Undergraduates and Interns

We have many undergraduates working in the lab, and are always looking to recuit more. Most students begin by working on the analysis of sage-grouse behaviors from video, but we are also happy to have students pursuing independent research projects. Please contact Gail if you are interested in working in the lab!

Alexa Carleton

Alexa has been analyzing the directionality of female bluebird vocalizations, recorded on the Acoustic Directionality Measurement perch.

She is shown here during a summer job studying butterflies with UCD grad student Lindy McBride.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anastasia Yarborough

Anastasia is a visiting student from the University of Vermont through the UC Davis Summer Undergraduate Research Program. She is investigating the mechanism of sound production in sage grouse through the analysis of high-speed videos of strut displays.

 

 

 

 

 

Andy Horng

Andy is a high school student visiting the lab through the UC Davis Young Scholars Program. He has been analyzing the symmetry of vocal sac expansion during vocalizations in greater sage-grouse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technicians

 

Erica Lindgren

Erica joined the lab in summer 2007. She is working on the analysis and presentation of noise-monitoring data from Pinedale and the Powder River Basin, Wyoming. This is part of a larger BLM-sponsored study of the potential impacts of noise from energy development on greater sage-grouse. Erica has also helping with the analysis of data from experiments with the sage-grouse robot.

 

 

 

 

Nerissa Rujanavech

Nerissa worked as a technician in the lab in the winter and spring of 2007. She helped us to prepare for the field season, and she and UC Davis graduate, Levi Souza, collected noise measurements of coal-bed methane development sites in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. In the photo (left), she demonstrates that she is approximately the size of a cottontail.

Nerissa is now working in a field job in the Sierras.

 

 

 

 

 

Neil Losin

Neil worked as a technician in the lab in 2006. He helped to establish our field site in Lander, Wyoming, and helped to develop methods for collection and analysis of data. Additionally, Neil and Sarah Lazazzero collected noise measurements on deep natural gas wells in Pinedale, Wyoming.

Neil is now a graduate student in Greg Grether's lab at UCLA. You can see his fantastic photos of sage grouse and many other animals on his website.

 

 

 

contact Gail | last updated 7-28-07