I am not currently accepting new graduate students at this time. If you are an undergraduate interested in participating in research in the lab, please email me with a description of your interests and any previous research experience.
Allen Hurlbert, Principal Investigator
- Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Postdoctoral Fellow, NCEAS (2005 - 2008)
- Ph.D., University of New Mexico (2005)
- B.A., Amherst College (1994)
Allen is interested in large-scale patterns of abundance, distribution, and diversity, especially of birds and insects.
Ivara Goulden, PhD Candidate
- B.S., Tufts University (2021)
Ivara is interested in how climate and land cover change are impacting bird populations.
Nosa Osawe, PhD Student
- B.S., University of Benin (2023)
Nosa is amazed by broad scale statistical patterns of insect abundance and occurrence, as well as their associations with plants, and how these patterns are influenced by climate and landscape changes.
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Lab Alumni
Undergraduates
- Jamie-Lee Beckford
- Lily Liang
- Berling Joseph
- Qiaowei Pan
- Spencer Scheidt
- Mary Wurzelmann
- Michael Auriemma
- Tracie Hayes
- Tara McKinnon
- Lauren Whitenack
- Britney Brinson
- Jericho Cook
- Andrew Zachman
- George Ni
- Ellie Kremer
- Colleen Whitener
- Ellen Weaver
- Mary Alex Beverly
- Amelia Milano
- Alexander Smith
- Isabella Nieri
Postdocs
- Dan McGlinn, College of Charleston
- James Stegen, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Robbie Burger, University of Kentucky
Graduate Students
- Katie Becraft, MS
- Jes Coyle, PhD, Professor at St. Mary's College of California
- Brian Evans, PhD, Quantitative Ecologist at Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
- Molly Jenkins, MS, US Environmental Protection Agency
- Sara Snell Taylor, PhD, Epidemiologist at Picnic Health
- Indigo Edwards, MS, Land Stewardship Manager at Eno River Association
- Grace Di Cecco, PhD, Lead Biodiveristy Data Scientist at NatureServe
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