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  • Where are they now? Part VII

    Where are they now? Part VII

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    Here are a few more updates from recent grads. Nikki’13 who worked on the murrelet project counting zooplankton, spent the last year having all sorts of tropical wildlife adventures and is off to veterinary school in the fall! You can read about her amazing year here: Nikki’s blog   Rose’14 was a student in my…

  • Where are they now? Part VI

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    Eleanor’11 who might remember from her 2009 posts from the Farallones Islands where she collected data for her senior thesis, is currently working on her PhD at Duke University. She writes, “I’m focusing in on a PhD topic regarding convergent evolution in signaling and phenotypes in cleaner shrimp.  I’m interested in why cleaner shrimp have such…

  • Where are they now? PART V

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    Congratulations to Zachary Brown’07 who is now Dr. Brown! He received his doctorate at Stanford and after carrying out research in both the Arctic and Antarctic is heading back to his northern home in Alaska. His journey will take a long time because he is WALKING (over 1000 miles) and KAYAKING (over 1000 miles) from…

  • From the Mudflats to the Mountains!

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    This past spring an outstanding group of research students studied the otoliths of Antarctic fish in my lab. This summer some of these students are taking their talents into the field. Corinne is studying the distribution of juvenile dungenous crab in San Francisco Bay as part of an REU at SF State. Amber is spending…

  • Where are they now? PART IV

    Where are they now? PART IV

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    Derek Buchner’08 was part of the 2007 field team that went to the Arctic to study little auks. He has continued to pursue his passion for birds and now works for the peregrine fund with CONDORS! There is more information about his work on this facebook page:www.facebook.com/CondorCliffs Nik Tyack’11 and Eleanor Caves’11 graduated this past…

  • Where are they now? PART III

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    Kristina McOmber ’12 studied seabirds on Southeast Farallon Island last summer. She is currently in Australia where she has spent most of 2011. She has explored the Great Barrier Reef and has also had some incredible encounters with terrestrial wildlife!       Laurel McFadden’06 studied little auks in the Arctic in 2005 and 2008. She has…

  • Where are they now? PART II

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       Elizabeth Ng graduated last May. She did her senior thesis on the fish component of penguin diets. Elizabeth has been an intern at NJ Audubon working on a citizen science project monitoring habitat use and foraging behavior of herons in NJ and NYC.  She is now moving to Klamath Falls, OR for an internship through that Conservation and…

  • WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

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    People who follow this blog often ask me about the where the student members of the lab go after graduation. Here is an update on some of last year’s (2010) graduates: Charlotte  who worked on the Prairie project and was also my senior thesis student is at Cambridge University working on a Master’s degree. She is experiencing…