| Committee: |
David Post, Michael Donoghue, Gisella Caccone, Jason Fridley |
| Research Interests: |
community and ecosystem ecology, plant population biology,
invasion biology |
| Awards: |
Lewis and Clark grant (2006)
YIBS field ecology grant (2006)
Nature Conservancy- Weaver grant (2008)
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| Committee: |
Prum, Stearns, Alonzo, Foster |
| Research Interests: |
Honest signalling, alternative male reproductive
behaviours and life history strategies. |
| Publications: |
Slotman, M.A., N.B. Kelly, L.C.Harrington,
S. Kittahwee, J.W. Jones, T.W. Scott, A.Caccone, and J.R.
Powell. Polymorphic microsatellite markers for studies of Aedes
aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae), the vector of dengue and
yellow fever. Molecular Ecology Notes (In Press)
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| Committee: |
Jacques Gauthier, Antonia Monteiro, Peter Stadler |
| Research Interests: |
Mathematical and conceptual foundations of evolutionary
theory; individuation of biological entities (especially
organisms and characters); short-term vs. long-term evolution. |
| Awards: |
Charles A. and June R. Ross Fellowship, 2007-2008
Sterling Fellowship, Yale University, 2005-2007
Franklin Ford Award, Harvard College, 2003
Jacob Wendell Scholarship, Harvard College, 2002 |
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| Committee: |
Eric Dufresne (Physics/Chemical Engg.), Michael Levene (Biomedical Engg.), Simon Mochrie (Physics), Antonia Monteiro, Rick Prum, Günter Wagner |
| Research Interests: |
Evolutionary Ornithology, Evolutionary Photonics (Optics and Evolution of Organismal Structural Color) |
| Publications: |
Saranathan, V., D. Hamilton, G. Powell, D. Kroodsma, and R. O. Prum. 2007. Genetic Evidence Supports Song Learning in the Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculata (Cotingidae). Molecular Ecology, 16(17): 3689–3702 link
Saranathan, V. and E. H. Burtt, Jr. 2007. Sunlight on feathers inhibits feather-degrading bacteria. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 119(2): 239–245. link
Russello, M. A., V. Saranathan, S. Buhrman-Deever, J. Eberhard and A. Caccone. 2007. Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci for the invasive Monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus). Molecular Ecology Notes, 7:990–992. link
Burtt, E. H., Jr., V. Saranathan and I.-A. Bisson. 2006. An ecosystem in feathers. J. Ornithology. 147: Suppl. 35. link
B. R. Trees, V. Saranathan, and D. Stroud. 2005. Synchronization in disordered Josephson junction arrays: small-world connections and the Kuramoto model. Phys. Rev. E. 71:16215. link |
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| Awards: |
Dillon and Mary Ripley Graduate Fellowship. Yale University
Graduate School Conference Travel Award. Yale University (2007)
Cooper Ornithological Society Student Membership Award (2007 – 2009)
Society for the Study of Evolution Student Travel Award. (2007)
International Ornithological Congress Travel Award (2006)
North American Ornithological Conference Student Travel Award (2006)
American Ornithologists’ Union’s Marcia Brady Student Travel Award (2005)
American Ornithologists’ Union Student Membership Award (2005 – 2007)
Wilson Ornithological Society Travel Award (2004) |
| Professional Memberships: |
American Ornithologists' Union
Cooper Ornithological Society
American Society of Naturalists
Society for the Study of Evolution
Sigma Xi |
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Synergistic Activities: |
Chairman, American Ornithologists’ Union Website Committee (2007 – 2008)
American Ornithologists’ Union International Affairs Committee (2006 – 2007) |
