Art, Science, and Writing in and about the Galapagos: we just returned from the field component of our three-class curriculum for freshmen that uses the Galapagos Islands as a linked framework for training in writing, evolutionary biology, and artistic expression. My thanks to the course leaders — Liz, Nick, Scott,…
Our lab group was fantastically well represented in a series of 35 short but powerful presentations by undergraduates and graduate students at the Lab of Ornithology Fall board meeting, which was also part of the Lab’s celebration of its 100th birthday. Thanks and congratulations to everyone involved for doing such…
Current lab members in Guarujá: six of our current lab members are presenting their research this week at the Evolution conference in Guarujá, Brazil: (from left to right) Jake Berv, David Toews, Stepfane Aguillon, Leo Campagna, Scott Taylor, and Nick Mason. By all reports, their talks and presentations have all…
Stepfanie on dispersal genomics at Brazil Evolution conference: grad student Stepfanie Aguillon just presented her work on the dispersal genomics of Florida Scrub-jays at the Evolution meeting in Brazil. This project was a robust ‘rotation’ endeavor that Stepfanie motivated during this first year for her at Cornell: Title: Genomic consequences…
Grad student Stepfanie Aguillon has a new paper out that is an extension of her MS research with Rene Duckworth: Duckworth, R.A. and S.M. Aguillon. 2015. Eco-evolutionary dynamics: investigating multiple causal pathways linking changes in behavior, population density and natural selection. Journal of Ornithology. Abstract: Correlations between population density, natural…
Congrats to first-year grad student Stepfanie Aguillon for being awarded a research grant from the Wilson Ornithological Society in support of her exploration of the Northern Flicker hybrid zone using genomic tools.
Congratulations to grads Stepfanie Aguillon, Jake Berv, and Nick Mason, all of whom were awarded research grants from the CALS Mellon awards program in support of their different projects.
Congratulations to grads Stepfanie Aguillon and Jake Berv, who were both awarded significant travel grant to participate in NSF-supported workshops hosted by the Society of Systematic Biologists at this summer’s conference in Guaruja, Brazil.
First-year graduate student Stepfanie Aguillon has a new paper coming out in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology: Aguillon, S.M. and R.A. Duckworth. 2015. Kin aggression and resource availability influence phenotype-dependent dispersal in a passerine bird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Abstract: Understanding the causes of dispersal is important as it strongly influences…
Congratulations to Stepfanie Aguillon and Nick Mason for winning student presentation awards at the end of the AOU/COS meeting! Likewise congratulations to our former undergraduates Shawn Billerman and Ben Winger for this recognition.
Our newest graduate student just presented a great talk in Estes Park on the results of her MS research at the University of Arizona: Aguillon, S. M.; Duckworth, R. A.: RESOURCE-MEDIATED BEHAVIORAL DYNAMICS AMONG KIN DRIVE DISPERSAL IN FIRST-YEAR WESTERN BLUEBIRDS (SIALIA MEXICANA)
A warm welcome to new PhD student Stepfanie Aguillon, who is co-advised by Irby and Rick Harrison in the Field of EEB. Stepfanie comes to us after having completed a BS and MS at the University of Arizona, where she worked in collaboration with Dr. Renee Duckworth on the behavioral…