Ph.D. Cornell University 1984

Sensory basis of behavior, vision, magnetoreception, orientation, migration, sexual selection  
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Ph.D. State University of New York-Albany 1993

Evolutionary behavioral ecology; utilizes research techniques from molecular biology, genetics, and physiology to study several species of birds living in the Northern United States and Australia  |MORE INFO| E-mail:  lstuttle@scifac.indstate.edu

Ph.D. State University of New York-Albany 1996

Conservation of species due to loss of suitable habitat and continuing habitat fragmentation; how behavior, ecology,and evolution affects population structure; gene flow and diversity of white-tailed deer, Odecoiles virginianus  |MORE INFO| E-mail:  lsgonser@scifac.indstate.edu

Ph.D. University of Alberta 1992

Avian conservation genetics; ecotourism and conservation in tropical forests; ecological impacts of agro-forestry systems (Kansas and Ecuador); hummingbird ecology in tropical cloud forests  |MORE INFO| +|

Ph.D. Rutgers University 1999

Biological anthropology; hemispheric specialization of function; handedness in human and non-human primates; primate behavior and ecology; human origins  |MORE INFO|

Ph.D.  McMaster University 1999  (Psychology)

My research interests include social learning, mate choice and sexual selection. My past research investigated how male and female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) use social information to modify their immediate mate choice decisions. Currently I am investigating how the social environment can influence the development of mate preferences, courtship competence and communication in brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater).

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1990

Modeling behavior; communication

Ph.D. University of Maine-Orono 1995

Vector biology, foraging ecology, science communication and education, public health communication and education, cost/benefit analysis.

Johns Hopkins University

My current research in the Ketterson / Nolan lab investigates some of the potential costs and benefits associated with elevated levels of circulating testosterone in male dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis). One line of research investigates influences of elevated testosterone on humoral- and cell-mediated immune function in free-living male juncos. A second line of research assesses possible changes in the reproductive physiology of female juncos (e.g., gonadal hormone levels and investment in eggs) that may result from interacting with male juncos that have artificially elevated levels of circulating testosterone.  |MORE INFO|

Ph.D. 1998 Lund University, Sweden (Animal Ecology)

I am interested in the expression and evolution of female reproductive behaviour in birds. In my current research I study the influence of androgens on female social behaviour and reproduction. I also study how maternal effects, mediated through deposition of egg steroids, are optimised in response to environmental conditions. Study species: Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Ph.D. 1991 University of Illinois-Champaign (Environmental Physiology & Behavior)

Comparative Physiology; Temperature Regulation and Cardiovascular Performance
My research in the field of comparative animal physiology, behavior and management focuses on the thermal environment and animal thermoregulatory responses to diverse and dynamic environments. Applications of this research effort are directed at the captive management of animals; and long-term conservation efforts. Current study includes investigation of the ontogeny and plasticity of thermoregulation. Other areas of research interest include comparative cardiovascular and respiratory physiology. Cardiovascular and respiratory physiology are currently the focus of studies being conducted in Western Kenya in collaboration with Moi University Faculty of Health Sciences, Eldoret, Kenya.  |MORE INFO| PHYSIOLOGY EXPLORER| +|

Ph.D. 2000 Iowa State University (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)

Effects of extended male phenotypes on female reproduction

Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2001 (Psychology)

Research Interests : Animal behavior, behavioral endocrinology, behavioral ecology, sexual selection, immunology, and reproductive behavior