Principal Investigator
Walker Endowed Professor of Natural History, UW Biology
Curator of Mammals, Burke Museum
Staff
Mammalogy Collection Manager
Postdoctoral Scholars
Main project: Traits for conservation: Afrotropical bat ecomorphology with a focus on the Endangered Short-tailed Roundleaf bat
PhD Students
(co-advised with Alejandro Rico-Guevara)
Thesis topic: Phenotypic responses of bats to unpredictable environments
Thesis topic: Ecomorphological and trophic diversification of Neotropical myomorphous rodents
Thesis topic: Morphological and genetic variation in chipmunks (Tamias)
Thesis topic: Drivers of morphological variation in small mammals across space and time
Flo Visconti
Thesis topic: Untangling the olfactory enigma in the Chestnut short-tailed fruit bat
(co-advised with Alejandro Rico-Guevara)
Thesis topic: Specialization in phyllostomid nectar bats
Thesis topic: Form and function in the bat rostrum
Recent Undergraduate Alumni
Abby Burtner
Main projects: Evolution of body shape diversity in Sciuridae; evolutionary modeling of mammal limb morphologies
AJ Patterson
Main projects: The role of developmental bias in bat molar diversity; Ecomorphology and macroevolution of the bat feeding apparatus
Annika McFeely
Main project: Evolution of body shape diversity in Sciuridae
Arion Chao
Main project: Mandible functional morphology in reptiles
Sneha Sil
Main projects: Ecological and evolutionary interactions between bats and plants; acoustics analytical methods
Tate Linden
Main project: Evolution of body shape diversity in Sciuridae
Grad and Postdoc Alumni
David Grossnickle – Postdoctoral Scholar (2020-2023)
Chris Law – Postdoctoral Scholar (2019-2022)
Jessica Arbour – Postdoctoral Scholar (2016-2019)
Ada Kaliszewska – Postdoctoral Scholar (2015-2019)
Rochelle Kelly – PhD, 2019; Thesis: Diversity, distributions, and activity of bats in the San Juan Islands
Leith Leiser-Miller – PhD, 2019; Thesis: Sensory ecology, morphology and behavior of Neotropical leaf-nosed bats
Katie Stanchak – PhD, 2019; Thesis: Functional anatomy and evolution of a novel skeletal element in bat feet
We are deeply thankful to the numerous undergraduate alumni who have contributed to our research, collection operations, and outreach over the years.
