Meet
the Doucet Lab
Follow the links below to learn more
about people in the Doucet Lab.
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Current Lab Members
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Stéphanie during royal flycatcher
field work in Costa Rica.
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Dr.
Stéphanie
M. Doucet
Assistant Professor
Department
of Biological Sciences
401 Sunset Avenue, Biology Building
University of Windsor
Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4, Canada
E-mail:
sdoucet AT
uwindsor DOT ca
Phone
(office): (519) 253-3000 ext. 2727
Phone (lab): (519) 253-3000 ext. 2704
Fax: (519) 971- 3609
Education
1999 BSc Queen's University
2002 MSc Queen's University
2006 PhD Auburn University
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Daniel with egg sets at the
University of Michigan museum.
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Daniel
Hanley
PhD
Student 2007 - present
Daniel
joined the lab as a PhD student in 2007. Daniel obtained his
BSc from Cornell University, where he studied population genetics in
house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus)
for his honours project. Daniel went on to join the Animal Behaviour
Master's program at Bucknell University, where he studied egg
coloration in gray catbirds (Dumetella
carolinensis). Daniel is working on the evolution of egg
colouration in birds for his PhD.
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Katie
in Costa Rica with a Swainson's thrush.
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Kathryn Rieveley
MSc
Student 2008 - present
Katie
joined our research team in the spring of 2008, after completing her
BSc at the University of Windsor. She conducted field work in Costa
Rica, investigating ecological and social determinants of eye size in
birds. Katie officially began her MSc program in September
2008. She is investigating the courtship, territorial, and
anti-predator functions of displays in Neotropical royal flycatchers (Onychorhynchus coronatus).
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Melissa birdwatching at Point Pelee
National Park in Ontario.
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Melissa Abdellah
MSc
Student 2008 - present
Honours
Student 2007 - 2008
Melissa joined the lab in September 2006
as part of the Behaviour, Cognition, and Neuroscience program. In 2008,
Melissa completed her honours thesis in the lab. Her project
focussed on the evolution of
female colouration in birds. Melissa's MSc project will investigate the
influence of natural and sexual selection on brain size evolution in
birds.
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Kara in the Canadian Arctic with a Ruddy
Turnstone.
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Kara-Anne Ward
MSc
Student 2009 - present
Kara
began her MSc program in September 2009. Kara obtained her BSc from
Laurentien University, where she studied mate choice in chipmunks for
her honours thesis. For her MSc, Kara is investigating mate choice
strategies in female long-tailed manakins.
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Fabio
helping Daniel with some of his starling work.
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Fabio Castelli
Honours
Student 2009 - present
Fabio
joined the lab as a research volunteer in January 2009. He is
currently completing his Hounours thesis on the influence of life
history traits on hybridization in birds.
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| Doucet Lab Photos of
Research and Lab Activities |
Doucet
Lab Fall 2008
From left to right: Jessica Cuthbert, Celia Chui, Daniel Hanley,
Michelle Bondy, Melissa Adellah, Katie Rieveley, Jillian Faraci,
Allison Mistakidis, Karen Cogliati, and Stéphanie Doucet.
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Fall 2008
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A
toast to Jessica's successful defense!
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Stephanie
and David Lahti enjoying some single malt and a laugh.
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2008
Costa
Rica Field Work
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Katie
measuring a swainson's thrush.
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Stephanie and Katie measuring birds.
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Katie
with a long-tailed manakin. |
Stephanie
and Dan at La Ceiba.
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Katie
befriending a coati.
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Parrot chewing at Stephanie's shoulder.
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| 2008
Ontario Field Work |
Daniel
installing a starling nest box in Windsor, with the Ambasador Bridge in
the background.
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Daniel and Celia painting nest boxes.
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Daniel and Celia installing nest boxes.
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Daniel experimenting with paints.
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Celia
extracting a yellow-rumped warbler
from a mist net.
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Celia
with a yellow-rumped warbler at
Hillman Marsh.
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Celia
with an ovenbird.
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Celia
banding a kinglet.
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| 2007
Ontario Field Work |
Daniel
and Allison in their ring-billed
gull colony.
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Steph, Allison, and Daniel at the ring-billed gull study site.
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Ring-billed
gull diving straight for
Allison.
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Ring-billed
gull on nest.
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Karen
fishing for bluegills.
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Karen
measuring dermal reflectance in a
bluegill.
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Karen
and Steph with portable
spectrometer.
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Karen
measuring water characteristics
with a hydrolab.
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| 2007
Costa
Rica Field Work |
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2007 Royal Flycatcher Team: Celia, Jess,
and Stephanie.
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2007 Costa Rica Field Crew: Stephanie,
Dan, Jess, David, Nicole, Celia.
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Eating dinner at our Costa Rica field
house.
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Stephanie's
Dad Conrad visits Costa Rica.
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Conrad
discovers Dad's Cliff at the far
end of the Royal Flycatcher study site.
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Dan
showing off for his father-in-law.
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Jess about to check a royal flycatcher
nest.
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A very cute royal flycatcher baby.
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Celia
holding a baby royal flycatcher.
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A
very muddy field crew after freeing our
SUV from this mud pit!
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Celia
has had it with being bossed around
by Jess.
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| University
of Michigan Museum of Zology Visit – March 2007 |
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 Jess measuring bunting plumage
reflectance.
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Daniel measuring egg reflectance.
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Stéphanie measuring manakin
morphology.
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Jess examining tanager reflectance.
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| Ontario
Biology Day, McMaster University – March 20 |
Stéphanie and Allison at
registration.
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Dan and the two Sarahs at registration.
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Allison presenting her honours
thesis research.
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| Peru
Field Course and Research – February/March 2007 |
In
February 2007, Stéphanie Doucet and Dan Mennill led a field
rouce on the Tropical Ecology of Amazonian Peru.
Back
Row: David Bradley, Jessica Cuthbert, Lauren Reed,
Stéphanie Doucet, Dan Mennill, Ashley Steinberg, Nikki
Christopher,
Lauren Haindl, Courtney Carmichael, Vanessa Vega, Jason Mouland. Front
row: Gino (Resident Naturalist at Explorer's Inn), Tom Hossie, Erica
McMullen, Brendan McGovern, Marie LaForme, Christine Terwissen, Steph
Tait, Anna Skorbohacz, Peter Slater, Jenny Lazebnik, Jessica Webster,
Lyndsey Russell, Kyle Swiston, and Nicole Barker.
Click
here
to see more photos from our field course.
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Jess
holding her Peruvian study species - the silver-beaked tanager.
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Dan
with a thrush-like wren.
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Pale-legged hornero.
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Ruddy-tailed flycatcher.
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Silver-beaked tanager.
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| Bird
Bag
Sewing Party – February 2007 |
Ellen,
Dan, and Holly showing off woodpecker cake.
Photo by Nicole Barker
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Stan,
Jess, and Britney sewing bird bags.
Photo by Nicole Barker
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Kyle
and Sarah sewing bird bags.
Photo by Nicole Barker
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Jess
and Daniel learning about 1950's zoology.
Photo by Nicole Barker
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The
woodpecker techs get a kick out of it too.
Photo by Nicole Barker
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Nicole
and Kyle.
Photo by Nicole Barker
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Don't
mess with Daniel.
Photo by Nicole Barker
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| Doucet/Mennill
Lab Birding Trip to Pelee – September 2006 |
Jim
Quinn (from McMaster University), David Bradley,
Stéphanie Doucet, Sandra Valderrama, Trevor Pitcher, Peter
Christie
(journalist from Kingston), Kyle Swiston,
Jessica Cuthbert, Dan Mennill,
Nicole Barker and Sarah Tremain (left to right).
Photo:
September 2006, Point Pelee, Photo by Nicole Barker
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Jessica
and
Stéphanie.
Point Pelee, Photo by Nicole Barker
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Sarah
and Kyle.
Point Pelee, Photo by Nicole Barker
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Looking
through scope at Point Pelee.
Point Pelee, Photo by Nicole Barker
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Early
morning on the beach at Point Pelee.
Point Pelee, Photo by Nicole Barker
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| Doucet/Mennill
Lab Grad Student Retreat – August 2006 |
Kyle Swiston, Jessica Cuthbert, Stéphanie Doucet,
Steph Topp, Lauren Reed, Sandra Valderrama, Dan Mennill, Nicole Barker,
and David Bradley (left to right).
Pinery
Provincial Park, Photo by Nicole Barker |
Bird
nerds.
Pinery Provincial Park, Photo by Nicole Barker
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Hiking
around.
Pinery Provincial Park, Photo by Nicole Barker
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Former students
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Doucet Lab 2007
From left to right: Stéphanie
Doucet, Melissa Abdellah, Allison
Mistakidis, Daniel Hanley, Jessica Cuthbert, and Irina Bobeica.
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Jessica with a displaying male royal
flycatcher in Costa Rica.
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Jessica
Cuthbert
MSc Student
2006 - 2008
Jessica began her
Master's program in September 2006. Jesica
obtained her BSc from the University of
Windsor, where she studied duetting in plain wrens for her
honours project. Jessica's MSc project focussed on characterizing the
mating
system
of royal flycatchers (Onychorhynchus
coronatus) and investigating patterns mutual sexual selection in
these remarkable birds. Jessica is now a research assistant at the
University of Windsor.
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Karen with a spotted gar.
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Karen Cogliati
MSc
Student 2007 - 2009
Karen
began her MSc program in September 2007. After obtaining her BSc from
the University of Windsor, Karen worked on bluegills , Lepomis macrochirus, for her MSc project. She investigated
the social and
ecological
causes of variation in bluegill coloration. Karen's work on fish
brought
a welcome perspective to a lab full of bird nerds. Karen was
co-supervised by Dr. Lynda
Corkum. Karen is now pursuing a PhD at McMaster University.
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Celia holding a male royal flycatcher.
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Celia Chui
MSc
Student 2007 - 2009
Celia
obtained her BSc from the University
of British Columbia. She
joined our lab as a field research technician in May 2007 to help the
royal flyctacher crew with field work in Costa Rica. She began her MSc
program in September 2007. Celia's MSc project focussed on inter
and
intrapopulation variation in plumage colouration in golden-crowned
kinglets.
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Allison
holding a female manakin in Costa Rica.
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Allison
Mistakidis
Honours
Student 2006 - 2007
MSc Student
2007 - 2010
Allison joined the lab as an honours
student in September 2006 and as an MSc student in in September 2007.
For her honours
project, Allison investigated
geographic variation in plumage coloration among manakins in the genus Chiroxiphia. For her MSc, Allison
investigated the evolution of plumage colouration in wood warblers
(Parulidae).
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Michelle measuring speciments at the
Unversity of Michigan.
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Michelle Bondy
Honours
Student 2008 - 2009
Michelle
began volunteering the the lab in the spring of 2008 and then conducted
her Honours Thesis research in the lab. Her thesis prject the
influence of migration on plumage colroation in the
family Anatidae. Michelle is now persuing her MSc at the University of
Western Ontario.
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Jillian
summer 2008
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Jillian Faraci
Honours
Student 2008 - 2009
Jillian
joined the lab in the summer of 2008 and began working on her Honours
thesis project the following September. As part of her project, Jillian
analyzed videos of long-tailed manakins, Chiroxiphia linearis, performing
elaborate dual-male courtship dispays at their leks to determined
whether females exhibited visual lateralization.
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Irina outside the Biology Building.
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Irina Bobeica
Research
Volunteer 2006 - 2008
Irina joined the lab as a work study
student in October 2006. In her third year of a Biology
undergraduate degree, Irina continued to work in the lab as a research
volunteer. Her project focused on a
comparative study of Neotropical antbirds (Thamnophilidae).
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Dave with a black rat snake.
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David Reis
Research
Volunteer 2007 - 2008
Dave joined the lab as a research
volunteer in September 2007. He helped many of the students in the lab
with their various field and museum based projects.
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