Lab Alumni

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

Passina Abe, Pacific Biology 2018

鳥たちよ                 Hey all you birdies

匂い嗅ぎ合い          Smelling all the smells around

メイト当て              Recognize your mate


Lauren Lykins, Pacific Biology 2018

          The riverside wren

          sings sex specific phrases

          not for aggression

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Lab Alumni: gone but not forgotten!

Ari Bali, Pacific Biology 2018

          Fernhill Song Sparrows,

          Your songs so sweet and telling,

          Diverse and complex.



Alberto Micheletti, St Andrews 2015

Seasonal variation in mobbing alarm calls


Current position: IAST Research Fellow, France


Alberto's website


Helen Pargeter, St Andrews, 2015

Features used in predator detection


Field Biologist & Teacher, Argentina


Katharine Philp, St Andrews, 2014

Social learning in zebra finches


Current position: manager, Guide Dogs for the Blind

Graham Richardson, St Andrews, 2013

Mobbing calls in mixed tit flocks


Current position: science communicator, Edinburgh

Emily Geddes, Pacific Biology 2017

Pair-bonds and olfactory communication


Current position: Animal Lab technician OHSU

Katherine Woodruff, Pacific Env Science, 2016

Olfactory communication in birds


English teacher, Japan



Esmeralda Quiros Guerrero


PhD 2019 University of St Andrews


Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México


Ali Osbrink, Pacific Biology 2019


     Traffic noise effects 

     zebra finch cognition; shows

     with detour-reaching


Current position: Vet student, Univ Minnesota



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

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



Megan Meatte, Pacific Biology 2020

    

     Wrens sing chorus songs

     Assessing invader groups

     Defend your homeland



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