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Wesley M. Hochachka
Senior Research Associate
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd
Ithaca, NY, 14850, U.S.A.
Academic Positions
Researcher in the Center for Avian Population Studies, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Senior Research Associate (2006–present)
Research Associate (1998–2006)
Research Associate, Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, University of Montana
(1996–1998)
Research Associate, Kluane Snowshoe Hare project, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia
(1993–1995)
Education
Postdoctoral Researcher (1990–1993)
Division of Life Sciences, Scarborough campus, University of Toronto
PhD (1985–1990)
Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia
thesis title: Determinants of fitness in an insular population of Song Sparrows
MSc (1984–1985)
Department of Zoology, University of Alberta
thesis title: The effect of food availability on Black-billed Magpie reproduction
BSc First Class Honours (1980–1984)
Department of Zoology, University of Alberta
Professional Recognitions & Awards
Fellow, American Ornithologists’ Union
(2014)
Elective Member, American Ornithologists’ Union
(2009)
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship
(1990–1992)
NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship
(1984–1989)
NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Award
(1983, 1984)
William Rowan Memorial Price
Department of Zoology, University of Alberta (1983)
Graduate Student Mentoring
(as committee member; my position does not allow supervision of graduate students)
Collin Edwards
PhD candidate, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
(defended)
Holly L. Lutz
PhD, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
(defended 2016)
Ryan Germain
PhD Faculty of Forestry, UBC
(defended 2015)
Sarah L. States
PhD, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
(defended 2012)
Funded Grant Applications
Avian Abundance Estimation Across the Pacific Flyway for Full Life-cycle Conservation Planning
co-PI with with Steve Kelling (Cornell), Daniel Fink (Cornell)
NASA Ecological Forecasting for Conservation and Natural Resource Management program
grant #12-ECOF12-0009 (2013–present)
Ecological drivers of virulence evolution in an emerging avian pathogen
Cornell co-PI with Dana Hawley (NIH PI: Virginia Tech), André Dhondt (Cornell), Steve Geery (UConn), Andy Dobson (Princeton), David Ley (NC State University), Meghan May (U. of New England)
NIH/NSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases program
NIH grant #1R01GM105245 (2012–present)
BirdCast: novel machine learning methods for understanding continent-scale bird migration
co-PI with Steve Kelling (lead-PI: Cornell), Andrew Farnsworth (Cornell), Thomas Dietterich (lead PI: Oregon State University)
NSF Information and Intelligent Systems program
NSF grant #IIS-1125098 (2011–2016)
Finding interesting patterns through analysis of complex prediction models
co-PI with Mirek Riedewald (lead PI: Northeastern University), Daniel Fink (Cornell), and Steven Kelling (Cornell)
NSF Information Integration and Informatics-Contextual Research program
SGER grant #III-CXT-6635426 (2007–2009)
Community dynamics of an emergent pathogen: intrinsic versus extrinsic mechanisms
co-PI with A.A. Dhondt, I.J. Lovette, E. Cooch, G. Kollias (all Cornell), and A.P. Dobson (Princeton)
NSF Ecology of Infectious Diseases (EID) program
award #EF-0622705 (2006–2010)
Tracking environmental change through the data resources of the bird-monitoring community
co-PI with S. Kelling, R. Caruana, M. Riedewald, and J. Fitzpatrick (Cornell Lab of Ornithology & Computing Sciences Department)
NSF Information Technology Research (ITR) for National Priorities program
grant #EF-0427914 (2004–2007)