Lab Members

 

Sharon Poessel,  M.S. Ecology, 2009

  1. ❖Title: Behavior and conservation of black-footed ferrets: Stress in captivity and predation risk in the wild

  2. ❖Co-advisor: Dr. Kevin Crooks, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology

  3. ❖Funding: US Fish & Wildlife Service, Rocky Mountain Goats Foundation

  4. ❖Received PhD at Utah State University; now a wildlife biologist at the USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center: Website

Rachel Buxton: Postdoctoral scientist, 2015-2019

  1. ❖Noise pollution in US National Parks and its effects on wildlife

  2. ❖Co-advisors: Dr. George Wittemyer & Dr. Kevin Crooks, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology

  3. ❖Funding: National Park Service Natural Sounds & Night Skies Division

  4. ❖Currently a faculty member at Carleton University: Website

Nathan Kleist: Postdoctoral scientist, 2018-2020

  1. ❖Effects of anthropogenic noise on wildlife behavior and physiology

  2. ❖Co-advisors: Dr. George Wittemyer & Dr. Kevin Crooks, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology

  3. ❖Funding: National Park Service Natural Sounds & Night Skies Division

  4. ❖Currently an ecologist at USGS

Jacob Job: Postdoctoral research associate, 2015-2022

  1. ❖Coordinator of Sound and Light Ecology Team (SALET) Listening Lab

  2. ❖Co-advisors: Drs. George Wittemyer & Kevin Crooks

  3. ❖Funding: National Park Service Natural Sounds & Night Skies Division

  4. ❖Currently Associate Director of the Bird Genoscape Project at Colorado State University

  5. ❖Website

E. Dale Broder: Ph.D. Ecology, 2016

  1. ❖Title: Evolution and plasticity of Trinidadian guppies in the field, the laboratory and the classroom

  2. ❖Funding: National Science Foundation, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

  3. ❖Currently a research scientist at University of Denver: Website

Travis Livieri: PhD Zoology, 2023

  1. ❖Population ecology of black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) in relation to sylvatic plague

  2. ❖Co-advisor: Dr. Kevin Crooks

  3. ❖Funding: Prairie Wildlife Research, World Wildlife Fund

  4. ❖Currently Executive Director and Biologist at Prairie Wildlife Research

John Kronenberger: MS Ecology, 2017

  1. ❖Experimental tests of risky augmentation scenarios using Trinidadian guppies

  2. ❖Co-advisor: Dr. Chris Funk

  3. ❖Funding: National Science Foundation

  4. ❖Currently a biological technician at the US Forest Service’s National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation: Website

Chris Kopack: PhD Zoology, 2023

  1. ❖Enrichment as a conservation tool to enhance behavior, morphology, gene expression, and survival in Arkansas darters

  2. ❖Co-advisor: Dr. Eric Fetherman

  3. ❖Funding: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Colorado Parks & Wildlife

  4. ❖Currently a postdoctoral researcher at Texas A&M University

Graeme Shannon: Postdoctoral scientist, 2012-2014

  1. ❖The effects of noise on wildlife behavior

  2. ❖Co-advisors: Dr. George Wittemyer & Dr. Kevin Crooks, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology

  3. ❖Funding: National Park Service Natural Sounds & Night Skies Division

Michelle Desrosiers: M.S. Zoology, 2014

  1. ❖Title: Body size, first-year breeding, and extra-pair paternity in an island endemic, the Island Scrub-Jay

  2. ❖Co-advisor: Dr. Cameron Ghalambor

  3. ❖Funding: The Nature Conservancy, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center

  4. ❖Currently a natural resource specialist for Jefferson County, CO

Emma Brown: M.S. Ecology, 2013

  1. ❖Title: The use of acoustic collars for studying landscape effects on animal behavior

  2. ❖Co-advisor: Dr. George Wittemyer, Department of Fish, Wildlife, & Conservation Biology

  3. ❖Funding: National Park Service

  4. ❖Currently an Acoustic Resource Specialist at the National Park Service Division of Night Skies and Natural Sounds

Luke Caldwell: M.S. Zoology, 2011

  1. ❖Title: Reproductive ecology of the Island Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma insularis)

  2. ❖Funding: The Nature Conservancy, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center

Casey Brown: M.S. Ecology, 2010

  1. ❖Title: The effect of human activities and their associated noise on ungulate behavior

  2. ❖Co-advisor: Dr. Kevin Crooks, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology

  3. ❖Funding: National Science Foundation GK-12 Fellowship, National Park Service, Rocky Mountain Goats Foundation

  4. ❖Received a PhD student at University of Alaska Fairbanks; now a wildlife biologist with Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife

Brett Seymoure: Postdoctoral scientist, 2016-2019

  1. ❖Light pollution in US National Parks and its effects on wildlife

  2. ❖Co-advisors: Dr. George Wittemyer & Dr. Kevin Crooks, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology

  3. ❖Funding: National Park Service Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division

  4. ❖Currently a faculty member at University of Texas at El Paso: Website

Casey Lee: PhD student, Ecology

  1. ❖The effects of anthropogenic noise on prairie dog behavior

  2. ❖Co-advisor: Dr. Kevin Crooks

  3. ❖Funding: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Animal Behavior Society Research Grant, National Park Service Natural Sounds & Night Skies Division

Jeremy White: Research associate, 2016-2019

  1. ❖Night Skies physical scientist

  2. ❖Co-advisors: Dr. George Wittemyer & Dr. Kevin Crooks, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology

  3. ❖Funding: National Park Service Natural Sounds & Night Skies Division

  4. ❖Currently a Physical Science Technician at the National Park Service

Chris Schell: Postdoctoral scientist, 2015-2018

  1. ❖Behavioral, hormonal, and genetic factors underlying coyote success in urban environments

  2. ❖Co-advisor: Dr. Stewart Breck, USDA-APHIS National Wildlife Research Center

  3. ❖Funding: National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

  4. ❖Currently a faculty member at UC Berkeley: Website

Carlos Linares: Research associate, 2017-2019

  1. ❖Member of Sound and Light Ecology Team

  2. ❖Co-advisors: Dr. George Wittemyer & Dr. Kevin Crooks, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology

  3. ❖Funding: National Park Service Natural Sounds & Night Skies Division

  4. ❖Currently a PhD student at Boise State University

Craig Marshall: PhD Zoology, 2021

  1. ❖Eco-physiological drivers of geographic range limits in two closely-related euryhaline fishes: Trinidadian guppies and swamp guppies

  2. ❖Primary advisor: Dr. Cameron Ghalambor

  3. ❖Funding: National Science Foundation

  4. ❖Currently the Assistant Director of STEM Education at Princeton University

Former Lab Members

Jennifer Brady: PhD student, Ecology

  1. ❖Applied behavioral approaches for captive animal management

  2. ❖Co-advisor: Dr. Jennie Willis

Zoë D'Agostino: PhD student, Biological Science

  1. ❖Assessing cat and rabbit cognition via label-learning

  2. ❖Co-advisor: Dr. Jennie Willis