About MeI am a behavioral ecologist and Ph.D. candidate in the Rubenstein Lab in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology at Columbia University.
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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 my poster – Alternative Male Reproductive Tactics in a Plural Cooperative Breeder – at the Animal Behavior Society's 2019 meeting at the University of Illinois (Chicago). It was a jam-packed four days with some really exciting research presentations as well as a bit of obligatory Chicago sight-seeing!
I presented my poster – Alternative Male Reproductive Tactics in a Plural Cooperative Breeder –at the American Ornithological Society's 2019 meeting in Anchorage, AK. Additionally, as a member of and subcommittee chair on the Student Affairs Committee, I:
I presented my poster – Alternative Male Reproductive Tactics in a Plural Cooperative Breeder –at the American Ornithological Society's 2019 meeting in Anchorage, AK. Additionally, as a member of and subcommittee chair on the Student Affairs Committee, I:
- Led a workshop on Writing Successful Proposals for Small Grants
- Organized the Student-Mentor Lunch for 237 participants
- Volunteered at other student-led events such as the Quiz Bowl and Silent Auction