At the end of 2024 I graciously received a dissertation improvement grant (DIG) from the University Montana branch of the Montana...

Published Nov. 26, 2024 | Updated Dec. 3, 2024 Our work investigating male-male fighting of hummingbirds has recently gotten some...

Photogrammetry is the process of obtaining reliable measurements and creating models from photographs. It captures the surface details...

Recently, I had the privilege to present my research on male-male fighting in hummingbirds at two major events: the American...

Interview with collaborator Alyssa Sargent about my talk at SICB.

I am excited to be attending the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference in Seattle Washington next week! At SICB this...

In 2023 I have been awarded grants from both Montana Audubon Society and the American Ornithological Society. I am grateful for their...

Over the summer, the University of Montana flight lab was busy hosting participants from Sentinel High school and Wings Over Water-- a...

While this post ay be delayed, I am currently in my first year of my fellowship funded by the National Science Foundation's Graduate...

In August of 2022, I presented on the maximal feeding rate of compensatory feeding in hummingbirds across north and south America. To...

I am flattered to have received an Honorable Mention in the 2022 National Science Foundation's Graduate Student Fellowship Program. This...

After careful deliberation, I have accepted an offer from University of Montana to pursue my PhD in Ecology and Evolution beginning the...

Dr. Rico-Guevara and myself had the privilege to highlight some of our work with the Burke Museum last month, and they made a beautiful...

After navigation of IACUC, state permits, housing plans, experimental setup shake-out and so many other tasks this past year has held, we...

I'm grateful and flattered to have been recently promoted to the title of Lab Manager of the Behavioral Ecophysics Lab. It's been an...

Title: Bene‘fit’ assessment in pollination coevolution: mechanistic perspectives on hummingbird bill-flower matching Written with...

One of the components of my role currently in the Behavioral Ecophysics Lab is make projects easier! If you look lower in my feed here...

The Covid-19 pandemic has been hard on many work spaces, museums and labs not excluded. The Burke Museum's Spring Gala looks different as...

Our grant proposal for a 3D macro photogrammetry set-up for UW students and at the Burke Museum was accepted! We are so excited to start...

I hosted a Virtual Open Door at the Burke Museum this month! I talked about the Behavioral Ecophysics Lab, hummingbird metabolism,...