About MeI am a behavioral ecologist and Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Chen Lab in the Department of Biology at the University of Rochester.
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Research
My research aims to understand the evolution and adaptive value of social behavior, using birds as a model group. My current work investigates sociality in superb starlings, a cooperatively breeding species found in East Africa. Previously, I have studied vocal communication in herring gulls and fairywrens.
Read more about my research here and check out the video below: a short piece on my current research produced by Cornell University students with support from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Read more about my research here and check out the video below: a short piece on my current research produced by Cornell University students with support from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Latest News
I presented a public seminar on my doctoral dissertation work in the E3B Department at Columbia University. The seminar was also recorded on Zoom; email me if you would like a link to the recording.
The first paper from my doctoral dissertation, titled Prenatal environmental conditions underlie alternative reproductive tactics that drive the formation of a mixed-kin cooperative society, is now out in Science Advances.
The first paper from my doctoral dissertation, titled Prenatal environmental conditions underlie alternative reproductive tactics that drive the formation of a mixed-kin cooperative society, is now out in Science Advances.