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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. 

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Chapter 1: Sensory hair distribution and density across the wing among bat species

Chapter 2: Flight kinematics of Carollia perspicillata under turbulent flow

Chapter 3: Field-based kinematic comparison of response to depilation in Myotis auriculus

Credits: J. Scott Altenbach

J. Scott Altenbach

Chapter 4: Effects of asymmetric sensory depilation on maneuvering

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Credits: J. Scott Altenbach

Mark Thiessen

Chapter 5: Prey handling behaviors of insectivorous bats

Credits: Mark Thiessen

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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