Dr. Erica Stuber
Main Focus
My research interests revolve around understanding how and why animals behave as they do. What genetic, physiological, or environmental mechanisms underlie animals' behavior? Why do individuals/populations/species differ in their behavior? What are the consequences of behavioral decisions?
PhD thesis
Phenotypic, environmental, and genetic variation as sources of intraspecific differences in behavioral sleep in wild great tits (Parus major), with Jakob Müller, Department of Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics, MPI for Ornithology Seewiesen
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
- 09/2018-present Research Associate, Yale University, Max Planck –Yale Center for Biodiversity Movement and Global Change
- 09/2018-present Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Natural Resources
- 05/2016-present Research Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Natural Resources
- 09/2015-5/2016 Spatial Ecology Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Natural Resources
- 2011-2015 Max Planck Institute for Ornithology; Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich: PhD in Organismal Biology (magna cum laude)
- 2009-2011 Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Ecology; Penn State University: M.S. in Ecology. GPA: 3.94 /4
- 2006-2009 Penn State University: B.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Science; Minor: Biology. GPA: 3.63 /4
- 2005-2006 Biology. Millersville University
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- Research Assistant Professor (05/2016-present), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Natural Resources
- Spatial Ecology Postdoctoral Research Associate (09/2015-5/2016), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Natural Resources
- PhD Research Fellow (2011-2015), Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Dept. Behavioral Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics
- Graduate Research Assistant (2009- 2011). Penn State University; Dept. of Poultry Science
- Undergraduate Independent Research (2008-2009). Penn State University; Dept. of Poultry Science
- Field Research Technician (Summer 2008). Penn State School of Forest Resources
- Undergraduate Research Technician (Fall 2007). Penn State University; Dept. of Horticulture