Academic interests
How do animals decide when to help others?  In Fall 2009, I started my Ph.D. with the Wilkinson lab hoping to revisit the controversial topic of reciprocity in vampire bats.  I'm currently learning about social evolution, cooperation, and cognition. In the past, I've studied spatial memory in fruit and flower bats, and the function of social calls in vampire bats.

recent updates:

  • Vampire bat food sharing
  • My logo design won a contest to be the official logo of NASBR.
  • Bats in the Northeast are still in serious trouble from white-nose syndrome. Find out more here.
  • close-up of a white-winged vampire bat
  • flower bats feeding on fruit, see video
  • flower bats choosing banana flavour over peach, see video
  • footage of vampire bats walking along cave floor
  • 9/30/08 Michelle and I finished the Pacific Crest Trail