Rachel Page

Mariana Muñoz-Romo

Simon Ripperger

Claire Hemingway

May Dixon

Jenna Kohles

Hannah Tilley

Alexis Heckley

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

Dr. Leonie Baier, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany. Eavesdropping on multi-modal signals: cognitive overload versus enhanced performance

Dr. Simon Ripperger, CV
Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Research. Unraveling bat group dynamics using next generation tracking technology

Dr. Michael Schöner, CV
University of Greifswald. Sensory and behavioral ecology of roosting behavior in Neotropical bats

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DOCTORAL STUDENTS
May Dixon, University of Texas at Austin. Comparative cognition: learning and memory across bat species
 
Claire Hemingway, University of Texas at Austin. Decision-making strategies in frog-eating bats
 
Jenna Kohles, Max Planck
Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany. Social foraging behavior in bulldog bats

Sebastian Stockmaier, University of Texas at Austin. Evolution of mammalian sickness behaviors

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INTERNS
Nair Cabezón, STRI. Colonization and species displacement in Neotropical bat roosts

Argelis Aneth Sánchez Flores, STRI. The role of sensory lures in attracting bats to artificial roosts

Dineilys Aparicio, Universidad Nacional de Panamá, Centro Regional Universitario de Veraguas. Neotropical bat foraging behavior

Amanda Savage, STRI. The effect of passive gleaning bats on the katydid community in the rainforest canopy

Hannah Tilley, University of Hong Kong. Impact of sleep on sociality and roosting strategy in Artibeus jamaicensis

Alexis Heckley, University of
Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. The benefits of social sleeping: Behavior and neuroimaging of sleep within a group

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RESEARCH COLLABORATORS
Dr. Inga Geipel, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Constrained Systems Lab (CoSys-Lab) at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Echo-acoustic signalling of aposematic and cryptic insects – A bat inspired modelling approach (EchoBug)

Danny Haelewaters, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ghent University, Belgium. Bats, bat flies, and Laboulbeniales fungi: A model for studying hyperparasitism

Gregg Cohen

Leonie Baier

Michael Schöner

Sebastian Stockmaier

Dineilys Aparicio

Amanda Savage

Inga Geipel

Danny Haelewaters

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PAST LAB MEMBERS

Former postdocs
Michael Caldwell, Gerry Carter, Eric Flores, Stefan Greif, Wouter Halfwerk, Inga Geipel, Teague O'Mara, Thomas Sattler, Cory Toth

Former PhD students / Fellows
Theresa Clarin, Victoria Flores, Vincent Fugère, Tanja Halczok, Katrine Hulgard, Patricia Jones

Former Masters students
Bawan Amin, Rachel Crisp, Ineke Knot, Jip Ramakers, Flor Rhebergen, Ivon Vassileva

Former interns
Elias Bader, Ashley Beard, Jineth Berrio, Christina Buelow, Emily Dong, Clarice Diebold, Brendan Dula, Katharina Eggert, Jay Falk, Tom Faughnan, Jennifer Finley, Anita Freudmann, Yelitza Garcia, Dylan Gomes, Luisa Gómez, Jesus Hernández, Nadia Hijner, Antonia Hubancheva, Devin Herlihy, Jessica Jacobitz, Ellen Jacobs, Ciara Kernan, Lauren Koenig, Jenna Kohles, Julia Legelli, 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, Sarah Richman, Sebastian Rikker, Eudocia Rodríguez, Raul Rodríguez, Katarina Rolf, Teia Schweizer, Molly Shuman-Goodier, Michelle Simpson, Marcus Smeekes, Erin Swerdfeger, Nia Toshkova, Sara Troxell, Yesenia Valverde, Sara Vasquez, Tawni Voyles, Julia Vrtilek, Julia Wilson