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Education University of California Berkeley, 2013 present
Ph.D. Student, Beissinger Lab, Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
Cornell University, May 2013
B.S. in Natural Resources, summa cum laude with distinction in research
Peer-
reviewed
Publications
3. Bonter, DA, SA MacLean, and LE DeFisher. Dietary choice in free-living birds under variable
temperature regimes. Journal of Animal Ecology, in review.
2. Bonter, DA, SA MacLean, SS Shah, and MC Moglia. 2014. Storm-induced shifts in optimal
nesting sites: a potential effect of climate change. Journal of Ornithology 155: 631-638.
1. MacLean, SA and DN Bonter. 2013. The sound of danger: threat sensitivity to predator
vocalizations, alarm calls, and novelty in gulls. Plos One 8(12): e82384.
Grants and
Fellowships
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Chancellors Fellowship, UC Berkeley
Henry E. and Nancy H. Bartels Scholar, Cornell University
Hunter R. Rawlings III Presidential Research Scholar, Cornell University
Kiwanis Club of San Diego Scholar
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2010
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Awards and
Honors
SUNY Chancellors Award for Student Excellence, 2013
Nancy Klamm Undergraduate Presentation Award, North American Ornithological Conference,
2012
Conference
Presentations
Fifth North American Ornithological Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 2012
Invited
Seminars
Wildlife & Conservation Biology Seminar Series, UC Berkeley, 2014
Monday Night Seminar Series, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, 2012
Poster
Presentations
Cornell Undergraduate Research Board Spring Forum, Cornel University, 2012
SUNY Undergraduate Showcase, Albany, NY, 2012
Cornell Undergraduate Research Board Fall Forum, Cornell University, 2011
Research
Positions
Shoals Marine Lab, Gull Ecology Technician, Appledore Island, ME, 2011 2013
- Nest monitoring, gull and passerine banding, blood samples, point counts, censusing, GPS
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Project FeederWatch Research Assistant, 2009 2013
- Passerine and near-passerine banding (sub-permitee), Radio Frequency Identification and
Passive Integrated Transponder tags, data management, citizen science administration
USFWS Stellers Eider Project, Field Assistant, Barrow, AK, 2012
- Transect surveys, Trimble GPS, egg floating, community outreach
Teaching Cornell University:
Field Methods in Bird Banding, course founder and teaching assistant, spring 2012 and 2013
Applied Population Ecology, teaching assistant, fall 2011 and 2012
Field Ornithology (Shoals Marine Lab), teaching assistant, summer 2012 and 2013
Outreach UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Docent, 2014 present
Organizer of native plant & bird hike for science students at Orange Glen High School (CA), 2014
Cornell Naturalist Outreach Program, biology lessons in local elementary schools, 2013
Migration Celebration Banding Demonstration Leader, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2012 2013
Cornell Raptor Program, student supervisor and education team, 2010 2013