Rachel Page
Nair Cabezón
Jorge López
Rowan McGinley
May Dixon
Jenna Kohles
Katie Galletta
Brandi Christiano
Mary Heather Jingco
Valeria González
Melissa López González
Ashly Acosta Chavez
Eric de Framond-Bénard
Dyess Harp
Léna de Framond-Bénard
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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Rachel Page Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Sensory and cognitive ecology; behavioral biology of bats ___________________________________ LAB MANAGER Gregg Cohen, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ___________________________________ RESEARCH TECHNICIAN Nair Cabezón, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Guadalupe Aillen García Castro, Universidad de Panamá. Behavioral ecology of vampire bats Jorge López, Universidad de Panamá. Behavioral ecology of vampire bats ___________________________________ POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS Mariana Muñoz-Romo, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela. Sexual communication signals in bats Leonie Baier, Aarhus University, Denmark. BATVIEW: Understanding of how sensory information flow governs behavioral transitions in the wild May Dixon, The Ohio State University. Foraging and cognitive ecology of Neotropical bats Rowan McGinley, STRI. Communication in spiders Logan James, McGill University / University of Texas at Austin Auditory cognition in bats, frogs, birds, and humans Juliette Rubin, STRI. The role of iridescent wings in flight as an anti-predator illusion Jenna Kohles, STRI / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany. Social foraging behavior in bulldog bats Richa Singh, STRI / Purdue University. Ecology of eavesdropping enemies and their hosts ___________________________________ DOCTORAL STUDENTS AND PREDOCTORAL FELLOWS Briana Sealey, University of Texas at Austin. Risk assessment in bat foraging behavior Brandi Christiano, University of Texas at Austin. Genetic relatedness and foraging behavior of fruit-eating bats Luisa F. Gómez-Feuillet, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior. Causes and consequences of lifespan variation in a highly social bat Katie Galletta, Bowdoin University. Cognitive overload or enhanced performance? Decision making in frog-eating bats Eva Mardus, Museum of Natural History in Berlin, Germany. Aspects of physical cognition in the greater spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus hastatus) ___________________________________ MASTERS STUDENT Laurie Dufour, McGill University. The use of social information in a landscape of fear in fruit-eating bats ___________________________________ GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY SCHOLARS / RAMP-UP FELLOWS Lauren Norwood (2023-2024) University of Maryland Baltimore County. The effect of anthropogenic light pollution on frugivorous bat foraging behavior Mary Heather Jingco (2023-2024) University of Guam. Bat predation on sleeping birds: a novel foraging strategy for an eavesdropping specialist? Isabella (Izzy) Willard (2024-2025) Colorado State University. Does the omnivorous Neotropical bat, Phyllostomus hastatus, hunt silent sleeping avian prey at night? Valeria González (2024-2025) University of Puerto Rico at Humacao. Bat predation on anolis lizards - a cross species comparison Ashly Acosta Chavez (2025-2026) University of California Davis. Effects of immune challenge on group social structure and foraging behavior in the Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) Luis Miguel Bahamundi (2025-2026) University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. Exploring the impacts of moonlight intensity on the foraging activity of Noctilio albiventris __________________________________ INTERNS Melissa López González, STRI. Social foraging behavior in Neotropical fishing bats Eric de Framond-Bénard, Université Rennes 1, France. Multimodal communication: Testing for cognitive overload versus enhanced performance in frog-eating bats Jimena Víquez Bolanos, Universidad de Costa Rica. The role of cognitive overload in decision making in frog-eating bats Dyess Harp, Virginia Tech, The role of cognitive overload in decision making in frog-eating bats Léna de Framond-Bénard, Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Germany. Shifts in echolocation behavior in the presence of noise in the fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus ___________________________________ RESEARCH COLLABORATORS Dr. Inga Geipel, Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in the Active Perception Lab and the Co-Design for Cyber-Physical Systems Lab; University of Antwerp, Belgium. Echo-acoustic signalling of aposematic and cryptic insects – A bat inspired modelling approach (EchoBug) Dr. Gloriana Chaverri, Professor, Universidad de Costa Rica, Golfito Campus. Social cohesion and organization in Spix's disc-winged bats |
Gregg Cohen
Guadalupe Aillen García Castro
Leonie Baier
Mariana Muñoz-Romo
Logan James
Juliette Rubin
Richa Singh
Briana Sealey
Luisa Gómez
Laurie Dufour
Eva Mardus
Lauren Norwood
Izzy Willard
Luis Miguel Bahamundi
Jimena Víquez
Inga Geipel
Gloriana Chaverri
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PAST LAB MEMBERS
Former postdocs
Michael Caldwell, Gerry Carter, Eric Flores, Stefan Greif, Danny Haelewaters, Wouter Halfwerk, Inga Geipel, Teague O'Mara, Simon Ripperger, Michael Schöner, Thomas Sattler, Sebastian Stockmaier, Cory Toth
Former PhD students / Fellows
Theresa Clarin, Victoria Flores, Vincent Fugère, Tanja Halczok, Claire Hemingway, Katrine Hulgard, Patricia Jones, Imran Razik
Former Masters students
Bawan Amin, Rachel Crisp, Ineke Knot, Jip Ramakers, Flor Rhebergen, Ivon Vassileva
Former interns
Dineilys Aparicio, Elias Bader, Ashley Beard, Jineth Berrio, Christina Buelow, Moises Castillo, Brandi Christiano, Emily Dong, Clarice Diebold, Brendan Dula, Katharina Eggert, Jay Falk, Tom Faughnan, Jennifer Finley, Anita Freudmann, Yelitza Garcia, Dylan Gomes, Luisa Gómez, Nelson Guevara, Alexis Heckley, Jesus Hernández, Nadia Hijner, Antonia Hubancheva, Devin Herlihy, Jessica Jacobitz, Ellen Jacobs, Ciara Kernan, Lauren Koenig, Jenna Kohles, Julia Legelli, Clint Martin, Daniela Martinez, Santiago Meneses, Nikolaj Meyer, Dallas Miller, Ram Mohan, Rachel Moon, Martha Moscoso, Amanda Muñoz, David Natera, Hugo Narizano, Brennan Neal, Michelle Nowak, Jana Nowatzki, Ray Nunez, Kristina Ottens, Mallory Owens, Samantha Pickering, Sarah Richman, Sebastian Rikker, Eudocia Rodríguez, Raul Rodríguez, Katarina Rolf, Argelis Aneth Sánchez Flores, Amanda Savage, Teia Schweizer, Molly Shuman-Goodier, Michelle Simpson, Marcus Smeekes, Erin Swerdfeger, Hannah Tilley, Nia Toshkova, Sara Troxell, Yesenia Valverde, Miriam Van de Water, Sara Vasquez, Tawni Voyles, Julia Vrtilek, Julia Wilson
Former postdocs
Michael Caldwell, Gerry Carter, Eric Flores, Stefan Greif, Danny Haelewaters, Wouter Halfwerk, Inga Geipel, Teague O'Mara, Simon Ripperger, Michael Schöner, Thomas Sattler, Sebastian Stockmaier, Cory Toth
Former PhD students / Fellows
Theresa Clarin, Victoria Flores, Vincent Fugère, Tanja Halczok, Claire Hemingway, Katrine Hulgard, Patricia Jones, Imran Razik
Former Masters students
Bawan Amin, Rachel Crisp, Ineke Knot, Jip Ramakers, Flor Rhebergen, Ivon Vassileva
Former interns
Dineilys Aparicio, Elias Bader, Ashley Beard, Jineth Berrio, Christina Buelow, Moises Castillo, Brandi Christiano, Emily Dong, Clarice Diebold, Brendan Dula, Katharina Eggert, Jay Falk, Tom Faughnan, Jennifer Finley, Anita Freudmann, Yelitza Garcia, Dylan Gomes, Luisa Gómez, Nelson Guevara, Alexis Heckley, Jesus Hernández, Nadia Hijner, Antonia Hubancheva, Devin Herlihy, Jessica Jacobitz, Ellen Jacobs, Ciara Kernan, Lauren Koenig, Jenna Kohles, Julia Legelli, Clint Martin, Daniela Martinez, Santiago Meneses, Nikolaj Meyer, Dallas Miller, Ram Mohan, Rachel Moon, Martha Moscoso, Amanda Muñoz, David Natera, Hugo Narizano, Brennan Neal, Michelle Nowak, Jana Nowatzki, Ray Nunez, Kristina Ottens, Mallory Owens, Samantha Pickering, Sarah Richman, Sebastian Rikker, Eudocia Rodríguez, Raul Rodríguez, Katarina Rolf, Argelis Aneth Sánchez Flores, Amanda Savage, Teia Schweizer, Molly Shuman-Goodier, Michelle Simpson, Marcus Smeekes, Erin Swerdfeger, Hannah Tilley, Nia Toshkova, Sara Troxell, Yesenia Valverde, Miriam Van de Water, Sara Vasquez, Tawni Voyles, Julia Vrtilek, Julia Wilson