Lab Alumni
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Blake C. Jones - assistant professor, Bennington College, starting fall 2020
Dr. Rebecca Sardell - continued with postdoctoral research in human retinal genomics with Dr. William Scott, U. of Miami
Dr. J. Patrick Kelley - continued as postdoctoral resesrcher with Dr. Jill Jankowski, Univ. of British Columbia; currently Research Scientist at University of Wyoming.
Doctoral Graduates
Dr. Pearl Rivers Key - PhD 2023. Postdoctoral researcher, Levitan Lab, Florida State University
Dr. Jessica Cusick - PhD 2019. Postdoctoral fellow, NIH training program, Indiana University; assistant professor Utah Valley State University
Dr. Carla Vanderbilt - PhD 2019. Assistant professor, University of Pikeville, Pikeville KY 2019-2022; Senior data impact analyst, RQI Partners LLC
Dr. Megan A. Jones - PhD 2017. Research Associate and Education Specialist, National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder CO.
Dr. Caroline Stahala - PhD 2016. USFWS Biologist, Southeast Region. formerly Panhandle Program Coordinator for the shorebird monitoring and conservation program of Florida Audubn.
Master's Degree Graduates
Meredith Kuzel - M.S. 2022. Lab technician, University of Connecticut School of Nursing
Natasza Fontaine - M.S. 2021. Apalachicola Shorebird Biologist, Florida Audubon
Samantha Dietz - M.S 2019. Associate Scientist, Integral Consulting Inc.
Undergraduate researchers
Traysea Malama-Auger, undergraduate researcher, IDEA grant awardee, 2022-2024Ari Degenhart, undergraduate DIS researcher, 2024
Lillian Gilfry, UROP 2023-24
Connor O'Donnell, UROP 2021-22
Leslie Nguyen, undergraduate researcher, 2018-2019
George Torres, undergraduate volunteer, 2018-2019
Ivonne Mendietta, REU student, summer 2018
Kylie Wilson, REU student, summer 2016
Fernando Freitas, undergraduate volunteer, summer 2015
Hannah Wilson, undergraduate honors thesis student, 2014-2015
Miguel De Villa, undergraduate researcher and DIS student, 2014
Jasity Rush, undergraduate volunteer, 2014
Jordan McKean, undergraduate directed independent study, Spring 2014
Nicholas Hanley, undergraduate researcher
Carolin Hoeflich, undergraduate volunteer - UROP program
Jose Moscoso, undergraduate research technician, Fall 2012
Alan Moss, undergraduate directed independent study, Spring 2012
Megan Mayo, undergraduate honors student 2010-11, now a grad student at UC Davis
Nadia Moline, undergraduate directed independent study, 2010
Aubrey Sirman, undergraduate directed independent study, 2008, MA at Auburn U
Technicians and generally awesome people
Samantha Lantz, lab and field crew manager 2010-2011, completed her PhD at Tulane Univ.
Maria Wieselmann, lab manager, now working in immigration law on the west coast
Emily Hutchinson, lab manager, continued with grad school at U. Alaska Fairbanks
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Postdoctoral Researcher bjones@bio.fsu.edu, jonesbc@gmail.com Ph.D., Biological Sciences B.S. Biology, James Madison University
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Rebecca J. Sardell Postdoctoral Researcher 2011- 2013 Ph.D. – Univ. of Aberdeen, UK |
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J. Patrick Kelley Postdoctoral Researcher Jan-Jul 2013 Ph.D. – UC Davis |
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Social nesting behavior of the Bahama Parrot on Abaco Ph.D. awarded summer 2016 B.S. Biology - Univ. of North Carolina |
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Why Dominant Individuals Cooperate — Fitness Consequences of Cooperative Courtship in a System with Variable Cooperative Display Coalitions Ph.D. awarded summer 2017 B.S. Wildlife Biology |
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Ph.D. awarded spring 2019 |
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Ph.D. awarded Spring 2019 B.A. Biological Sciences - SUNY Binghamton University |
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Ph.D. awarded 2023 B.A. Biology - Oberlin University |
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Meredith Kuzel M.S. awarded 2022 B.A. Biology - University of Connecticut |
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M.S. awarded 2021 M.A. - New York Institute of Technology, communications
Team member of BlackBotanistsWeek |
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M.S. awarded summer 2019 B.S. Biological Sciences,
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Jenevieve Norton Undergraduate Researcher B.A. Biology - Florida State University Research publication: |
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Yousi Espanol Rincon Undergraduate Researcher, 2019-2021 Florida State University |
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Jordan McKean Undergraduate Researcher Directed Independent Study, Spring 2014 Variation in responses to novelty by nesting Carolina Chickadees |
Jose Moscoso Undergrad technician
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Alan Moss Ungergraduate researcher Provisioning rates by male breeders and cooperatively breeding helpers in the Brown-headed Nuthatch
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Megan Mayo Ungergraduate researcher Project: Vocal coordination of lance-tailed manakins Entered the M.A. pogram at UC Davis in fall 2012 |
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Samantha Lantz Lab manager and 2010 field crew leader Entered the Ph.D. program at Tulane University in 2011 |
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Maria Wieselmann Lab manager 2008-2009
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Emily Hutchinson Lab manager, research technician Entered the Ph.D. program at University of Alaska, Fairbanks in fall 2011 |
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Nadia Moline Undergraduate researcher Spring 2010, Project: Giant water bug behavior
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Aubrey Sirman Directed Independent Study student Project: Offspring sex ratios in lance-tailed manakins
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Hannah Wilson Undergraduate researcher Hannah is conducting her honors thesis research on lance-tailed manakin mating behavior 2014-2015 |
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Miguel De Villa Undergraduate researcher Nestling provisioning behavior of Brown-headed Nuthatches (summer 2014) |
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Nicholas Hanley Undergraduate researcher 2013-14 Environmental effects on display performance of Lance-tailed Manakins |
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Carolin Hoeflich Undergraduate volunteer - UROP program 2014 Video analysis of Lance-tailed Manakin displays |
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Jasity Rush Undergraduate volunteer - 2014 Video analysis of Lance-tailed Manakin displays |
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Fernando Freitas Undergraduate volunteer 2015 Video analysis of Lance-tailed Manakin displays |
If you're interested in joining the lab group, see the information for prospective graduate students. If you're interested in a DIS or honors project with the DuVal lab group, see the information for undergraduate students.
- DuVal Lab, 2012
- DuVal Lab, 2017
- DuVal Lab & friends, Jan 2020
- DuVal Lab, 2023