Megan is interested in the evolution of call synchrony and of novel female preferences based on relative call timing. She works primarily with Neoconocephalus katydids, but is interested in expanding this work to frogs and multimodal signals. You can find more information about her research here.
Megan came to Salisbury from the Missouri, where she got her B.S. in biology and psychology from Rockhurst University, then her Ph.D. in biological sciences at University of Missouri working with Johannes Schul. Outside of the lab, Megan enjoys antiquing, thrifting, hiking, and camping.
Female mate preference for certain calls has the potential to change across years, and Andrew is interested in finding out what may be the causes and consequences of these changes. He is also interested in how multimodal signals impact auditory grouping in the túngara frog.
Before joining the lab, Andrew graduated with a BSc in biology from Conneticut College and later worked as an ornithology research technician at the University of Texas Austin. He enjoys birdwatching and playing jazz bass.
Rosalind graduated from Virginia Wesleyan University in 2016 with a BSc in Biology. She was a college athlete and played volleyball on the VWC women’s volleyball team for all four years. As an undergraduate, she completed and presented research projects in genetics and animal behavior. Her interests in these areas led her to come and work in the Taylor-Hunter lab. Outside of the lab, she enjoys traveling (nationally and internationally), outdoor activities (hiking, kayaking, swimming, etc.), a little friendly competition, reading, and creating art.
Our head engineer, Paul keeps the field season running smoothly by building additional robots and artificial vocal sacs, maintaining equipment, ordering supplies and troubleshooting our hardware.
Georgina is completing a double major degree in Biology (Pre-med) and Medical Laboratory Science. In the Taylor-Hunter lab she's currently taking charge of editing the lab website and also works on the ddRAD with the frogs assisting the genomic project. You can learn more about the research here.
Then: MSc, 2014 - 2017 Now: Doctoral Academy Fellow, University of Arkansas
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Then: Post-doc, 2014 - 2016 Now: Post-doc, University of Kentucky
Then: BSc, 2015 Now: MSc, East Carolina University
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Then: BSc, 2015 Now: Americorps
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Then: MSc, 2015 Now: Lecturer, Salisbury University
Then: MSc, 2014 Now: PhD student, University of Texas - Austin