Rachel Page

Nair Cabezón

Rowan McGinley

May Dixon

Jenna Kohles

Katie Galletta

Brandi Christiano

Jorge López

Mary Heather Jingco

Melissa López González

Eric de Framond-Bénard

Dyess Harp

Léna de Framond-Bénard

Gloriana Chaverri

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Dr. Rachel Page, CV
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Sensory and cognitive ecology; behavioral biology of bats

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LAB MANAGER
Gregg Cohen, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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RESEARCH TECHNICIAN
Nair Cabezón, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Dr. Mariana Muñoz-Romo, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela. Sexual communication signals in bats

Dr. Leonie Baier, Aarhus University, Denmark. BATVIEW: Understanding of how sensory information flow governs behavioral transitions in the wild

Dr. May Dixon, The Ohio State University. Foraging and cognitive ecology of Neotropical bats

Dr. Rowan McGinley, STRI. Communication in spiders

Dr. Logan James, McGill University / University of Texas at Austin
Auditory cognition in bats, frogs, birds, and humans

Dr. Juliette Rubin, STRI. The role of iridescent wings in flight as an anti-predator illusion

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DOCTORAL STUDENTS AND PREDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Briana Sealey, University of Texas at Austin. Risk assessment in bat foraging behavior

Jenna Kohles, Max Planck
Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany. Social foraging behavior in bulldog bats

Brandi Christiano, University of Texas at Austin. Genetic relatedness and foraging behavior of  fruit-eating bats

Imran Razik, The Ohio State University. Development and regulation of cooperative relationships in vampire 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)

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MASTERS STUDENT
Laurie Dufour, McGill University. The use of social information in a landscape of fear in fruit-eating bats

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GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY SCHOLARS / RAMP-UP FELLOWS
Lauren Norwood, University of Maryland Baltimore County. The effect of anthropogenic light pollution on frugivorous bat foraging behavior

Mary Heather Jingco, University of Guam. The effect of anthropogenic light pollution on frugivorous bat foraging behavior

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INTERNS
Jorge López, Universidad de Panamá. Behavioral ecology of vampire bats

Melissa López González, STRI. Social foraging behavior in Neotropical fishing bats

Guadalupe Aillen García Castro, Universidad de Panamá. Behavioral ecology of vampire bats

Moises Castillo, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá. Acoustic and video analysis of bat vocalizations and their associated behaviors

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

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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

Leonie Baier

Mariana Muñoz-Romo

Logan James

Juliette Rubin

Briana Sealey

Imran Razik

Laurie Dufour

Eva Mardus

Lauren Norwood

Luisa Gómez

Moises Castillo

Guadalupe Aillen García Castro

Jimena Víquez

Inga Geipel

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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

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, 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