Past Members

Michelle Moyer, PhD 2024, Comparing female song in temperate and tropical breeding orioles – Orchard Oriole and Puerto Rican Oriole.  Starting as Assistant Professor at Georgia College, Fall 2025.  https://www.gcsu.edu/artsandsciences/biology

Janine Antalffy, PhD 2022, Habitat mapping and conservation genetics of the Bahama Oriole. https://www.lmvjv.org/staff

Evangeline Rose, PhD 2020, Role of female song in within-pair communication in Eastern Bluebirds.  https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2149059811_Evangeline_M_Rose

Anna Kearns, Post-doc 2012-2016, Conservation genetics of Australian red robins (Petroica) and speciation reversal in Common Ravens.  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anna_Kearns

Karan Odom, PhD 2016, The evolution of female song and duetting in Puerto Rican troupials.  Assistant Professor, University of the Pacific, CA.  https://www.karanodom.com

Nanda Cortes-Rodriguez, PhD 2013, Speciation of tropical orioles in southern Mexico.     Assistant Professor, Ithaca College, NY.    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nandadevi_Cortes-Rodriguez

Rachel Sturge, PhD 2013, Recent speciation in the Orchard Oriole complex. Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Univ. Toronto Scarborough.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-sturge-26619220/?ppe=1

Nick Friedman, PhD 2012, Evolution of pigmentation across New World blackbirds.                           https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicholas_Friedman

Frode Jacobsen, PhD 2011, Species trees and hybridization in orioles.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/frodejacobsen/

Chris Hofmann, PhD 2007, Repeated loss of elaborate female coloration across orioles.   Foreign Service Officer at U.S. Department of State.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-hofmann-64031527/

Beatrice Kondo, PhD 2006, Evolution of migration in orioles.  Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, University of Maryland,  http://advanced.jhu.edu/about-us/faculty/beatrice-kondo/

Jeff Peters, PhD 2006, Population genetics of gadwall ducks.  Professor and Associate Chair, Biological Science, Wright State University, OH.  http://people.wright.edu/jeffrey.peters

Omland Lab Alums at the American Ornithological Society / Birds Caribbean meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2022.  L to R:  Michelle Moyer, Rachel Sturge, Nanda Cortes, Ellie Bare, Janine Antalffy, Jeff Peters.  (Kevin Omland in front.)

 

Omland Lab PhD Alums at a conference ~2012: L to R: Jeff Peters, Nanda Cortes, Frode Jacobsen, Rachel Sturge, Nick Friedman, Chris Hofmann, Kevin Omland