Hurlbert Lab

Macroecology and Biodiversity

"Ecological patterns, about which we construct theories, are only interesting if they are repeated. They may be repeated in space or in time, and they may be repeated from species to species. A pattern which has all of these kinds of repetition is of special interest because of its generality..."

--Robert MacArthur, 1968

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Allen Hurlbert, Principal Investigator

Allen Hurlbert
  • 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 careful around rhinos and tries to keep lab members in line.


Indigo Edwards, MS Student

Indigo Edwards
  • B.S., University of North Carolina at Asheville (2020)

Indigo is interested in the effects of urbanization and other anthropogenic change on arthropod communities, and he is comfortable with having insects close to his face.


Ivara Goulden, PhD Student

Ivara Goulden
  • B.S., Tufts University (2021)

Ivara is interested in the effects of urbanization and feral cats on avian communities.


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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

Postdocs

Graduate Students


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