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Hawley Lab Members

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Dana Hawley

Principal Investigator

Research interests: ecology and evolution of wildlife diseases, animal behavior, ecological immunology

Perez-Umphrey

Anna Pérez-Umphrey

Postdoctoral Scholar

Research interests: conservation genetics, disease ecology, and wildlife biology

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Marissa Langager

Ph.D. Candidate

Research interests: social behavior and disease ecology

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Sara Teemer Richards

Ph.D. Student

Research interests: behavioral ecology, disease ecology, and conservation biology

Garrett Larsen

Jesse Garrett-Larsen

Ph.D. Student

Research interests: ecoimmunology, behavioral ecology, disease ecology, and conservation biology

Caro Vela

Caro Vela

M.S. Student

Research interests: disease ecology, climate change ecology, and conservation biology

Junior Lab Members

Emery

Emery

(daughter of Dana Hawley)

Research interests: marine biology, sibling dominance hierarchies

James

James

(son of Dana Hawley)

Research Interests: dental health, optimal foraging theory

Lab Mascots

Pico Richards

Pico Richards

Research Interests: physiology of long walks, dog treat nutrition

Piglet

Piglet Pérez-Umphrey

Research interests: particle physics and quantum computing for military applications    

Rango

Rango Garrett-Larsen

Research interests: squirrel physiology and behavior