Current members
Phillip Oelbaum
PhD student – Cell & Systems Biology
Thesis title: TBD
B.S. (Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada)
M.Sc. (University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada)
E-mail:
Selected Publications
Oelbaum, P. (2019). Stable Isotope Ecology of Tropical Bats. Download
Oelbaum, P. J., Fenton, M. B., Simmons, N. B. and Broders, H. G. (2019). Community structure of a Neotropical bat fauna as revealed by stable isotope analysis: Not all species fit neatly into predicted guilds. Biotropica 51, 719–730. Download
Murphy, M., Clare, E. L., Rydell, J., Yovel, Y., Bar-On, Y., Oelbaum, P. and Fenton, M. B. (2016). Opportunistic use of banana flower bracts by Glossophaga soricina. Acta Chirop 18, 209-213(5). Download
Jerrica Jamison
PhD student – Cell & Systems Biology
Thesis title: TBD
B.S. (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
E-mail: jerrica.jamison@mail.utoronto.ca
Selected Publications
Gershman, A., Hauck, Q., Dick, M., Jamison, J. M., Tassia, M., Agirrezabala, X., Muhammad, S., Ali, R., Workman, R. E., Valle, M., et al. (2022). Genomic insights into metabolic flux in ruby-throated hummingbirds. bioRxiv. Download
Meyer, W. K., Jamison, J., Richter, R., Woods, S. E., Partha, R., Kowalczyk, A., Kronk, C., Chikina, M., Bonde, R. K., Crocker, D. E., et al. (2018). Ancient convergent losses of Paraoxonase 1 yield potential risks for modern marine mammals. Science 361, 591–594. Download
Pope, W. H., Bandla, S., Colbert, A. K., Eichinger, F. G., Gamburg, M. B., Horiates, S. G., Jamison, J. M., Julian, D. R., Moore, W. A., Murthy, P., et al. (2016). Genome Sequences of Gordonia Phages BaxterFox, Kita, Nymphadora, and Yeezy. Genome Announc. 4, e00600. Download
Natalia Sandoval Herrera
PhD student – Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Thesis title: Sublethal effects of organophosphate pesticides in bats from cells to behavior
M.Sc. (Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica)
B.S. (Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica)
E-mail: natalia.sandovalherrera@mail.utoronto.ca
Selected Publications
Sandoval-Herrera, N., Castillo, J. P., Ching, Ma. E. A., Herrera M., L. G., Faure, P. A. and Welch, K. (2023). Non-destructive methods to assess pesticide exposure in free-living bats. Science of The Total Environment 162011.
Sandoval-Herrera, N., Lara-Jacobo, L., Soto, J. S. V., Faure, P. A., Simmons, D. and Welch, K. (2022). Common insecticide affects spatial navigation in bats at environmentally-realistic doses.
English, S. G., Sandoval-Herrera, N. I., Bishop, C. A., Cartwright, M., Maisonneuve, F., Elliott, J. E. and Welch Jr., K. C. (2021). Neonicotinoid pesticides exert metabolic effects on avian pollinators. Scientific Reports 11, 2914. Download
Sandoval-Herrera, N. I., Mastromonaco, G. F., Becker, D. J., Simmons, N. B. and Welch, K. C. (2021). Inter- and intra-specific variation in hair cortisol concentrations of Neotropical bats. Conservation Physiology 9, coab053. Download
Sandoval-Herrera, N. I., Castillo, J. P., Herrera M., L. G. and Welch Jr., K. C. (2021). Micronucleus test reveals genotoxic effects in bats associated with agricultural activity. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 40, 202–207. Download
Sandoval-Herrera, N., Mena, F., Espinoza, M. and Romero, A. (2019). Neurotoxicity of organophosphate pesticides could reduce the ability of fish to escape predation under low doses of exposure. Sci Rep 9, 1–11. Download
Sandoval-Herrera, N. I., Vargas-Soto, J. S., Espinoza, M., Clarke, T. M., Fisk, A. T. and Wehrtmann, I. S. (2016). Mercury levels in muscle tissue of four common elasmobranch species from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, Central America. Regional Studies in Marine Science 3, 254–261. Download
Erich Eberts
PhD student – Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Thesis title: Energy store facultative hypothermia thresholds in ruby-throated hummingbirds
B.S. (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
E-mail: erich.eberts@mail.utoronto.ca
Alumni
Dr. Derrick Groom
PhD – Cell & Systems Biology – 2016
Thesis title: “Hummingbird Hovering Energetics and Flight Capacities Across Elevational Gradients.”
Ph.D. (University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada)
B.S. (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Currently a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Dr. Alex Gerson at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
E-mail: dgroom@umass.edu
Selected Publications
Groom, D. J. E., Kuchel, L. and Richards, J. G. (2013). Metabolic responses of the South American ornate horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata) to estivation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 164, 2–9. Download
Speers-Roesch, B., Mandic, M., Groom, D. J. E. and Richards, J. G. (2013). Critical oxygen tensions as predictors of hypoxia tolerance and tissue metabolic responses during hypoxia exposure in fishes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 449, 239–249. Download
Groom, D. J. E., Toledo, M. C. B. and Welch, K. C. (2017). Wingbeat kinematics and energetics during weightlifting in hovering hummingbirds across an elevational gradient. J Comp Physiol B 187, 165–182. Download
Skandalis, D. A., Segre, P. S., Bahlman, J. W., Groom, D. J. E., Jr, K. C. W., Witt, C. C., McGuire, J. A., Dudley, R., Lentink, D. and Altshuler, D. L. (2017). The biomechanical origin of extreme wing allometry in hummingbirds. Nature Communications 8, 1047. Download
Groom, D. J. E., Toledo, M. C. B., Powers, D. R., Tobalske, B. W. and Welch, K. C. (2018). Integrating morphology and kinematics in the scaling of hummingbird hovering metabolic rate and efficiency. Proc. R. Soc. B 285, 20172011. Download
Groom Derrick J. E., Deakin Jessica E., Lauzau M. Collette and Gerson Alexander R. (2019). The role of humidity and metabolic status on lean mass catabolism in migratory Swainson’s thrushes (Catharus ustulatus). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286, 20190859.
Groom, D. J. E., Bayram, N., Shehata, M., Herrera M., L. G. and Welch, K. C. (2019). Low ambient temperature reduces the time for fuel switching in the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 237, 110559. Download
Richards, M., Cardama Garate, A., Groom, D., J. E., Tattersall, G. and Welch Jr., K. C. (2020). Effect of nest microclimate temperatures on metabolic rates of small carpenter bees, Ceratina calcarata. The Canadian Entomologist 152, 772–782. Download
Dr. Brandy Velten
Ph.D. – Cell & Systems Biology, 2016
Thesis title: “Comparative Identification and Characterization of Myosin Heavy Chain Isoforms in Avian Skeletal Muscle”
E-mail: br.velten@gmail.com
Selected Publications
Velten, B. P., Dillaman, R. M., Kinsey, S. T., McLellan, W. A. and Pabst, D. A. (2013). Novel locomotor muscle design in extreme deep-diving whales. Journal of Experimental Biology jeb.081323. Download
Velten, B. P. and Welch, K. C. (2014). Myosin heavy-chain isoforms in the flight and leg muscles of hummingbirds and zebra finches. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 306, R845–R851. Download
Velten, B. P., Welch, K. C. and Ramenofsky, M. (2016). Altered expression of pectoral myosin heavy chain isoforms corresponds to migration status in the white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii). Royal Society Open Science 3, 160775. Download