PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Dr. Rachel Page, CV Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Sensory and cognitive ecology; behavioral biology of bats ___________________________________ LAB MANAGER Gregg Cohen, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ___________________________________ 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 ___________________________________ DOCTORAL STUDENTS Briana Sealey, University of Texas at Austin. Risk assessment in the foraging behavior of the Neotropical bat, Trachops cirrhosus 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 ___________________________________ MASTERS STUDENT Laurie Dufour, McGill University. The use of social information in a landscape of fear in fruit-eating bats ___________________________________ INTERNS Nair Cabezón, STRI. Colonization and species displacement in Neotropical bat roosts Jorge López, Universidad de Panamá. Behavioral ecology of vampire bats Luisa Gómez, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior. Causes and consequences of lifespan variation in a highly social bat 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 ___________________________________ 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) Dr. Danny Haelewaters, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ghent University, Belgium. Bats, bat flies, and Laboulbeniales fungi: A model for studying hyperparasitism |