Rachel Page
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Curriculum Vitae
Professional Appointments Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (11/2009–present), Panama Research Scientist – Permanent staff scientist position investigating behavioral ecology of tropical vertebrates Max Planck Institute for Ornithology (10/2008–10/2009), Seewiesen, Germany Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Advisor: Dr. Björn Siemers
Education University of Texas at Austin (8/2002–5/2008), Austin, Texas Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, Section of Integrative Biology – Advisor: Dr. Michael J. Ryan University of Texas at Austin (1/2000–5/2001), Austin, Texas Biology courses in preparation for graduate school – University Honor list Columbia University (1992–1996), New York, New York B.A. East Asian Languages and Cultures, Concentration in Anthropology – Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Grants and Research Fellowships Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research, Seewiesen Max Planck Institute: 2008 – 2009. Journal of Experimental Biology, Postdoctoral Travelling Fellowship, 2009. Smithsonian Institute Predoctoral Fellowship: 2007 – 2008. P.E.O. Scholar Award: 2007 – 2008. National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: 2007 – 2008. American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship: 2006 – 2007. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship: 2003 – 2006. American Society of Mammalogists, Elisabeth Horner Award for best research proposal: 2005. Zoology Scholarship Endowment for Excellence, UT Austin: Fall 2004. Center for Perceptual Systems, Travel Grant, UT Austin: Summer 2004, Summer 2003. Dorothea Bennett Memorial Graduate Fellowship, UT Austin: Fall 2003. American Museum of Natural History, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund: Summer 2003. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Short-Term Fellowship: Spring 2003, Spring 2002. Terrell H. Hamilton Endowed Graduate Fellowship Fund: Fall 2002. Dean’s Excellence Award, UT Austin: Summer 2002.
Publications - See Publications page.
Conference Presentations and Invited Talks Page, R.A. and Ryan, M.J. “The acoustic universe of a frog-eating bat.” 13th International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Perth, Australia, Sept 26-Oct 1, 2010. Page, R.A. “Bat-frog interactions: Learning, categorization and memory.” Invited talk in the symposium, Adaptations and Evolutionary Ecology. 15th International Bat Research Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, August 22-27, 2010. Page, R.A. “Social transmission of novel foraging behavior in bats: frog calls and their referents.” Invited talk for Interdisciplinary Symposium and Workshop on Copying, Zurich, Switzerland. Host: Dr. Gerald Kerth. February 5-7, 2009. Page, R.A. “Flexibility, learning and memory in foraging behavior.” German Bat Research Conference (Treffen der Fledermausforscher). Frauenchiemsee, Germany. January 22-24, 2009. Page, R.A. “Learning and flexibility in foraging: Bats, frogs and shrews.” Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany. November 25, 2008. Page, R.A., Kalko, E.K.V., and Ryan, M.J. "Flexibility in sensory strategy use during foraging in the fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus." Invited talk in symposium: Adaptability and functional significance of echolocation. 14th International Bat Research Conference, Mérida, Mexico, August 19-23, 2007. Page, R.A. "Foraging flexibility in the frog-eating bat, Trachops cirrhosus." Allee Competition. Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Burlington, VT, July 21-25, 2007. Page, R.A. “Predator use of prey cues: Learning and flexibility in a frog-eating bat.” Invited talk at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany. Host: Dr. Björn Siemers. March 16, 2007. Page, R.A. “Predator use of prey cues: Frog-eating bats and frog calls.” Invited talk for the Acoustics Seminar Series, Engineering Department, University of Texas at Austin. Host: Dr. Preston Wilson. November 10, 2006. Page, R.A. “Predator use of prey cues: Frog-eating bats and frog calls.” Biology Department, Texas A&M University. Host: Dr. Michael Smotherman. November 6, 2006. Page, R.A. “Sensory mode switching in prey detection by the frog-eating bat, Trachops cirrhosus.” 35th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Wilmington, NC, October 18-21, 2006. Page, R.A. “Predator use of prey cues: Frog-eating bats and frog calls.” Invited talk at the University of Tübingen, Germany. Host: Dr. Björn Siemers and Dr. Hans-Ulrich Schnitzler. February 2, 2006. Page, R.A. “Whisper in my pinna: Social learning, persistence, and memory in the frog-eating bat, Trachops cirrhosus.” 35th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Sacramento, CA, October 19-22, 2005. Page, R.A. “Flexibility in foraging: Tales of a frog-eating bat.” Bambi seminar, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Barro Colorado Island, Panama, May 5, 2005. Page, R.A. “Frogs, Toads, or Bob Marley? Flexibility and learning in the frog-eating bat, Trachops cirrhosus.” 34nd Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Salt Lake City, UT, October 27-30, 2004. Page, R.A. “Behavioral flexibility in the frog-eating bat, Trachops cirrhosus.” Invited talk at the University of Ulm, Germany. Host: Dr. Elisabeth Kalko. August 31, 2004. Page, R.A. and Ryan, M.J. “Foraging flexibility and response to prey mating calls in the frog-eating bat, Trachops cirrhosus.” Invited talk in symposium: Sensory ecology in bat foraging behaviour, 13th International Bat Research Conference, Mikolajki, Poland, August 23-27, 2004. Page, R.A. “Behavioral flexibility in the frog-eating bat, Trachops cirrhosus.” Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Science Symposium, Panama City, Panama, July 8-9, 2004. Page, R.A. and Bernal, X.E. “Eavesdroppers are listening: Convergent acoustic preferences in frogs, bats, and flies.” Invited talk in symposium: Sexual communication in túngara frogs, 41st Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Oaxaca, Mexico, June 13-16, 2004.
Reviewer for Behavioral Ecology, Biology Letters, Biotropica, Current Biology, Ecology, Ethology, Evolutionary Ecology, Journal of Experimental Biology, Mammalia, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B.
Bat illustration by Kristina Schlegel, ©2007 |
