Daniel I Rubenstein

Former Postdocs

• Meghan McSherry

  Postdoctoral Associate
  Current position:
  Adjunct Instructor, Marymount Manhattan College, Department of Natural Sciences
• Meg Crofoot

  Postdoctoral Associate
  Current position:
  Assistant Professor, UCDavis, Department of Anthropology
• Wilfred Odadi

  Postdoctoral Associate
  Current position:
  Lecturer, Department of Natural Resources, Faculty of Environment and Resources Development, Egerton University, Kenya
• Sonia Altizer

  (Co‑adviser)

  Postdoctoral Associate 1999‑2000
  Current position:
  Associate Professor, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
• Iain Couzin

  (Co‑adviser)

  Postdoctoral Associate 2002‑2005
  Current position:
  Director, Max-Planck Institute for Ornithology, Department of Collective Behavior. Professor, Department of Biologie, University of Konstanz, Germany
• John Githaiga Maina

  (Co‑adviser)

  Postdoctoral Associate 2006‑2007
  Current position:
  Lecturer in Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, U Nairobi, Kenya
• Mace Hack

  Postdoctoral Associate 1997‑2000
  Current position:
  State Director, The Nature Conservancy of Nebraska
• Melissa Hughes

  Postdoctoral Associate 1998‑2000
  Current position:
  Assistant Professor, Dept of Biology, College of Charleston, SC
• Rebecca Jordan

  Postdoctoral Associate 2001‑2003
  Current position:
  Assistant Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University
• Cassandra Nuñez

  Postdoctoral Associate 2000‑2001
  Current position:
  Adjunct Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management
• Stephen Pratt

  (Co‑adviser)

  Postdoctoral Associate 2001‑2006
  Current position:
  Associate Professor at Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences
• Kristina Rothley

  Postdoctoral Associate 1999‑2001
  Current position:
  Assistant Professor, School of Resources and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
• Rebecca Safran

  Postdoctoral Associate 2005‑2007
  Current position:
  Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder
• David Pappano

  Postdoctoral Associate 2014‑2016
  Current position:
  Data Scientist, McKinsey & Company
• Tyler Kartzinel

  Postdoctoral Associate 2014‑2016
  Current position:
  Assistant Professor, Brown University

Former Graduate Students

• Kaia Tombak

  PhD awarded 2019
  Thesis title:
  The Behavioral Ecology and Host-Parasite Dynamics of Zebras of East Africa
  Current position:
  Simons Society of Fellows, Hunter College, CUNY
• Ryan Herbert

  Graduate Student
  Current position:
  Teacher Prep Prgram, Princeton University
• Jennifer Scheiltz

  PhD awarded 2017
  Thesis title:
  Effects of livestock on wildlife on shared rangelands
  Current position:
  Lecturer/Field Station Director, Department of Natural Resource Ecology (NREM) at Iowa State University.
• Blair Costelloe nee Roberts

  PhD awarded 2014
  Thesis title:
  The trials of motherhood: Maternal behavior patterns and antipredator tactics in Thomson's gazelle (Gazella thomsonii), a hiding ungulate
  Current position:
  Postdoctoral Researcher aat Max Planck Institute for Orinthology
• Caitlin Barale Potter

  PhD awarded 2014
  Thesis title:
  The effects of early social context and social types on dispersal and reproductive strategies in male geladas (Theropithecus gelada)
  Current position:
  Interpretive Programs Instructor at Woodland Park Zoo
• Ipek Kulahci

  PhD awarded 2014
  Thesis title:
  Social interactions predict patterns of communication and learning
  Current position:
  Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Cork, Ireland
• Stephanie Hauck

  PhD awarded 2013
  Thesis title:
  Pastoralist societies in flux: The impact of ecology, markets, and governmental assistance on the Mukugodo Maasai of Kenya
  Current position:
  Pediatric Resident Epidemiologist at Nanyuki Teaching & Referral Hospital
• Corinne Kendall (Co-advisor)

  PhD awarded 2012
  Thesis title:
  Alternative strategies in an avian scavenger guild and their conservation implications
  Current position:
  Assistant Curator of Conservation and Research at North Carolina Zoo
• Ilya Fischhoff

  PhD awarded 2007
  Thesis title:
  Movement Decision-making in Plains Zebra (Equus burchelli)
  Current position:
  AAAS Science & Technology Fellow, working at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
• Siva Sundaresan

  PhD awarded 2007
  Thesis title:
  Individual Behavior and Associations Patterns in Fission-Fusion Equids
  Current position:
  Postdoctoral Researcher, Denver Zoological Society and Princeton University
• Christiane Meyer (Co-advisor)

  PhD awarded 2006
  Thesis title:
  Evolutionary maintenance of variation in body coloration and body size in the green swordtail, Xiphophorus helleri
  Current position:
  Lecturer, Biology Department,University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Jennifer Maupin

  PhD awarded 2005
  Thesis title:
  Sexual cannibalism, soft copulations, and polyandry in the garden spider Argiope trifasciata: Male and female perspectives.
  Current position:
  Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Santa Barbara City College
• R. Ethan Pride

  PhD awarded 2003
  Thesis title:
  Population density, social behavior, and stress in Lemur catta
  Current position:
  Equity Analyst, SCA Financial
• Leila Hadj-Chikh

  PhD awarded 2003
  Thesis title:
  Effects of seed characteristics on cache establishment and cache recovery by eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis): Implications for plant dispersal.
  Current position:
  User Experience Designer at Dunbar Cybersecurity
• Vanessa Ezenwa

  PhD awarded 2002
  Thesis title:
  Behavioral and nutritional ecology of gastrointestinal parasitism in African bovids.
  Current position:
  Associate Professor, Odum School of Ecology, The University of Georgia
• Cassandra Nuñez

  PhD awarded 2000
  Thesis title:
  Mother-Infant Relationships in Feral Horses (Equus caballus): Implications for the Function of Development in Mammals. Current position: AAAS Science & Technology Fellow
• Martha Hurley (Co-advisor)

  PhD awarded 2000
  Thesis title:
  Natal dispersal behavior and survival of Scottish red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scoticus
  Current position:
  Biodiversity Scientist, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York
• Leonard Gannes (Co-advisor)

  PhD awarded 1998
  Thesis title:
  Flying, Fasting & Feeding: The Physiology of Bird Migration in Old World Sylviid Warblers and Turdid Thrushes.
  Current position:
  Assistant Professor, Science and Conservation Studies, College of Santa Fe
• Paul Moorcroft (Co-advisor)

  PhD awarded 1997
  Thesis title:
  Territoriality and Carnivore Home Ranges.
  Current position:
  Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
• Philip Muruthi

  PhD awarded 1997
  Thesis title:
  Socioecological Correlates of Parental Care and Demography in Savanna Baboons.
  Current position:
  Chief Scientist, African Wildlife Foundation, Kenya