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The lab is NSF funded!
We've been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to study the physiological and genomic mechanisms underlying responses to hypoxia in giant hummingbirds. Research will include field experiments and museum collections growth in partnership with the Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad (CORBIDI) in Peru and Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado in Bolivia. The grant will support University of Wyoming undergraduates, graduate students, and a postdoc, as well as training of early career researchers in areas where we work. Read about our project in the UW press release.
Welcome to Margie and Collin!
Margie Hemp (left) and Collin Porter (right) start their doctoral degrees in the lab this fall. Collin joins us after finishing his B.A. at Northwestern University, with previous research on Andean birds at the Field Museum of Natural History and hybridizing Vermivora warblers at Penn State University. Margie earned her B.A. from Smith College and comes to the lab after a year of Fulbright Fellowship research human-wildlife conflict with Andean Condors in Ecuador.
Jessie receives ASN Early Career Investigator Award
Jessie was awarded a 2025 Early Career Investigator Award from the American Society of Naturalists and presented a talk in the awards symposium at the Evolution Meeting in Athens, GA in June. A big highlight was getting to know the other awardees (L to R: Dr. Elizabeth Carlen, Dr. Anna Dewar, and Dr. Ashwini Ramesh; photo by Dr. Dan Bolnick) and spend time with the great folks of the ASN.
Chamba exitosa (successful field season) in Peru, Chile, and Bolivia
The team wrapped up a fantastic three-country field season focused on giant hummingbird movement, population genomics, and song evolution. It was a blast –– and incoming Ph.D. student Margie Hemp even joined us! Left: Margie and Emil Bautista mount a tracking device receiving station.
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