Dr. Medhavi Ambardar, Associate Professor
Medhavi joined the faculty at FHSU as a visiting assistant professor in 2017, and as an assistant professor in 2018. Her teaching expertise includes anatomy and physiology, ornithology, behavioral ecology and endocrinology.
She completed her MS research with Peter Dunn and Linda Whittingham at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and her PhD with Jen Grindstaff at Oklahoma State University.
Current MS students
Nana-Esi Hanson
Project: How anthropogenic noise affects House Wren reproductive success
Parker Jones
Project: Parental care in House Wrens
Past graduate students
Sonja Brandt
Project: Feather color and colony size in Cliff Swallows
Anthony Fast
Project: Habitat and life history correlates in Eastern Phoebes
Connor Champney
Project: Estimating abundance of grassland birds at Smoky Valley Ranch
Erica Clark
Project: Historic and contemporary nest sites of ferruginous hawks (Buteo regalis)
Kirsten Granstrom-Arndt
Project: Effects of habitat and vegetation on avian communities and reproductive success within Cheyenne Bottoms
Collaborators
Professor Claudia Carvalho, FHSU Biology
Dr. William J. Stark, FHSU Biology
Dr. Lynne E. Beaty, Penn State Erie
Dr. Adam Simpson, Penn State Erie
Dr. Jennifer L. Grindstaff, Oklahoma State University
Dr. Barney Luttbeg, Oklahoma State University
Alumni
Haley Rau (undergraduate)
Project: Reproductive success of birds
Charlotte Straley (KAMS student)
Project: Coloration of grassland birds
Leslie Watson (undergraduate)
Project: Reproductive behavior of birds
Interested in joining us? Please send me an email at m_ambardar@fhsu.edu to inquire about current research opportunities.