News Archive
March 2017
New paper out in General and Comparative Endocrinology: Pre-GnRH and GnRH-induced testosterone levels do not vary across behavioral contexts: a role for individual variation. Click here for more.
January 2017
I am now at Fort Hays State University in Hays, KS. I am part of the Biological Sciences Department, teaching several classes this spring and fall.
July/August 2016
I recently gave a talk at the Animal Behavior Society Conference in Columbia, MO, about repeatability in testosterone levels in eastern bluebirds.
July 2016
I successfully defended my dissertation! I am currently seeking postdoc positions. Please contact me (medhavi.a@gmail.com) if you are interested in collaborating.
November 2015
I traveled to friendly Fargo, ND to learn qPCR techniques to measure telomere lengths in the lab of Dr. Britt Heidinger. It was a wonderful experience and I got to meet a lot of great people!
April 2015
I received an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG) for $18,750. They will use eastern bluebirds to explore how behavior and physiology, particularly testosterone production, impact telomere length, a trait that is important for longevity. I am so grateful to have been selected for this prestigious award!
I was also awarded a Robberson Summer Dissertation Fellowship award from the OSU Graduate College!
January and February 2015
I wrote a press release about Dr. Jenny Ouyang's research on hormonal similarity in birds. Read it here.
I also presented at the annual SICB meeting and at OSUs research symposium about brood size, corticosterone, and parental care.
5 December 2014
My undergraduate, Erin, won first place for her poster on flight initiation distance in eastern bluebirds at the Karen L. Smith Undergraduate Research Symposium!
11 October 2014
I presented a talk about the effect of brood size manipulation on nestling corticosterone at the Oklahoma Ornithological Society Fall Meeting...and won first place!