Previous Mennill Lab Members
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Former
Postdoctoral
Fellows
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Jennifer Foote NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow (2010)
Jenn Foote conducted
NSERC-funded postdoctoral research in the Mennill Lab in 2010 on dawn
chorus singing behaviour in songbirds. Jenn moved on to a tenure-track
position in the Biology Department at Algoma University in Sault Ste.
Marie. (Link to Jenn's website)
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Former
Graduate Students
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Nicole Barker M.Sc. Student (2006-2008)
Nicole
conducted Master's research on sound transmission in neotropical
habitats, including a detailed study of male versus female song
transmission in
Rufous-and-white Wrens (Thryothorus
rufalbus). After completing her MSc, Nicole went on to the PhD
program at Université Laval. |
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David Bradley M.Sc. Student (2006-2008)
David conducted Master's
research on vocal behaviour
of Rufous-naped Wrens (Campylorhynchus
rufinucha), a cooperatively breeding neotropical
bird. After completing his MSc, David went on to
the PhD
program at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. |
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Sarah Douglas M.Sc. Student (2008-2011)
Sarah
Douglas (nee
Tremain) conducted Master's research on paternity and duetting
behaviour in Rufous-and-white Wrens (Thryothorus
rufalbus). After completing her MSc, Sarah went on to work as
a naturalist at Pinery Provincial Park. |
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Lauren Fitzsimmons M.Sc. Student (2005-2007)
Lauren Fitzsimmons
(nee Reed) conducted Master's research on
network-level communication behaviour in Black-capped
Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus).
She received the prestigious Governer General's Gold
Medal for her Master's research. After completing her MSc, Lauren
went on to a PhD program at Carleton University. |
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Julie Koloff M.Sc. Student (2008-2010)
Julie conducted Master's
research on both descriptive and experimental aspects of the vocal
behaviour of Barred Antshrikes (Thamnophilus
doliatus). After completing her MSc, Julie worked in two
different
research laboratories as a research technician. |
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Van La M.Sc. Student (2008-2010)
Van conducted Master's
research on landscape-scale
communication networks in Common Loons (Gavia immer). After completing her
MSc, Van went on to the
PhD program at University of Guelph. |
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Karan Odom M.Sc. Student (2007-2009)
Karan conducted Master's
research on vocal behaviour of Barred Owls (Strix varia). After completing her
MSc, Karan went to work on a research fellowship at the American Museum
of Natural History and then the PhD program at University of
Maryland. |
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Anneka Osmun M.Sc. Student (2008-2010)
Anneka
conducted Master's research on repertoire use by duetting birds,
focusing on vocal behaviour Rufous-and-white Wrens (Thryothorus rufalbus). After
completing her
MSc, Anneka travelled and worked in New Zealand.
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Kyle Swiston M.Sc. Student (2006-2007)
Kyle conducted
Master's
research on analytical techniques for processing long digital field
recordings,
including a search for Ivory-billed Woodpeckers (Campephilus principalis) in
Florida. After completing his MSc, Kyle worked as computer technician
and a laboratory technician,
before beginning teacher's college at University of Western Ontario.
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Stephanie Topp Master's Student (2005-2007)
Steph conducted
Master's research on seasonal variation in the vocal behaviour of
Rufous-and-white Wrens (Thryothorus
rufalbus). After completing her MSc, Steph worked with an NGO in
Ecuador and several field research jobs before beginning teacher's
college in Toronto.
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Former
Visiting
Researchers
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Stephanie Doucet Visiting Researcher (2005-2006)
Stephanie was a
visiting researcher in the Mennill Sound Analysis Lab while she wrote
her dissertation under the supervision of Dr. Geoff
Hill at Auburn University. Stephanie is
now an Associate Professor at the University of Windsor.
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Sandra Gallo Visiting Researcher (2008-2009)
Sandra conducted
research in the Mennill
Lab starting in 2008-2009, studying Rock Wrens (Salpinctes obsoletus).
Sandra returned to Mexico where she
continued to study bird songs and sound scapes from both a scientific
and artistic perspective. |
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Somboon Kamtaeja Visiting Researcher (2010-2011)
Somboon spent a year in
the
Mennill Lab as a visiting research scientist supported by a
Strategic Scholarships Fellowship from the Thailand Frontier Research
Networks. As a PhD at Chiang
Mai University in Thailand, he studied the songs of Pycnonotus bulbuls in the lab.
Somboon returned to Thailand to complete his PhD.
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Sandra Valderrama Visiting Researcher (2006)
Sandra was a visiting
researcher in the Mennill Sound Analysis Lab in
2006 studying the critically
endangered Niceforo's Wren (Thryothorus
nicefori) with support from a grant from the Association of
Universities and Colleges of
Canada. Sandra went on to the PhD
program at University of Waikato, New Zelanad.
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Former
Honours
Thesis Students
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Sarah Baldo Undergraduate Researcher (2006-2009), Honours Thesis Student
(2009-2010)
Sarah
conducted research in the Mennill Lab throughout her undergraduate
degree, including a summer co-op position, an Ivory-billed Woodpecker
research technician, and a volunteer researcher. She conducted Honours
research on vocal behaviour Great Curassows (Crax rubra). Sarah went on to the
MSc program at University of
Windsor.
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Natalie Bond Undergraduate Researcher (2007-2008), Honours Thesis Student
(2008-2009)
Natalie conducted
research in the Mennill Lab as an Ivorybilled Woodpecker research
technician and Summer NSERC student. She conducted Honours research on
vocal behaviour of Long-tailed Manakins (Chiroxiphia linearis). |
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Claudia Bustos Undergraduate Researcher
(2006-2007), Honours Thesis Student
(2007-2008)
Claudia
conducted research in the Mennill Lab as an Ivory-billed Woodpecker
research technician. She conducted Honours research on the vocal
behaviour of Howler Monkeys (Alouatta
palliata). Claudia went on to work as the Science School
Programmer at the Calgary Science Museum.
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Jessica Cuthbert Honours Thesis Student (2005-2006)
Jessica
conducted
Honours research on descriptive and comparative studies of the vocal
behaviour of Plain Wrens (Thryothorus
modestus). She went on to the MSc
program at University of Windsor.
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Sam Dundas Undergraduate Coop Student (2010);
Honours Thesis Student (2010-2011)
Sam
conducted research through the University of Windsor's
Co-Op program in 2010 and then conducted Honours research on the
alarm calling and vocal behaviour of Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus).
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Holly Hennin Undergraduate researcher (2006-2007),
Honours Thesis
Student (2007-2008)
Holly conducted research in the Mennill Lab as an Ivory-billed
Woodpecker research technician. She conducted Honours research on
bachelor male singing behaviour in Rufous-and-white Wrens (Thryothorus rufalbus). She went on
to the MSc program at
University of Regina, and then the PhD program at University of Windsor.
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Angela Joseph Honours Thesis Student (2006-2007)
Angela
conducted Honours research on diel and seasonal variation in the vocal
behaviour of Long-tailed Manakins (Chrioxiphia
linearis).
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Jason Mouland Undergraduate researcher (2005-2006),
Honours Thesis Student (2006-2007)
Jason
conducted research as an Ivory-billed Woodpecker research technician.
He conducted Honours research on the vocal behaviour of
Rufous-and-white Wrens (Thryothorus
rufalbus). He went on to continue his studies at the
University of Guelph. |
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Sheeva Nakhaie Honours Thesis Student (2009-2010)
Sheeva
conducted Honours research on bioacoustic methods for assessing
biodiversity in Ontario forests. She went on to the MSc program at the
University of Windsor.
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Anneka Osmun Undergraduate Researcher (2006-2007);
Honours Thesis Student (2007-2008)
Anneka
conducted research
as an Ivory-billed Woodpecker research technician. She conducted
Honours research on spatial analyses of territorial behaviour in
Rufous-and-white Wrens (Thyothorus
rufalbus). Anneka went on the MSc
program at University of Windsor.
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Sarah Tremain Honours Thesis Student (2006-2007)
Sarah conducted Honours research on seasonal variation in the vocal
behaviour of tempearte woodpeckers, including Pileated Woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus). Sarah went on
the MSc
program at University of Windsor.
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Sarah Lippold Undergraduate Researcher
(2005-2006), Honours Thesis Student (2006-2007)
Sarah
conducted research as an Ivory-billed Woodpecker research technician.
She conducted Honours research on victory displays in Black-capped
Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus),
publishing her work in the journal Acta
Ethologica. Sarah went on to study nursing at
Wayne State University. |
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Scott Wonsch Honours Thesis Student (2010-2011)
Scott
conducted Honours
Thesis research on diel variation
in the
vocalizations of neotropical Long-tailed Manakins (Chiroxiphia linearis).
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Former Research
Technicians
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Melissa Abdellah Undergraduate Researcher
(2008), Summer NSERC Student (2008)
Melissa
worked part time
as
a sound analysis technician in the Mennill Lab on the Ivory-billed
Woodpecker project, and part time in Stephanie Doucet's laboratory in
the summer of 2008.
Melissa went on to the MSc program at University of Windsor. |
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Nisreen Al-Farra Undergraduate Researcher (2010-2011)
Nisreen
conducted volunteer research in the Mennill
Lab in 2010-2011 studying the vocal behaviour of
temperate birds with Mennill Lab postdoc
Dave Wilson. She went on to conduct her Honours thesis in Dennis Higgs'
laboratory.
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Farah Arbab Work Study Student (2007)
Farah worked in the
Mennill
Lab
in
Fall of 2007 as a Work Study student conducting
spatial analyses
of singing behaviour in temperate and tropical birds.
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Emily Bailey Ivorybill Sound Analysis
Technician
(2006-2007)
Emily conducting volunteer
research on Pale-billed Woodpeckers in 2006. In
2007, she joined the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Bioacoustic Team. Emily
went on to the Master's program at the University of Western Ontario. |
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Cassandra Belmore Work Study Student
(2007-2008)
Cassandra worked in the
Mennill
Lab in Fall of 2007 as a Work Study student conducting
comparative analyses of
temperate and tropical birds.
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Anikka Bolender BCN Student Researcher (2009-2010)
Anikka conducted research
in the
Mennill
Lab in 2009 as a BCN student researcher. She studyied the
evolution of duetting behaviour in temperate and tropical birds.
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Karen Cogliati Ivorybill Sound Analysis
Technician (2006-2007)
Karen
conducted volunteer research on
Pale-billed Woodpeckers in 2006. In 2007, she joined the Ivory-billed
Woodpecker Bioacoustic Team. Karen went on to the Master's program at
the
University of Windsor and the PhD program at McMaster University.
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Matt Deneau Ivorybill Sound Analysis
Technician (2006-2007)
Matt
conducted volunteer
research on
Pale-billed Woodpeckers in 2006. In 2007, he joined the Ivory-billed
Woodpecker Bioacoustic Team. |
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Britney Falica
Ivorybill Sound Analysis Technician (2006-2007), Summer Research
Technician (2007)
Britney
joined the
Mennill Lab
in 2006, conducting volunteer research on
Pale-billed Woodpeckers. In 2007, she joined the Ivory-billed
Woodpecker Bioacoustic Team. In the summer of 2007 she worked as a
research technician in the Mennill Lab. Britney went on to the Master's
program at the University of Windsor. |
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Melanie
Farquhar Field and Lab Technician (2008)
Melanie
joined the
Mennill Lab in the summer of 2008, conducting field resesarch at
Queen's University Biological Station, and then as a summer laboratory
research technician studying the vocal behaviour of North American wood
warblers. She went on to teacher's college in Australia.
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James Goettel Ivorybill Sound Analysis Technician (2006-2007), Work Study Student
(2007-2008)
James
joined the Mennill
Lab in
2006, conducting volunteer research on
Pale-billed Woodpeckers. In 2007, he joined the Ivory-billed
Woodpecker Bioacoustic Team. In 2007-2008 James worked as a Work Study
student in
the lab, working with Karan Odom on the Barred Owl project. |
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Danielle Gough Work Study Student (2008-2009)
Danielle
joined the
Mennill
Lab in
2008, conducting research on the ecology and evolution of
vocal behaviour in birds. Danielle's research project was supported by
the Work Study Program. She went on to the Master's program at Trent
University.
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Ellen Green Ivorybill Sound Analysis Technician (2006-2007)
Ellen
joined the Mennill
Lab in
2006, conducting volunteer research on
Pale-billed Woodpeckers. In 2007, she joined the Ivory-billed
Woodpecker Bioacoustic Team. Ellen went on to the Master's program at
the
University of Windsor. |
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Lex Hand Ivorybill Sound Analysis Technician (2006-2007)
Lex
joined the Mennill
Lab in
2006, conducting volunteer research on
Pale-billed Woodpeckers. In 2007, she joined the Ivory-billed
Woodpecker Bioacoustic Team. |
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Adam Henkel Field Research Technician (2010)
Adam
joined the Mennill
Lab in
summer 2010 conducting field studies of wrens in Costa Rica as a
research assistant.
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Trisha Howlett Ivorybill Sound Analysis
Technician (2006-2007)
Trisha
joined the Mennill
Lab
in 2006, conducting volunteer research on
Pale-billed Woodpeckers. In 2007, she joined the Ivory-billed
Woodpecker Bioacoustic Team. Trisha went on to study nutrition sciences
at Wayne State University in Detroit. |
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Julie Koloff Work Study Student (2007-2008), Research Technician
(2008)
Julie joined the Mennill
Lab in
Fall of 2007. She worked as a Work Study student in the laboratory, and
as a research
technician on the Rufous-and-white Wren project in Costa Rica during
the field season of 2008. Julie went on to the Master's program at the
University of Windsor. |
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Allison
Mistakidis Ivorybill Sound Analysis Technician (2006-2007)
Allison
joined the
Mennill Lab
in 2006, conducting volunteer research on
Pale-billed Woodpeckers. In 2007, she joined the Ivory-billed
Woodpecker Bioacoustic Team. Allison went on to the Master's
program at the University of Windsor. |
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Rachel Noble Outstanding Scholar Research Student
(2008-2009)
Rachel
joined the Mennill
Lab in
2008, investigating the ecology and evolution of
duetting behaviour in temperate songbirds. Rachel's research project
was supported by
the Outstanding Scholar Undergraduate Program. |
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Katie Rieveley
Ivorybill Sound Analysis Technician (2006-2007)
Katie
joined the Mennill
Lab in
2006, conducting volunteer research on
Pale-billed Woodpeckers. In 2007, she joined the Ivory-billed
Woodpecker Bioacoustic Team. Katie went on to the Master's program at
the
University of Windsor. |
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Justyn Stahl Ivorybill Field Research Technician (2006-2007)
Justyn
Stahl joined the
Mennill
Lab in 2007 as the lead field research assistant on the
Ivory-billed Woodpecker bioacoustics project in Florida. Justyn
received his MSc from University of Florida in Gainesville, where he
studied Acorn Woodpeckers under Madan Oli and Walt Koenig. |
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Sylvie
Tremblay Sound Analysis Technician (2005-2006 and 2006-2007)
Sylvie
joined the Mennill
Sound
Analysis Lab in January 2006. Sylvie
played an important role as a sound analysis technician for the
ivory-billed woodpecker project in 2006, and has re-joined the
Ivory-billed Woodpecker Bioacoustics Team in 2007. Sylvie went on to
the
Master's program at the University of Guelph. |
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Leanne Wilson Field Research Technician (2009)
Leanne joined the Mennill
Lab
in January of 2009. She is working on the Black-capped Chickadee field
project in 2009. Leanne received both her undergraduate and Master's
degree from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Manitoba.
She then worked in the horticulture industry in Australia for three
years before finding her calling as a chickadee field researcher. |
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Kathryn Winger
NSERC Summer Research Student
(2006)
Kathryn
conducted
research in
the Mennill Sound Analysis Lab in the
summer of 2006. Kathryn played an important role as a sound analysis
technician for the ivory-billed woodpecker project. Kathryn also
conducted spatial analyses of wrens during the summer of
2006 as an NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Award recipient.
Kathryn went on to vet school at the University of Guelph. |
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Stan Yavno Ivorybill Sound Analysis Technician (2006-2007)
Stan
joined the Mennill
Lab in
2006, conducting volunteer research on
Pale-billed Woodpeckers. In 2007, he joined the Ivory-billed
Woodpecker Bioacoustic Team. Stan went on to the MSc program at the
University of Windsor and the PhD program at Trent University . |
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Former
Undergraduate Research Volunteers
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Sherry Brew Biology Undergraduate Research Volunteer
(2006)
Sherry
conducted research
in
the Mennill Sound Analysis Lab in the fall
semester of 2006. Sherry conducted a bioacoustic study on the
vocal
behaviour of temperate and tropical woodpeckers. |
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Anikka Bolender BCN Student Research Volunteer (2009)
Anikka joined the
Mennill
Lab in 2009 as an undergraduate research volutneer from the University
of Windsor's Behaviour, Cognition, and Neuroscience program. She is
working with Julie Koloff to study the vocal behaviour of Barred
Antshrikes.
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Jason Brogan Biology Undergraduate Research Volunteer
(2005)
Jason conducted research
the
Mennill Sound Analysis Lab between
September and December
2005. Jason assisted with research on the visual displays of
neotropical birds under the lab's
visiting researcher, Stephanie Doucet.
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Keven Bruce Undergraduate Research Volunteer
(2008-2009)
Keven joined the Mennill
Lab in
2008, conducting volunteer research on the ecology and evolution of
vocal behaviour in birds.
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Lindsay
Davidson Biology Undergraduate Research Volunteer
(2005)
Lindsay
conducted
research in
the Mennill Sound Analysis Lab between
September and
December 2005. Lindsay conducted a bioacoustic study on the vocal
behaviour of temperate warblers. |
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Shana Dowdell Undergraduate Research Volunteer
(2008-2009)
Shana joined the Mennill
Lab in
2008, conducting volunteer research on the ecology and evolution of
vocal behaviour in birds.
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Dani Jamieson Biology Undergraduate Research Volunteer
(2005)
Dani
conducted research
in the
Mennill Sound Analysis Lab in the fall
semester of 2006. Dani conducted a bioacoustic study on the vocal
behaviour of temperate and tropical woodpeckers. |
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Joshua Martin Biology Undergraduate Research Volunteer
(2005)
Joshua conducted research
in
the Mennill Sound Analysis Lab in the fall
semester of 2006. Joshua conducted a bioacoustic study on the vocal
behaviour of temperate and tropical woodpeckers. Josh went on to a
Master's program at the University of Windsor. |
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Blue Raasch Undergraduate Research Volunteer
(2008-2009)
Blue joined the Mennill
Lab in
2008, conducting volunteer research on the ecology and evolution of
vocal behaviour in birds.
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Stephanie Saad Work Study Student
(2009)
Stephanie joined the
Mennill
Lab in
2009 as a Work Study student. She is working on a combined
Mennill/Doucet Lab effort to study the evolutionary biology of birds
using the specimen collection at the University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor.
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Stephanie
Wilson BCN Student Researcher (2005-2006)
Stephanie was a BCN
student
research volunteer in the Mennill Sound
Analysis Lab during the 2005-2006 school year, conducting research on
geographic variation in the songs of male and female
tropical birds.
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Daria Zajac Research Volunteer (2008)
Daria joined the Mennill
Lab in the summer of 2008. She is conducting
an independent study on diurnal variation in the singing behaviour of
temperate songbirds. Daria went on to a graduate program at the
University of Western Ontario.
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