Click on the name of each lab member to learn more about their work.
Principal Investigator
Professor, UW Biology
Curator of Mammals, Burke Museum
Staff
Mammalogy Collection Manager
Postdoctoral Scholars
Iroro Tanshi (WRF Fellow)
Main project: Traits for conservation: Afrotropical bat ecomorphology with a focus on the Endangered Short-tailed Roundleaf bat
PhD Students
Thesis topic: TBD
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 teeth & mandibles
Arion Chao
Main project: Mandible functional morphology in reptiles
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 projects: The role of developmental bias in bat molar diversity; Ecomorphology and macroevolution of the bat feeding apparatus
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 projects: Ecological and evolutionary interactions between bats and plants; acoustics analytical methods
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
Jessica Arbour – Postdoctoral Scholar (2016-2019)
Ada Kaliszewska – Postdoctoral Scholar (2015-2019)
Chris Law – Postdoctoral Scholar (2019-2022)
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
Abby Vander Linden – 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.
