An Bui
An Bui
An Bui
Education
University of California, Santa Barbara 2017 – present
PhD Student
Senior Theses
Predator avoidance behavior in Pacific tree frogs (Pseudacris regilla)
Advisor: Dr. Cherie Briggs
William Faulkner and the Ecological Significance of Yoknapatawpha County
Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Heckendorn Cook
Research
Young Lab – UCSB June 2016 – Sep. 2017
Field Assistant
Young Lab – UCSB Sep. 2015 – Sep. 2017
Research Assistant
Turner Lab – UCSB Jan. 2014 – June 2015
Research Assistant
Briggs Lab – UCSB Oct. 2013 – June 2015
Undergraduate Researcher
Field Experience
Young Lab
- Coal Oil Point Reserve, Santa Barbara, California
- Tejon Ranch Conservancy, Tejon, California
- Palmyra Atoll, United States of America
- Channel Islands National Park, Ventura County, California
Briggs Lab
- Hendrick Reserve Natural Area, Santa Clara, California
Teaching Experience
Vertebrate Ecology and Evolution (EEMB 113L) Sep. 2017 – present
Head Teaching Assistant
Publications
2. Lafferty, KD, JP McLaughlin, DS Gruner, TA Bogar, A Bui, JN Childress, M Espinosa, ES
Forbes, CA Johnston, M Klope, A Miller-ter Kuile, M Lee, KA Plummer, DA Weber, RT
Young, HS Young. Secondary extinction of Asian tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus) following
rat eradication on Palmyra Atoll. Biology Letters. 2017. In review.
1. Hardesty-Moore, M, S Deinet, R Freeman, GC Titcomb, EM Dillon, K Stears, M Klope, A Bui,
D Orr, HS Young, A Miller-ter Kuile, LF Hughey, and DJ McCauley. Migration in the
Anthropocene: how collective navigation, environmental system, and taxonomy shape the
vulnerability of migratory species. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 2017. In press.
Honors
Outstanding Achievement in the English Major 2015
Distinction in the Major, Ecology & Evolution
Distinction in the Major, English
Dean’s Honors 2012 – 2015
Phi Beta Kappa 2014
Comparative Literature Program Certificate for Undergraduate Excellence
Poster Presentations
Predator avoidance behavior in Pacific tree frogs (Pseudacris hypochondriaca) 2015
A Bui, CJ Briggs, TL Dudley, E Wilson
UCSB Undergraduate Research Colloquium
Employment
UCSB Davidson Library – Special Collections Sep. 2015 – Dec. 2016
Digitization Project and Reference Assistant
UCSB Davidson Library – Special Collections Sep. 2011 – Sep. 2015
Student Assistant, Lead Student
Blush Restaurant and Lounge May 2014 – Apr. 2015
Hostess, expediter, server
Piano Theory Teacher Sep. 2009 – Jan. 2012
References
Hillary Young, Assistant Professor – Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
1234 Noble Hall
Santa Barbara, California 93106
[email protected]
Thomas Turner, Associate Professor – Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
2128 Noble Hall
Santa Barbara, California 93106
[email protected]
Cherie Briggs, Professor – Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
2112 Noble Hall
Santa Barbara, California 93106
[email protected]
Elizabeth Heckendorn Cook, Associate Professor – English
2503 South Hall
Santa Barbara, California 93106
[email protected]