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Ben Winger | Principal Investigator View Ben Winger's Curriculum Vitae
Ben is Assistant Curator of Birds in the Museum of Zoology and Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Program in the Environment at the University of Michigan. Ben is an evolutionary biologist and ornithologist working at the interface of speciation, biogeography, and behavioral ecology. He develops analytical tools and employs comparative approaches to leverage large datasets — including those generated from genomics, phylogenetics, museum collections and citizen science — to address questions in evolution and ecology. Ben earned his PhD in 2015 from the University of Chicago and his BA in 2007 from Cornell University. One of Ben's favorite parts of his job is teaching Ornithology, which he does both at the Ann Arbor campus in the fall and at the University of Michigan Biological Station in the spring. Contact: wingerb [at] umich.edu |
Postdocs
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Dr. Brian Weeks | Postdoctoral FellowBrian is working on several projects related to the evolutionary consequences of dispersal in birds. His previous research has focused on reconstructing the assembly of ecological communities and understanding how different assembly histories have shaped contemporary ecosystem properties. As part of this, he is interested in understanding the processes involved in generating diversity, particularly dispersal. His work to date has integrated morphology, behavioral observation, and genomics. Brian received his PhD from Columbia University in 2017 and BA from Brown University in 2006.
Website: www.bcweeks.weebly.com |
Graduate Students
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Susanna Campbell | PhD Student (2017- )Susanna is co-advised by Ben Winger and Dr. Liliana Cortes-Ortiz. She is interested in how genomes introgress during hybridization and is studying hybridization genetics in an avian system. Susanna completed her Masters degree in EEB at the University of Michigan in 2017 and attended University of Maryland, Baltimore County for her undergraduate degree.
Eric Gulson-Castillo | PhD Student (2018-)Prior to beginning graduate school, Eric spent a year in Indonesia on a Fulbright scholarship, researching Sulawesi’s unique starlings and hornbills. He graduated from Cornell University in 2015 and has since done field work in far-flung places and worked as a teaching assistant. He has done research on thermoregulation, morphology, and natural history, with a focus on Bornean birds. He is currently very interested in movement ecology (including nomadism) and frugivory in tropical birds.
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Teresa Pegan | PhD Student (2017- )Teresa graduated from Cornell University in 2015. Her past research experiences have included working with solar-powered radio tags on Tree Swallows, observing the natural history of Bornean birds, and studying a new population of Cliff Swallow breeding in South America. She is interested in when and why birds disperse, what influences dispersal limitation, and how these factors affect evolution. She particularly enjoys learning about tropical forest birds, especially those in Southeast Asia.
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Lab Affiliates
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Dr. Shane DuBay | Michigan FellowShane is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Michigan Society of Fellows and Assistant Professor in EEB. He studies how historical and current ecological processes affect how organisms respond to environmental pressures, with a focus on montane systems. Shane received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 2018.
Website: www.shanedubay.com/ |