Former Lab Members

Lab Home	Former Lab Members
Lab Home	Research Area	Current Position
Elizabeth Derryberry Ph.D. 2007	Mechanisms of song evolution	Post-doctoral Associate Louisiana State University
Barbara Ballentine Ph.D. 2006	Vocal performance and mate choice	Post-doctoral Associate Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C.
Martin Beebee Ph.D. 2003	Sexual selection on multiple signal types in songbirds	Martin Beebee Photography Colorado Springs, Co http://www.martinbeebee.com/
Monica Carlson research assistant	Birdsong as a tool for science education	Free University Berlin, Germany
Renee Duckworth Ph.D. 2006	Plasticity in reproductive investment and behavior	Post-doctoral Associate Institute of Evolutionary Biology University of Edinburgh Scotland
Bill Hoese Ph.D. 1998	Biomechanics and functional morphology of bird jaws	Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences California State University Fullerton, California bhoese@fullerton.edu
Melissa Hughes Postdoc 1994-1996	Behavioral ecology and communication in song and swamp sparrows	Assistant Professor Department of Biology College of Charleston Charleston, South Carolina hughesm@cofc.edu
Jeremy Hyman Postdoc 2002-2006	Territoriality and communication in birds	Assistant Professor Department of Biology Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina jhyman@email.wcu.edu
Silke Kipper Postdoc 2004-2005	Categorical perception and mechanisms of mate choice in birds	Academishe Mitarbiter, Free University Berlin, Germany
Bernie Lohr Ph.D. 1995	Song production and perception in chicadees	Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, Kentucky blohr@psyc.umd.edu
Sheila Patek Ph.D. 2001	Evolution of sound producing structures in spiny lobsters	Assistant Professor Department of Integrative Biology University of California Berkeley, California patek@socrates.berkeley.edu
Jeff Podos Ph.D. 1996	Evolution of song and motor limits of song production in sparrows	Associate Professor Department of Biology University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts jpodos@bio.umass.edu
Denise Pope Ph.D. 1998	Function and evolution of the claw-waving display in fiddler crabs	Assitant Professor Department of Biology Trinity University San Antonio, Texas Denise.Pope@Trinity.edu
John Rowden Ph.D. 1996	Evolution of display behavior in Australian parrots	Curator Auckland Zoo Aukland, New Zealand jrowden@wcs.org
Mark Westneat Postdoc 1991-1992	Functional morphology of vertebrates with emphasis on feeding and locomotion	Associate Curator Field Museum of Natural History & Adjunct Associate Lecturer Department of Organismal Biology University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois westneat@fmnh.org
Stacey Weiss Ph.D. 1999	Function of reproductive coloration in lizards	Assistant Professor Department of Biology University of Puget Sound Tacoma, Washington sweiss@ups.edu
Tammy Windfelder Ph.D. 1997	Interspecific communication in neotropical primates	Assistant Professor Department of Biology Drew University Madison, New Jersey twindfel@drew.edu
Christopher B. Sturdy Postdoc 2000-2001	Birsdsong perception and production	Assistant Professor Department of Psychology University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta csturdy@ualberta.ca
	Page last updated December 2007 email: snowicki@duke.edu

Former Lab Members

Mechanisms of song evolution