Team

Dr. Rachel Page

Principal investigator

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Sensory and cognitive ecology; behavioral biology of bats.

Gregg Cohen

Lab Manager

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Mariana Muñoz-Romo

Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela. Sexual communication signals in bats

Dr. Leonie Baier

STRI. Eavesdropping on multi-modal signals: cognitive overload versus enhanced performance

Dr. Simon Ripperger

Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Research. Unraveling bat group dynamics using next generation tracking technology

Dr. May Dixon

The Ohio State University. Foraging and cognitive ecology of Neotropical bats

Dr. Sebastian Stockmaier

The Ohio State University. Evolution of mammalian sickness behaviors

Doctoral students

Briana Sealey

University of Texas at Austin. Risk assessment in the foraging behavior of the Neotropical bat, Trachops cirrhosus

Jenna Kohles

Max Planck
Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany. Social foraging behavior in bulldog bats

Brandi Christiano

University of Texas at Austin. Genetic relatedness and foraging behavior of fruit-eating bats

Masters students

Laurie Dufour

McGill University. The use of social information in a landscape of fear in fruit-eating bats

Interns

Nair Cabezón

STRI. Colonization and species displacement in Neotropical bat roosts

Argelis Aneth Sánchez Flores

STRI. The role of sensory lures in attracting bats to artificial roosts

Jorge López

Universidad de Panamá. Decision making in Neotropical bats and their prey

Nelson Guevara

Universidad de Panamá. Ecology, evolution and systematics of Neotropical bats.

Melissa López González

STRI. Social foraging behavior in Neotropical fishing bats

Luisa Gómez

Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior. Causes and consequences of lifespan variation in a highly social bat

Research collaborators

Dr. Inga Geipel

Postdoctoral Fellow in the Constrained Systems Lab (CoSys-Lab) at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Echo-acoustic signalling of aposematic and cryptic insects – A bat inspired modelling approach (EchoBug)

Dr. Danny Haelewaters

Postdoctoral Fellow, Ghent University, Belgium. Bats, bat flies, and Laboulbeniales fungi: A model for studying hyperparasitism

Past lab members

Former postdocs

Michael Caldwell, Gerry Carter, Eric Flores, Stefan Greif, Wouter Halfwerk, Inga Geipel, Teague O’Mara, Michael Schöner, Thomas Sattler, Cory Toth.

Former PhD students / Fellows

Theresa Clarin, Victoria Flores, Vincent Fugère, Tanja Halczok, Claire Hemingway, Katrine Hulgard, Patricia Jones.

Former Masters students

Bawan Amin, Rachel Crisp, Ineke Knot, Jip Ramakers, Flor Rhebergen, Ivon Vassileva.

Former interns

Dineilys Aparicio, Elias Bader, Ashley Beard, Jineth Berrio, Christina Buelow, Brandi Christiano, Emily Dong, Clarice Diebold, Brendan Dula, Katharina Eggert, Jay Falk, Tom Faughnan, Jennifer Finley, Anita Freudmann, Yelitza Garcia, Dylan Gomes, Luisa Gómez, Alexis Heckley, Jesus Hernández, Nadia Hijner, Antonia Hubancheva, Devin Herlihy, Jessica Jacobitz, Ellen Jacobs, Ciara Kernan, Lauren Koenig, Jenna Kohles, Julia Legelli, Daniela Martinez, Santiago Meneses, Nikolaj Meyer, Dallas Miller, Ram Mohan, Rachel Moon, Martha Moscoso, Amanda Muñoz, David Natera, Hugo Narizano, Brennan Neal, Michelle Nowak, Jana Nowatzki, Ray Nunez, Kristina Ottens, Mallory Owens, Sarah Richman, Sebastian Rikker, Eudocia Rodríguez, Raul Rodríguez, Katarina Rolf, Amanda Savage, Teia Schweizer, Molly Shuman-Goodier, Michelle Simpson, Marcus Smeekes, Erin Swerdfeger, Hannah Tilley, Nia Toshkova, Sara Troxell, Yesenia Valverde, Sara Vasquez, Tawni Voyles, Julia Vrtilek, Julia Wilson.