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Portal, AZ
Orange Walk, Belize
Portal, AZ
Portal, AZ
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Current Research
As a PhD candidate at Brown University, I research the role sensory hairs play in maintaining bat flight. For my research, I work both in the lab at Brown University and in the field, in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona and the forests of Belize.
Chapter 1: Sensory hair distribution and density across the wing among bat species
Chapter 2: Flight kinematics of Carollia perspicillata under varying speed, turbulence, and sensory hair conditions
Chapter 3: Field-based kinematic comparison of response to depilation in Myotis auriculus
J. Scott Altenbach
Chapter 4: Comparison of naturalistic flight behaviors between bat species of southeastern Arizona
Mark Thiessen
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS
Evaluating temperature changes along bats' wings across time and geographic location
Collaborators: Andrea Rummel, Andrew Kim
Evaluating species-level differences in prey capture tactic and success rate across insectivorous bats
Collaborators: Gregory Lee, Nicole Moody
Testing traditional ecomorph characterizations of Myotis bats using phylogenetic comparative methods and machine learning prediction models
Collaborators: Ariadna Morales, Nancy Simmons
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