Undergraduates

About: Abby is a Zoology major who started at NMU in 2014. She is interested in animal behavior, education, and interpretation of animals. Originally from Mahtomedi, Minnesota, Abby hopes to become an educational interpreter after she graduates, as well as continue to work with birds in a research setting.

About: Cody is a biology student with an emphasis in ecology, and started at NMU in 2016. He is interested in conservation management, stewardship, ecosystem dynamics, and population and community ecology with a focus in avian habitat conservation. Originally from Harbor Springs, Michigan, Cody plans on obtaining a masters degree following his graduation from NMU to pursue a career in conservation ecology.

About: Dani is originally from Zeeland, Michigan and started at NMU in the fall of 2014.  She is majoring in biology and her interests include evolution, animal behavior, and conservation.

About: Nate is majoring in Biology with an Ecology emphasis, and has been part of the lab group since 2015. His interests are focused on a range of topics relating to bird behavior and conservation, especially from a broader ecological perspective. He is from Lansing, Michigan, and plans to get a PhD after graduating from NMU and continue into a career involving ecological field research with a focus on birds.

About: Jason is a Biology major with a Zoology concentration and he started school at NMU in 2015. He is from Whitmore Lake, Michigan. His interest lies in photography, behavior, and interactions with the ecosystem.

About: Joseph is a biology major with an ecology concentration. He started at NMU in Fall 2016. His primary interests are avian ecology and biodiversity. He plans to go to graduate school a few years after completing his undergrad.

2017-Present: PhD Student, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia

(Parrot Lab, Savannah River Ecology Lab)

2018-Present: Field Mammalogist, San Diego Natural History Museum

2017-2018: Collections, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research

2017-Present: Field Biologist, Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge

2017-Present: Outdoor Recreation Field Instructor, Gateway Academy 

2017-Present: Biology Master's Student, NMU - D. Becker Advisor 

2017-Present: 

2014-Present: Veterinary Student, Michigan State University

2013-2014: Vector-transmitted Avian Disease Laboratory Technician, Hawaii Cooperative Studies Unit

2014-present: Michigan State University, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program

2016-Present: PhD Student, BioMedical Science Program, Wake Forest University, NC

2013-2016: Masters of Science, "Structure and Function of Bordetella Transcription Factor BpsR", BioMedical Science Program, Wake Forest University, NC

(Photo of Brittney being awarded "Best Poster" at 2012 Michigan Bird Conservation Initiative Conference).

2012-present: Michigan Audubon Bird Guide, Field Ornithologist, General Bird Whisperer

2015-present: Product engineer, PHYCO2, East Lansing MI

2013-2015: University of Minnesota Conservation Biology Graduate Program

2011-2012: Alaska Fish and Wildlife Service - Field Technician

2011-2012: USGS - Crew Leader for shorebird research, Colville River Delta Alaska

2011-2012: Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory- Research Assistant, Southeast Arizona

2010: University of California, Santa Barbara- Research Assistant, Austin, Nevada

2012-present: Pre-Doctoral Candidate, Mayo College of Medicine & Mayo Graduate School 

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Cancer Biology

2010-2011: Science Teacher (6-12), Superior Central High School

2016-Present: Junior Faculty, University of Hawaii, Manoa

2009-2016: Ph.D., Systematics and Evolution, University of Alberta, CA

2008-present: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Doctor of Medicine Expected May 2013

2016-present: Emergency Medical Physician, Marquette General Hospital

2012-2016: Resident, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine, Boston MA

2010-2011: Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow, UNC-Chapel Hill

2007-2012: Doctor of Medicine - Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

2011-2014: M.S. Student, Northern Michigan University, Department of Biology

2010-2011: Avian Field Biologist – Site Leader, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

2008-2010: Biological Science Technician USDA – Forest Service North Central Research Station, Columbia, MO

2016-present: Petoskey Pediatric Dentistry

2014-2016: 

2011-2014: M.S.D., M.P.H., Pediatric Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2006-2011: D.D.S University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

2009-2010: Howard Hughes Medical Institute-NIH Research Scholars Program

2012-present: Medical College of Wisconsin, Research Technologist in Pediatrics and Developmental Biology: Genetics and maintenance of the mouse olfactory epithelium.

2007-2011 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Integrative Biology Master's Program, Master of Science in Biology: "Population Genetics of the Illinois Chorus Frog (Pseudacris streckeri illinoensis)"

2012-present: Lecturer, College of the Bahamas

2011-2012: Adjunct Faculty, Terreve College

2009-2012: Assistant Plant Ecologist, Puerto Rico Conservation Foundation

2006-2009: Master of Science, Northern Michigan University

2010-present: President/CEO at NuScience Consulting and Management Group

2008-2011: Quality Assurance, PSS World Medical

2007-2008: Senior Microbiologist, University of Florida

2006-2007: Associate Scientist, Vistakon

2002-2005: Emerging Infectious Disease Fellow, Center for Disease Control

2013-present: Physician, Emergency Care Specialists

2009-2013: University of Wisconsin Emergency Medicine Resident

2005-2009: M.D. Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

2012-present: Emergency Medical Physician, Howard Young Medical Center, Woodruff, WI

2011-2012: Preferred Emergency Physicians of Illinois, Pekin Hospital, Pekin IL

2009-2012: University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria/OSF St. Francis,

Emergency Medicine Resident Physician

2005-2009: D.O. Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine