Congratulations goes to Cam Venable for securing his new post-doc position with Dr. Robin Tinghitella at University of Denver! We were lucky to have Cam in the lab on a 1 year post-doc position and look forward to continuing to work with him on his project focused on how red squirrels in the Yukon respond…
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Matt Gaidica Awarded NASA/TRISH Postdoctoral Fellowship
Matt Gaidica joined the Dantzer Lab last year to develop a novel bio-logging toolset and was recently awarded a postdoctoral fellowship through a cooperative agreement between Baylor College of Medicine’s Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) and NASA. Gaidica will be using the bio-logging toolset he developed and the red squirrel as a neuroethological…
Congratulations Annie!
Congratulations to Annie Kittendorf on her graduation and the completion of her Undergraduate Honor’s Thesis! Good luck on all your future endeavors Annie!
Congratulations Sarah!
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Westrick on her graduation! She will be moving on to work on an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology in Dr. Eva Fischer’s lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Good luck Sarah!
Congratulations and Good Luck Charlotte!
Another huge congratulation to Charlotte Devitz on her graduation! She will be moving on to work as a PhD student in Dr. Emelie Snell-Rood’s lab at the University of Minnesota. Good luck Charlotte!
Looking for a postdoc?
We are inviting prospective postdocs to work with us (Nancy Chen, Ben Dantzer, & Andrew McAdam) on applying for the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (NSF 19597) to conduct interdisciplinary research that leverages our interests, expertise (life history theory, behavioral ecology, physiological ecology, quantitative genetics, genomics), and ongoing research in a long-term study of…
A summer of celebration
In the summer of 2019, the Dantzer Lab has many notable items to celebrate. First, we said goodbye to two valuable members of the Dantzer Lab. Zoë Goodrow finished up and defended her MSc. thesis in Conservation Ecology and Sarah Guindre-Parker (NSERC PDF) accepted a faculty position at Kennesaw State University (congrats Sarah!). Second, we…
Postdoc position available
Postdoc Position in Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution Available in Ben Dantzer Lab at University of Michigan The Dantzer Lab at the University of Michigan is searching for a postdoc. We have broad interests and study a diversity of questions at the interface of animal behavior, physiology, ecology, and evolution. Most this work is empirical and…
Ben & squirrels featured in Washington Post
John Kelly at the Washington Post does a “squirrel week” feature each year in the Washington Post. This year one of the columns featured “Squirrel Camp” and the work of the Kluane Red Squirrel Project! See the full article here.
Open position for undergrad to study red squirrel behavior & physiology
A 14-week NSF REU position is available in my lab from May-August 2019. The REU Student will participate in research regarding the effects of elevated maternal glucocorticoids (colloquially referred to as “maternal stress”) on the physiology, behavior, and life history traits of the offspring and design and conduct their own independent research project under the general…