

Tram de recerca reconegut: 2014-2019