The Streby Lab
Actionable Science for Evolutionarily Rational Conservation and Management
Silas Fischer's study species at Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
October 2025 - Silas Fischer accepts a Postdoc position at Purdue University starting summer 2026!
August 2025 - We got a grant from the USFWS to study some fun aspects of bird migration and anthropogenic light!
June 2025 - Our paper on migration ecology in Louisiana Waterthrushes and Worm-eating Warblers is published in Journal of Avian Biology (G.R. Kramer, lead author).
May 2025 - Our paper on migration ecology in Gray Vireos is published in Wilson Journal of Ornithology (S.E. Fischer, lead author).
April 2025 - Our paper on aesthetic bias toward fancy birds in ornithology is published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, B (S.E. Fischer, lead author).
April 2024 - Our paper testing the accuracy of GPS units on wild turtles is published in Wildlife Research (A. Hulbert, lead author).
January 2024 - Gunnar Kramer (PhD 2021) begins his tenure-track journey as an Assistant Professor at Iowa State University!
October 2023 - Our preprint on aesthetic bias in ornithology is out and quickly garners more attention than "99% of its peers" according to Altmetric. Makes sense; it's a very pretty paper. S. Fischer, lead author.