Past Research Students

 

Project:  Hovering Flight Performance in Captive and Free-Living Hummingbirds

Travis Schroeder 2008-09 (Graduated Spring 2010)

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Kevin Smith 2007-08 (Graduated Spring 2008)

Project:  The Effect of Some Physiological, Morphological, and Environmental Variables on Hovering Metabolic Rate in Hummingbirds

Kevin is currently working as a research technician at the Oregon Health and Science University.  His future plans are to attend graduate school.

Travis is currently completing applications for medical school.

Phil Getsinger 2006-07 (Graduated Spring 2007)

Project:  Respiratory Evaporative Water Loss During Hover Flight In Hummingbirds

Phil is currently in dental school at the Oregon Health and Science University.

Sean complete is MS degree at Western Washington University (Spring 2010) where he has studied lizard physiological ecology.  He will start a Ph.D. at Portland State University in Fall 2010.

Sean Powers 2005-06 (Graduated Spring 2006)

Ekatirina Basargin 2006-07 (Graduated Spring 2007)

Project:  Aquaporin Water Channels in the Skin of the Rough-Skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa)

Current activity unknown.

Project:  Respiratory Evaporative Water Loss During Hover Flight In Hummingbirds

Project:  Functional and Morphological Comparison of Hummingbird and Sunbird Digestive Tracts

Tobin Rummel 2004-05 (Graduated Spring 2005)

Tobin is currently in medical school at the Western School of Health Sciences in Pomona, CA.

Seth Monson 2008-2010 (Graduated Spring 2010)

Seth is currently applying to dental school.

Project:  Water transport via aquaporin water channels across the surfaces of tissues important to water regulation in urodele amphibians

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