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

Biologia . Universitat de Barcelona . 23/07/1999 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

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

Teaching impartedi (last 5 years)

Orígens Biològics de la Societat i la Cultura (Bachelor's degree) - Psychology - Universidad de Barcelona.

Orígens de la Conducta Humana (University Master's Degree) - Recerca en Comportament i Cognició - Universidad de Barcelona.

Etologia i evolució de la conducta (Bachelor's degree) - Psychology - Universidad de Barcelona.

Conducta Social i Cognició Animal (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

Physical ontogeny and life history of wild mountain and western gorillas . 2015 - 2018 . National Science Foundation . PI: Shannon C. McFarlin, Michael R Cranfield, Tara S. Stoinksi

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 - 2024 . Ref.2021SGR00366 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Joan Guàrdia Olmos

Relevant publications

Galbany, J.; Abavandimwe, D.; Vakiener, M.; Eckardt, W.; Mudakikwa, A.; Ndagijimana, F.; Stoinski, T.S.; McFarlin, S.C. (2017). Body growth in wild mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) from Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 163(3), pp. 570 - 590 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23232 . ISSN: 0002-9483

Galbany, J.; Muhire, T.; Vecellio, V.; Mudakikwa, A.; Nyiramana, A.; Cranfield, M.R.; Stoinski, T.S.; McFarlin, S.C. (2018). Incisor tooth wear and age determination in mountain gorillas from Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 167, pp. 930 - 935 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23720 . ISSN: 0002-9483

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.; Galbany, J.; McFarlin, S.C.; Ndayishimiye, E.; Stoinski, T.S.; Robbins, M.M. (2020). Dominance rank but not body size influences female reproductive success in mountain gorillas. PLoS One, 15(6) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1932-6203

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) . 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 . https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13125 . ISSN: 0141-6707

Galbany, J.; Twahirwa, J.C.; Baiges-Sotos, L.; Kane, E.E.; Tuyisingize, D.; Kaleme, P.; Rwetsiba, A.; Bitariho, R.; Cranfield, M.R.; Bromage, T.G.; Mudakikwa, A.; Stoinski, T.S.; Robbins, M.M.; McFarlin, S.C. (2020). Dental macrowear in catarrhine primates: variability across species . In Dental wear in evolutionary and biocultural contexts . (pp. 11 - 37) . Elsevier .

Directed Thesis, minor thesis and research reports

Sara Cardoso Rodríguez . (2021) . Validació d'un estudi fotogramètric a través de càmeres trampa en ximpanzés occidentals (Pan troglodytes verus) a Dindefelo, Senegal (Degree work) . Universitat de Barcelona & Instituto Jane Goodall.

Aina Rodó de Yebra . (2021) . Behavioral Study of the ontogenetic development of the savanna chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) from Dindefelo, Senegal (Master's Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona & Instituto Jane Goodall.

Carlota F. Galán Plana . (2021) . Tool use behaviors of Dindefelo chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus), Senegal: Foraging adaptations to a savanna-mosaic environment (Master's Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona & Instituto Jane Goodall.

Núria Hassina Hannaoui Casas . (2022) . Els hominoïdeus catalans del Miocè: Una descripció morfològica i filogenètica (Degree work) . Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Morena Rodríguez . (2022) . Tooth wear related to social and ecological variables in a wild population of baboons from Amboseli, Kenya (Master's Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.

Activities (stages) and Work experience

Tram de recerca reconegut: 2014-2019