About me

I am a behavioral ecologist studying how animals are shaped by their environments. I am currently a research associate at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology where I lead a long-term research program studying warbler reproduction and population dynamics at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire. I recently finished up a postdoc position in Vladimir Pravosudov’s lab at the University of Nevada, Reno where I studied how environmental variation influences natural selection of spatial cognitive abilities and how spatial cognitive ability influences mate choice decisions. I obtained my PhD from Cornell University where I studied how abiotic and social environments influence behavior and ornamentation in Red-backed Fairywrens, a small Australian songbird. Read more about my research here.

Contact: jwelklin@gmail.com