Emily Donahue joined the lab in Spring 2021 as a PhD student and is co-advised by Dr. Than Boves. Em is from Northeast Pennsylvania and received her BS in Wildlife and Fisheries Science from Penn State University in 2017. She served as an officer of the Penn State Outing Club, heading fundraising efforts for a student-run philanthropy called THON, and worked for the AURORA Outdoor Orientation Program, guiding incoming freshmen on backpacking excursions. Experience gained at the Penn State bird banding station allowed Em to secure a field job in Northern Arizona, where she lived in a remote field camp and assisted with studies on a high elevation, avian community. After undergrad, Em started an MS position with Dr. Than Boves at Arkansas State University to study non-breeding Loggerhead Shrike behavior and habitat selection. In addition to managing her own field work, she also assisted current and past labmates with their projects and spent one spring traveling across the Eastern US as a technician for a Cerulean Warbler geolocator project. Em received her MS in Biology in 2020. She delved into the world of physiology while collaborating with the Neuman-Lee Lab throughout her MS and plans to continue work in the field.
Em assists in running the bird banding station at A-State every fall and volunteers as the newsletter editor for the Arkansas Audubon Society. Dissertation: Exploring Breeding Ecology and Potential Physiological Effects of Pesticide Exposure in Agricultural Loggerhead Shrikes. |
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