2015-16 USF Undergraduates
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Front from left to right: Alyssa Obermayer*, Sarah Strauss, Lauren Shea, Christina Wilkinson*, Tiffany Ross*
Middle from left to right: Jeannie Perez*, Daniela Sucre*, Kailey Catapano, Dr. Sarah Knutie
Back from left to right: Sahara Peters*, Jelena Runjaic, Marinna Kupselaitis, Marisa Wolfe, Kerri Surbaugh

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*2016 Summer Research Program participant
​2016 University of Minnesota Undergraduates
Itasca Biological Station

From left to right: Tessa Dahlgren, Kirstine Grab, Dr. Sarah Knutie, Lynn Hodnett, Dasha Pokutnaya

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2016 Rohr Lab Holiday Party / Family Photo 
2014-15 USF Undergraduates
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​Front from left to right: Virginia Caponera, Isabella Di Mare, Amanda Dubour; Middle from left to right: Christina Wilkinson, Alexis Marquess, Sophia Estrada, Lauren Shea, Dr. Sarah Knutie; Back from left to right: Mackenzie Ehrsam, Sahara Peters, Marinna Kupselaitis, Mitchell Jaskela

Undergraduate Research Photos

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Tree frogs
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Aplectana
Past Students:

Qiu Chang Wu (Colorado College)

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Jordan M. Herman
In 2009, I met Jordan at Itasca Biological Station, MN, where she assisted me with field research.  She later joined me in the Galapagos and Tobago to study the effects of Philornis nest flies on bird hosts.  Jordan is broadly interested in conservation science and the impact of human activity on wildlife populations and communities. She is particularly interested in understanding the processes and factors that influence wildlife-habitat relationships, the determinants of habitat selection, and habitat quality. Jordan is currently a PhD student at the University of Utah.
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Daniela A. Vargas
Dani joined our team from January-April, 2013 in the Galapagos where she helped with fieldwork on the effect of Philornis downsi on Darwin's finches and Galapagos mockingbirds and control methods of P. downsi.  Dani is currently a master’s student in biochemistry, molecular biology and biomedicine in Barcelona, Spain.  She is participating in the Plant Development and Signal Transduction Program at the Center of Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) where she is working towards discovering new plant biomolecules and determining their significance.


Publications:  Knutie, S.A., S.M. McNew, A.W. Bartlow, D.A. Vargas, D.H. Clayton. 2014. Darwin's finches combat introduced nest parasites with fumigated cotton. Current Biology 24:R355-R356.

Angela Pitera
Angela graduated in the summer of 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior from the University of Minnesota.  She developed an interest in field research at the Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories and discovered a love for teaching through teaching assistant positions in zoology and field ornithology.  Angela plans to attend graduate school, in hopes of pursuing a career in academia so she can continue to explore her passions for teaching and field-based research.  Her research interests include a wide variety of topics in animal behavior such as optimal foraging, communication, and mate choice.  She is especially interested in investigating avian and bat behavioral responses to disease, parasitism, and habitat change.  She is participating in a project at Itasca Biological Station on the geographic mosaic theory of co-evolution between avian hosts and parasitic nest flies.  Angela is currently a PhD student at the University of Nevada, Reno.