Watch for bats on Animal Planet on Friday, February 2 at 9PM.

I am driven by commitments to education and conservation of nature. As part of the Bat Lab at Boston University, I attend to these ends through teaching in the Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution program and studying bat ecology and physiology.

My dissertation research is focused on thermoregulation and energetics of Brazilian free-tailed bats, Tadarida brasiliensis, in southwestern North America. Using infrared thermography and more traditional methods of studying energetics, I am investigating heat flux during flight and roosting. Through physical, physiological, and behavioral responses to climatic conditions, Brazilian free-tailed bats successfully inhabit a large geographic area the Americas. I am interested in the interaction between local climates and these responses.