Caitlin Stern
Caitlin Stern, Ph.D. Student, Neurobiology and Behavior
Caitlin Stern entered the Ph.D. program in Neurobiology and Behavior
in fall 2006. Caitlin is interested in avian behavioral ecology, and
especially in the topic of cooperative breeding.
After graduating
from Harvard University in Biology in June 2005, she spent most of
the next year studying cooperatively breeding western bluebirds at
Hastings Reservation in Carmel Valley, California. Her previous
research experience includes studying moose foraging ecology in Isle
Royale National Park for her undergraduate thesis, and spending three
summers investigating the responses of ponderosa pine forest songbirds
to different forest treatments for the Wildlife Conservation Society's
Fire and Fire Surrogate Study. A native of southeast Alaska, Caitlin
first became interested in ornithology while studying bald eagles in
her hometown of Haines.
Research
Genetic vs. phenotypic effects on survival of extrapair and pair-derived chicks of the western bluebird (work done in Evolutionary Biology Lab at Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Effects of oil exploration on the behavioral endocrinology of Alaskan shorebirds (planning stages)
Teaching/Support
Caitlin has been awarded CALS and NSF fellowships for her studies at Cornell
Papers
TBA
For more glimpses of David Gubernick's photos of Hastings and California: www.rainbowspirit.com
Contact Information
Janis L. Dickinson
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Rd,
Ithaca, NY 14850
Office: 607 - 254-2194
jld84@cornell.edu
My office in Fernow (Tue. afternoons only) Rm. 102A
Related Resources
- Evolutionary Biology Lab at the CLO