Daniel Hanley
- Assistant Professor
Contact Info

- Name
- Dr. Daniel Hanley
- Job Title
- Assistant Professor
Affiliations
Departments
- Biology Department (Faculty)
Education
- 2007 – 2011 University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Department of Biological Sciences
- 2004 – 2006 Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA Master of Science (MSc), Animal Behavior Program
- 2002 – 2004 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Bachelor of Science (BSc), cum laude with distinction in research Department of Animal Science
- 2000 – 2002 Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
About
Dr. Daniel Hanley is Assistant Professor of Biology at George Mason University. He studies visual perception, cognition, and decision-making in wild birds. By quantifying the diversity of colors found in nature (particularly birds’ eggs), his laboratory addresses fundamental questions about how selection pressures shape the evolution of phenotypes, and how those phenotypes govern species interactions. His work has been published in more than 40 peer-reviewed journals such as Nature Ecology & Evolution, Proceedings of the Royal Society, the American Naturalist, and Biology Letters and is frequently highlighted by the popular press (e.g., as Audubon, the BBC, and Science magazine). In August 2020, Dr. Hanley was awarded Elective Membership at the American Ornithological Society for significant contributions to ornithology and the society.
Contact Info

- Name
- Dr. Daniel Hanley
- Job Title
- Assistant Professor