Lab Members

Lab Alumni

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Lauren Lykins

Pacific Biology 2018

The riverside wren

sings sex specific phrases

not for aggression

Alberto Micheletti

St Andrews, 2015

Seasonal variation in mobbing alarm calls


Current position:

IAST Research Fellow, France

Alberto's website

Passina Abe

Pacific Biology 2018

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Hey all you birdies

Smelling all the smells around

Recognize your mate

Helen Pargeter

St Andrews, 2015

Features used in predator detection


Current position:

Field biologist and teacher, Argentina


Ari Bali

Pacific Biology 2018

Fernhill Song Sparrows,

Your songs so sweet and telling,

Diverse and complex.



Katharine Philp

St Andrews, 2014

Social learning in zebra finches


Current position:

Manager, Guide Dogs for the Blind

Undergraduate Students

Graham Richardson

St Andrews, 2013

Mobbing calls in mixed tit flocks


Current postion:

Science communicator, Edinburgh

PhD Students

Emily Geddes

Pacific Biology, 2017

Pair-bonds and olfactory communication


Current position:

Lab Animal Technician, OHSU

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Katherine Woodruff

Pacific Environmental Science, 2016

Olfactory communication in birds


Current position:

English teacher, Japan



Nora Carlson


PhD 2017 University of St Andrews


Current Position: Marie Curie Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology/Universitie of Konstanz, Germany


Nora's website

Ali Osbrink

Pacific Biology 2019

Traffic noise effects 

Zebra Finch cognition; shows

With detour-reaching     


Current position:

Vet Student, Univ Minnesota

Esmeralda Quiros Guerrero


PhD 2019 University of St Andrews


Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Megan Meatte

Pacific Biology 2020

Wrens sing chorus songs

Assessing invader groups

Defend your homeland

Alan Tran

Pacific Biology 2019

For the zebra finch

Noisy cars and noisy roads

Impair their learning


Katri Herranen

Pacific Biology 2019

Hear a tune so high,

tangled in low noise. Frightful,

the birds win this round

Amber O'Connor

Pacific Biology 2019

Traffics noise affects 

Chickadee performance on 

Three cognitive tasks 

Franco Meraz

Pacific Biology 2019

Would loud traffic noise,

Hurt animal cognition?

Chickadees think so

Sarah Strack

Pacific Biology 2019

Noise pollution leads

To decrease in cognitive

Skill in chickadees


Current position:

Vet student, Oregon State Univ

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Lab Alumni: gone but not forgotten!