Click on the name of each lab member to learn more about their work.
Principal Investigator

Professor, UW Biology
Curator of Mammals, Burke Museum
Mammalogy Collection Staff

Mammalogy Collection Manager
Postdoctoral Scholars

Main project: Evolution of body shape in carnivoran mammals

Iroro Tanshi
Main project: Dietary resource partitioning and ecomorphology in Afrotropical bat assemblages
PhD Students

Edú Guerra
Thesis topic: TBD

Thesis topic: Morphological and genetic variation within chipmunks (Tamias)

Thesis topic: Ecomorphological and trophic diversification of Neotropical myomorphous rodents

Flo Visconti
Thesis topic: TBD
Undergraduate Researchers
Team bat molars

Lindsay Engelbert
Main project: Testing methods to quantify dental topography

Jonathan Kwong
Main project: The role of developmental bias in bat molar diversity

AJ Patterson
Main project: The role of developmental bias in bat molar diversity
Team Piper

Anusha Aggarwal
Main project: Ecological and evolutionary interactions between bats and plants

Betsaida Rodriguez
Main project: Ecological and evolutionary interactions between bats and plants

Sneha Sil
Main project: Ecological and evolutionary interactions between bats and plants
Team Squirrel

Abby Burtner
Main projects: Evolution of body shape diversity in Sciuridae; Understanding the origin of bat flight: evolutionary modeling of mammal limb morphologies

Annika McFeely
Main project: Evolution of body shape diversity in Sciuridae

Hannah Rickman
Main project: Evolution of body shape diversity in Sciuridae
Alumni

Postdoctoral Scholar (2016-2019)
Main project: Evolution of cranial morphology and bite force in mammals

Postdoctoral Scholar (2016-2019)
Main project: Evolution of cranial morphology and bite force in mammals

Postdoctoral Scholar (2015-2019)
Main project: Coevolution between pepper plants and short-tailed fruit bats

Rochelle Kelly
PhD, 2019
Thesis: Diversity, distributions, and activity of bats in the San Juan Islands



Research Technician (2013-2015)
We are deeply thankful to the numerous undergraduate alumni who have contributed to our research, collection operations, and outreach over the years.
