Field Work

For my own research

2012 April and May
- 222 团 near Fukang, near Urumqi in Xinjiang China
- Catching Dipus sagitta, Allactaga elater, and Meriones meridianus. Measuring the entropy of their escape trajectories under natural conditions
- Collecting sand, measuring surface strength of sand
- With Kim Cooper (Harvard Medical School, now UCSD), Sarah Paine, Yin Yanchiang (Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, Xinjiang China)
2014 December
- Honeymoon Well, Lake Way Station, near Wiluna, Western Australia
- Giralia Station, near Exmouth, Western Australia
- Catching Notomys alexis, Pseudomys sp., and other nocturnal desert mammals. Measuring the entropy of their escape trajectories under natural conditions
- Catching Varanus sp. lizards
- Measuring bite force of lizards and rodents
- Force platform and high speed video of lizards and rodents
- Exporting voucher specimens for accessioning into the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology Mammalogy collection
- Collecting sand, measuring surface strength of sand
- With Chris Clemente (University of Queensland, now University of Sunshine Coast) and Taylor Dick (Simon Fraser University)
2015 May
- Zzyzx, Southern California
- Trapping Dipodomys merriami, D. deserti and measuring the entropy of their escape trajectories under natural conditions
- Collecting sand, measuring surface strength of sand
- With Angela Horner (CSU San Bernardino) and Emily Abbott (UC Irvine)
2016
- Villa Carmen, Peru

As a field assistant

2010 July
- Bangi, Malaysia
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia)
- Catching Stick Insects to determine if their miniscule wings allow them to direct their aerial descent
- for Yu Zeng (UC Berkeley, Dudley lab)
2015 June
- South Bimini
- Catching Anolis sagrei, A. smaragdinus, A. distichus, A. angusticeps, taking morphological and color data, and releasing them. Looking for signs of selection from year to year
- For Pavitra Muralidhar (Harvard University, Losos lab)