Sydney Watkins
Research Interests: Sydney's research project investigates how historical factors such as human land management practices can affect the occurrence of island wildlife populations.
Ross Shaw
Research Interests:
Ross worked for his UROP project on the effects of genetic drift in island populations on the levels of fluctuating asymmetry in free ranging reptiles.
Seongjun Kim
Undergraduate Research Assistant, web site developer
Kayleigh White
UG Honors Thesis student
kayleigha2@gmail.com
Research Interests:
Thesis research focused on the factors determining the persistence of parasite populations in island ecosystems.
Research Interests: Conservation of birds.
Aaron Ducoffe
UG Senior Thesis student
aducoffe@gmail.com
Research Interests: Undergraduate research focused on the evolutionary origins of fearlessness in island endemic species.
Nguyen Tran
Undergraduate lab assistant
viclyssa@umich.edu
Research Interests:
Impacts of diseases and parasites on wildlife.
Madeline Lombardo
Undergraduate field assistant and Senior Thesis student
mlombardo@ymcastorercamps.org
Research Interests:
Impacts of avian malaria on parental provisioning rates.
Aaron Niman
Undergraduate lab assistant
Research Interests:
Impacts of avian malaria on songbirds
Research Interests:
Wildlife conservation and sustainable management. Influences of tourism on biodiversity; ethics of conservation.