Fall 2021
Timothy Wright, Ph.D.
December 6th, 2021
“Babel’s birds: functions and mechanisms of vocal learning in parrots”
Timothy Wright Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
New Mexico State University
HOST: Schubot Center & Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program
Melanie Florkowski, Ph.D. Candidate
December 3rd, 2021
“Relationship between exploratory behavior and the gut microbiome in a wild songbird”
Melanie Florkowski
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Program
Ph.D. Candidate in Dr. Jessica Yorzonki’s Lab
Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology
HOST: Schubot Center
Spring 2021
Amanda Beckman, PhD Student & Viridiana Martinez, PhD Candidate
Apr. 23, 2021
“Movement Ecology of Wild Turkeys in South Texas”
Amanda Beckman
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Program
PhD Student in Dr. Rosenthal’s Lab
HOST: Schubot Center
“Lack of Sexual Dimorphism in Stress-Induced Corticosterone in West Texas Breeding Birds”
Viridiana Martinez
Department of Ecology & Conservation Biology
PhD Candidate in Dr. Grace’s Lab
Host: Schubot Center
Hannah Justen, MSc & Abby Kimmit, PhD
Apr. 9, 2021
“The Migratory Behavior of Juvenile Swainson’s Thrush Hybrids”
Hannah Justen, MSc
Department of Biology
Graduate Student in Dr. Kira Delmore’s Lab
HOST: Schubot Center
“Warmer Springs Predict Stronger Selection Favoring Earlier Breeding in a North American Songbird”
Abby Kimmit, PhD
Department of Ecology & Conservation Biology
Post-Doctoral Research in Dr. Grace’s Lab
Host: Schubot Center
Scott Echols, DVM, Diplomate ABVP-Avian Practice
“Comprehensive Anatomy Research Project-Implications Across the Species”
Mar. 26, 2021
Mobile Avian Surgical Services
The Medical Center for Birds (Oakley, CA)
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
HOST: Schubot Center/Dr. Sharman Hoppes
R. Keith Andringa
“Inter- and Intra- Specific Effects of Daily Weather on Dabbling Duck Collection Patterns”
Mar. 12, 2021
Department of Ecology & Conservation Biology
HOST: Schubot Center
Janina Krumbeck, PhD
“Insight into the Dermal Microbiome of Monk Parakeets”
Feb. 25, 2021
MiDog, LLC
HOST: Schubot Center/Dr. Jill Heatley
Fall 2020
Dayvion Adams, MS Student
“Are Avian Malaria Parasites a Mosquito’s Biological Nightmare?”
Oct. 8, 2020
Department of Entomology
HOST: Schubot Center/Dr. Gabriel Hamer
Taylor Hains, PhD Candidate
“Utilizing Genomics to Understand Parrot Evolutionary History and Enhancing Population Management for Conservation and Aviculture”
Sept. 30, 2020
University of Chicago
HOST: Schubot Center/Dr. Janice Boyd
Spring 2020
Dr. Judilee Marrow, DVM Dipl. ACZM
“Attwater’s Prairie Chickens – Threats to Saving the Most Endangered Species of North American Grouse”
Feb. 11, 2020
Staff Veterinarian, Houston Zoo
HOST: Schubot Center/Stephen Levert
Barbara Heidenreich
“Training to Improve Welfare and Release Success of Orangutans in Borneo”
Feb. 7, 2020
Barbara’s Force Free Animal Training
HOST: Schubot Center
Fall 2019
Dr. Giri Athrey
“The Genetic History of an Ice Age Pioneer, the Whooping Crane”
Nov. 5, 2019
Assistant Professor, Department of Poultry Science, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
HOST: Schubot Center
Paulina Escandon, PhD Candidate
“Development of a Dot-Blot Enzyme Immunosorbent Assay to Detect Avian Bornavirus Antibodies”
Oct. 3, 2019
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
HOST: Schubot Center/Dr. Jeffrey Musser
Sonia Hernandez, DVM, PhD DACZM
“Wetland Wanderer or Urban Specialist: The American White Ibis as a Model System to Understand the Impact of Urbanization and Resource Provisioning on Wildlife”
Sept. 6, 2019
University of Georgia
HOST: Schubot Center/Dr. Sarah Hamer
Spring 2019
Constance Woodman, PhD Student
“Avian Development and Reintroduction”
April 24, 2019
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology (Mentor: Dr. Donald Brightsmith)
HOST: Schubot Center/Dr. Donald Brightsmith
Undergraduate Research Day, featuring Ashley Ridlon & Mariel Ortega
April 17, 2019
“Egg Loggers and the Undergraduate Experience”
Ashley Ridlon
Conservation Scholar research program (Mentor: Dr. Don Brightsmith)
HOST: Schubot Center/Constance Woodman
“The Effects of Phishing and Playback on Avian Fitness”
Mariel Ortega
Conservation Scholar research program (Mentor: Dr. Jacquie Grace)
HOST: Schubot Center
Tom Tully, MS, DVM Diplomate, ABVP (Avian), ECZM (Avian)
“Helping Develop the Unknown: A Clinical Zoological Medicine Research Program”
April 10, 2019
Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine
HOST: Schubot Center/Dr. Jill Heatley
Jeb Owens, MS, PhD
Apr. 2, 2019
“Avian Disease Ecology – Bridging Immunology, Behavior, and Landscape”
Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, Washington State University
HOST: Schubot Center/Dr. Sarah Hamer
Jill Heatley, MS, DVM, DABVP (Avian), DACZM
Mar. 27, 2019
“Effects of Lithium Supplementation on Feather Plucking in Birds”
Presenting the work of Elizabeth Cruser (Undergraduate Research Scholar)
HOST: Schubot Center
Paulina Escandon, PhD Student
“Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Treatment of Cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus) Experimentally Inoculated with Parrot Bornavirus 2”
Mar. 27, 2019
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology (Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Musser)
HOST: Schubot Center/Dr. Jeffrey Musser
Allison Guggenheimer
“Correlating Body Condition and Habitat Management of Wintering Duck Populations in Texas Wetlands”
Mar. 20, 2019
WFSC Department (Mentor: Dr. Jacquie Grace)
HOST: Schubot Center/Dr. Jacquie Grace