UNDERGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES
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I have worked with and mentored students from numerous programs including the Careers in Science Internship Program at the California Academy of Sciences, Project TRUE at the Wildlife Conservation Society and Tyson Summer Fellows at Washington University in St Louis.
I am dedicated to helping undergraduates gain both lab and field based research experience. If you are an undergraduate or post-bac student in the STL area (especially if you are at Washington University) feel free to contact me regarding possible projects, work-study, and volunteer opportunities. Unfortunately, I am not taking high school students at this time. |
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CURRENT & PAST MENTEES
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Matthew Pottinger
2023-present Washington University in St. Louis Project Title: Same Sex Sexual Behavior in Mammals |
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Wissal Boudaoud
2023-2025 Washington University in St. Louis Project Title: Examining Bias in Mammal Species Names |
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Taylor Geluck
2023-2025 Washington University in St. Louis Project Title: Diet Differences Among Pigeons and Doves in New York City and Hong Kong |
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Kaitlyn Thornton
2022-2025 Washington University in St. Louis Project Title: Eastern Gray Squirrel Limb Morphology Across an Urban to Rural Gradient |
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Lauren Puleo
2022-2024 Washington University in St. Louis Project Title: Eastern Gray Squirrel Claw Morphology Across an Urban to Rural Gradient |
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Althea Bartz Willis
2022 Tyson Environmental Research Apprentice |
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Jenny Mann
2022-2025 Washington University in St. Louis/Tyson Undergraduate Fellow Project Title: Diet Comparisons in Eastern Gray Squirrels Across St. Louis |
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Carol Ge
2022 Tyson Undergraduate Fellow Project Title: Lone Star Tick Host and Habitat Preference |
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Karen Schmiedeler
2022 Tyson Undergraduate Fellow Project Title: The Impacts of Amur Honeysuckle on White-tailed Deer Summer Habitat Use |
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Logan Lacy
2022-2023 Washington University in St. Louis/Tyson Undergraduate Fellow Project Title: Maternity Roost Selection Criteria for Tricolored Bats (Perimyotis subflavus) |
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Daisy Lewis
2021-2023 Washington University in St. Louis Project Title: Pigeon population dynamics in Madrid, Spain & St. Louis, Missouri |
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Camille Block
2021-2023 Washington University in St. Louis Project Title: Correlations Between Feral Pigeon Color and Lice Prevalence |
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Joanna Moles, DVM
2019-2021 Fordham University Project Title: Prevalence of Avian Malaria in Feral Pigeons across the Northeastern Megacity |
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Connor Reynolds
2018 Calder Summer Undergraduate Research Project Title: Sweet Life in the City: Blood Glucose in Urban Pigeons |
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Richard Li
2017-2018 Columbia University Project Title: Analyzing the Effects of Urbanization on the Flight Initiation Distance of New York City Pigeons (Columba livia) Manuscript: Urbanization predicts flight initiation distance in feral pigeons (Columba livia) across New York City |
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Gabriella Blazich, MST
2017-2018 Fordham University Project Title: Creating a Natural History & Teaching Collection for the Louis Calder Biological Field Station |
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Katarzyna Endler, MA CCC-SLP
2016-2017 Fordham University/Project TRUE Project Title: Effects of Urbanization on Wild Small Mammal Species Richness in the Bronx Zoo |
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Alexandra Rebosura
2016-2017 Fordham University/Project TRUE Project Title: Passive Wildlife Monitoring Using Camera Traps |
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Conor Gilligan, PhD
2016 Fordham University/Project TRUE Project Title: Study of The Compositional Change of The Center For Global Conservation Green Roof |
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Paméla Comlan
2016 Fordham University/Project TRUE Project Title: Uncovering Species Richness and Abundance Under Coverboards |
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Mamadou Ly
2016 Fordham University/Project TRUE Project Title: Correlation Between Bird Composition and Noise Level |