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Maggie P. MacPherson 1
CURRICULUM VITAE 2
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Postdoctoral Fellow Email: [email protected] 4
302 Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Building URL: www.maggiepmacpherson.com 5
School of Natural Resources 6
College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources 7
University of Missouri 8
Columbia, MO 65211 9
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EDUCATION 11
2017 Ph. D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University 12
Dissertation title: Migration Patterns in Birds of the New World: Seasonal, Morphometric 13
and Physiological Considerations 14 15 2014 M. Sc. in Biology, York University 16
Thesis title: Effects of Migration Schedules on Physiological Condition and Timing of 17
Breeding Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 18 19 2008 B. Sc. in Wildlife Biology, University of Guelph 20
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RESEARCH INTERESTS 23
Research topics: animal migration, community ecology, conservation and management, 24
evolution of migration, fatty acid profiles, fundamental vs. realized niche, morphology, 25
movement ecology, natural selection, physiology, quantitative ecology, whole cycle research, 26
wildlife nutrition. 27 28 Statistical approaches and tools: ArcGIS, Bayesian belief network modeling, decision analysis, 29
decision-support tools, dynamic programing models (state dependent modeling), Netica, spatial 30
point processes, QGIS, R, shiny apps, species distribution modeling. 31 32 Major taxonomic interest: ornithology. 33
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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 36
Published 37
9. MacPherson, M., E. Webb, A. Raedeke, D. Mengel, and F. Nelson. 2018. A review of 38
Bayesian belief networks as decision-support tools for wetland conservation: Are water 39
birds potential umbrella taxa? Biological Conservation. Volume 226: 215-223. DOI: 40
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.08.001. 41 42 8. MacPherson, M., A. Jahn, M. Murphy, D. Kim, V. Cueto, D. Tuero, and E. Hill. 2018. 43
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Follow the rain? Environmental drivers of Tyrannus migration across the New World. 44
The Auk. Volume 135(4): 881-894. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-17-209.1. 45 *This article was amongst the American Ornithological Society Editors’ top 7 Picks from Summer 2018. 46
47 7. Jahn, A., V. Bejarano, M. Guzman, L. Brown, I. Provinciato, J. Cereghetti, V. Cueto, J. 48
Giraldo, V. Gomez-Bahamon, M. Husak, H. LePage, M. MacPherson, M. Marini, M. 49
Pizo, A. Quickle, D. Roeder, J. Sarasola and D. Tuero. 2017. Molting while breeding? 50
Lessons from New World Tyrannus Flycatchers. Journal of Ornithology. Volume 158: 51
1061-1071. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-017-1464-5. 52 53 6. Jahn, A., N. Seavy, V. Bejarano, M. Guzman, I. Provinciato, M. Pizo, and M. 54
MacPherson. 2016. Intra-tropical migration and wintering areas of Fork-tailed 55
Flycatchers (Tyrannus savana) breeding in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of 56
Ornithology. Volume 24(2): 116-121. Link to PDF. 57 58 5. Jahn, A., J. Giraldo, M. MacPherson, D. Tuero, J. Sarasola, J. Cereghetti, D. Masson, 59
and M. Morales. 2016. Demographic variation in timing and intensity of feather molt in 60
migratory Fork-tailed Flycatchers (Tyrannus s. savana). Journal of Field Ornithology. 61
Volume 87(2): 143-154. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jofo.12147. 62 63 4. Stanley, C., E. McKinnon, K. Fraser, M. MacPherson, G. Casbourn, L. Friesen, P. 64
Marra, C. Studds, T. Ryder, N. Diggs, and B. Stutchbury. 2014. Connectivity of Wood 65
Thrush breeding, wintering, and migration sites based on range-wide tracking. 66
Conservation Biology. Volume 29(1): 164-174. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12352. 67 68 3. McKinnon, E., C. Stanley, K. Fraser, M. MacPherson, G. Casbourn, P. Marra, C. 69
Studds, N. Diggs, and B. Stutchbury. 2012. Estimating geolocator accuracy for a 70
migratory songbird using live ground-truthing in a tropical forest. Animal Migration. 71
Volume 1: 31-38. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ami-2013-0001. 72 73 2. Stanley, C. §, M. MacPherson§, K. Fraser, E. McKinnon, and B. Stutchbury. 2012. 74
Repeat tracking of individual songbirds reveals consistent migration timing but flexibility 75
in route. PLOSOne. Volume 7(7):e40688. DOI: 76
https://doi.org/10.137/journal.pone.0040688. 77 § These authors contributed equally to the work. 78 *This article is in the top 10% most cited from PLOSOne. 79 80
1. Stutchbury, B., E. Gow, T. Done, M. MacPherson, J. Fox, and V. Afanasyev. 2010. 81
Effects of post-breeding moult and energetic condition on timing of songbird migration 82
into the tropics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Volume 278(1702): 131-137. DOI: 83
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1220. 84 *6th most cited paper from Royal Society B in 2011 85 86
In Prep 87
2. MacPherson, M., S. Chiasson, A. Jahn, and C. Taylor. A simplified method for 88
measuring circulating fatty acids from small volumes of avian blood plasma stored in 89
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ethanol: Insights into dietary tradeoffs of conspecific sedentary versus long-distance 90
austral migratory birds. Target journal: Journal of Field Ornithology. 91 92
1. MacPherson, M., and A. Jahn. Convergent evolution on variation in morphologies 93
among species across three different migratory strategies within the bird genus Tyrannus. 94
Target journal: Evolution. 95
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Book Chapters 97
1. Tuero, D.T., A.E. Jahn, and M. MacPherson. Austral migration patterns: Tyrannus 98
savana the migrant. Pp. xxx-xxx in Reboreda, J.C., et al. Behavioral Ecology of 99
Netropical Birds. In Prep. 100
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Solicited Publications 102
1. Cueto, V.R., A.E. Jahn, D.T. Tuero, A.C. Guaraldo, J.H. Sarasola, S.P. Bravo. V. Gomez, 103
J.I. Giraldo, D.A. Masson, M. MacPherson, and J.E. Jimenez. Febrero-Marzo. 2015. Las 104
aves migratorias de America del Sur: Nuevas tecnicas revelan informacion sobre su 105
comportamiento. Ciencia Hoy magazine. Volume 24(142):19-25. Link to PDF. 106
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RESEARCH GRANTS 109
2018 110
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 111
Authors: MacPherson, M., R.V. Blakey, E.B. Webb. 112
Proposal title: Harnessing new technologies to inform management of endangered species: a 113
range-wide decision support tool to inform gray bat recovery 114
$50, 255 Successful 115 116 2013 117
Stone Center Graduate Student Summer Field Research Grant 118
Author: MacPherson, M. 119
Proposal title: Estimating physiological consequences of roosting densities in the austral migrant 120
Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana) 121
$1, 366 Successful 122 123 2012 124
Stone Center Graduate Student Summer Field Research Grant 125
Author: MacPherson, M. 126
Proposal title: How do migratory birds fuel spring migration? A comparative approach. 127
$1,520 Successful 128 129 IBM Corporation Fellowship in Computational Science 130
Author: MacPherson, M. 131
Proposal title: Why do some species, but not others, migrate? 132
$5,000 Successful 133
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TEACHING TRAINING & EXPERIENCE 135
Field courses 136
2011 137
Instructed on research design, obtaining research and import/export permits, and field training 138
for capture and processing of tropical passerine birds. Western Hemisphere Bird Banding 139
Network (WHBBN) at Amazon Planet, Puerto Maldonado, Peru. (1 week) 140 141 2010 142
Course instructor (as above). WHBBN at Itatiaia State Park, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. (1 week) 143
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Invited lectures 145
2017 146
Why Cities Kill Birds: Urban Conservation of Birds, Ornithology (EBIO 4200), Tulane 147
University. 148 149 2016 150
Population Ecology Lesson, Diversity of Life (EBIO 1010): Developed and executed two 1.5hr 151
active learning classes, Tulane University. 152 153 2015 154
Vectors & For () Loops in R. Population Ecology (EBIO 4270), Tulane University. 155 156 Why Cities Kill Birds. Urban Ecology (EBIO 3690), Tulane University. 157 158 Cats: The Unsuspected Killer. Introduction to Environmental Studies (EVST 1010), Tulane 159
University. 160 161 2014 162
Birds, Banding, and Research: Adventures Studying Migrant Birds. Introduction to 163
Environmental Studies (EVST 1010), Tulane University. 164 165 2011 166
Birds of Southern Ontario. Natural History (ENVS 4120), York University. 167
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Teaching Assistantships 169
2017 170
Lecture & Lab Instruction, Vertebrate Morphology (EBIO 4210), Tulane University. 171 172 2016 173
Lecture Instruction & Grading, Diversity of Life (EBIO 1010), Tulane University. 174 175 2011-2015 176
Lab Instruction, Diversity of Life (EBIO 1010), Tulane University (nine semesters). 177 178 2012-2014 179
Lecture Instruction & Grading, Conservation Biology (EBIO 2040), Tulane University (three 180
semesters). 181
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Teaching Assistantships cont’d… 182
2013 183
Lecture Instruction & Grading, Tropical Biology (EBIO 2110), Tulane University. 184 185 Lecture Instruction & Grading, History of Life (EBIO 2030), Tulane University. 186 187 2012 188
Lab Instruction, General Ecology (EBIO 3045), Tulane University. 189 190 Lab Instruction, Processes of Evolution (EBIO 3080), Tulane University. 191 192 2010-2011 193
Lab Instruction, Comparative Chordate Anatomy (BIOL 4000), York University. 194 195 2009-2010 196
Lab Instruction, Ecology (BIOL 2050), York University. 197 198 2010 199
Lecture Instruction & Grading, Statistics for Biologists (BIOL 2060), York University. 200 201 2007-2009 202
Undergraduate Peer Helper in Lab, Vertebrate Structure & Function (ZOO 2090), University of 203
Guelph (four semesters). 204
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Additional training in teaching 206
2017 207
Graduate TA and Post Doc Teaching Workshop. Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching, 208
Tulane University (1 day). 209 210 2016 211
Supporting International Students and Scholars Workshop Series. Center for Global Education, 212
Tulane University (1 day). 213 214 2014 215
Engaging International Students in the Classroom Workshop. Center for Engaged Learning & 216
Teaching (CELT), Tulane University (1 day). 217 218 An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching. Center for the Integration 219
of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) through Coursera (8-week MOOC). 220 221 2013 222
Teaching Workshop. CELT, Tulane University (2 days). 223 224 Scientific Teaching Workshop. CELT, Tulane University, (1 day). 225
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ASSOCIATE EDITING, REVIEWING 229
Associate Editor: Ibis, four manuscripts January – September 2018. 230 231 Reviewer: Ibis (2010-present), Journal of Experimental Biology (2018), Avian Conservation & 232
Ecology (2018). 233
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MENTORSHIP & OUTREACH 236
2017-2018 237
School of Natural Resources Weekly Writing Workshop. I lead and facilitate a weekly meeting 238
of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and professors. The writing workshop supports 239
learning how to create well-written narratives while increasing productivity and decreasing the 240
time to finished products. School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 241
USA. 242 243 Rukhsana Khatoon (Ph. D. student). Rukhsana and I are working together to test for seasonally 244
changing spatial distributions of multiple species of mammals from which scat samples were 245
collected at a remote field site in northern Pakistan (Kashmir). School of Natural Resources, 246
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA. 247 248 Summer Higdon (M. S. student). Summer and I are working together to build a MaxEnt species 249
distribution model for the endangered plains subspecies of the spotted skunk (Spirogale putorius 250
interrupta). As a result of our work together, I am a co-author on Summer’s upcoming oral 251
presentation at The Wildlife Society meeting (2018). School of Natural Resources, University 252
of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA. 253 254 Elliot Hill (undergraduate scholar). Elliot and I are working together to improve methods of 255
analyzing geolocator data (geologgers deployed on multiple species of Tyrannus flycatchers) 256
using the FLightR package in R. As a result of our work together, Elliot is a co-author on our 257
publication in The Auk (2018). Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. 258 259 2016-2017 260
Volunteer field guide for Eagle Expo. Cajun Coast Visitors & Convention Bureau, Morgan City, 261
Louisiana, USA. 262 263 Volunteer bird banding with Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program (BTNEP) Red 264
Knot banding program. Grand Isle, Louisiana, USA. 265 266 Volunteer field guide for Yellow Rails & Rice Festival. Louisiana State University, Jennings, 267
LA, USA. 268 269 2015-2016 270
Clare Lister (undergraduate scholar). As part of her work-study program, Clare and I worked 271
together on the development of spatial statistical R code to calculate Ripley’s K (clustering 272
statistic) at relevant ecological spatial scales for itinerant passerines. Tulane University, New 273
Orleans, LA, USA. 274 275
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Mentorship & Outreach cont’d… 277
Trey Hendrix (undergraduate scholar). As part of his work-study program, Trey and I worked 278
together to make animations that track migratory individuals across space and time. Some of 279
Trey’s animations are displayed on my website (www.maggiepmacpherson.com). Tulane 280
University, New Orleans, LA, USA. 281 282 Amethys E’Etessamm (undergraduate scholar). As part of her work-study program, Amethys and 283
I worked together to build niche models using kernel density plots of resident species of 284
Tyrannus flycatchers using ArcMap. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. 285 286 Volunteer trip leader for Christmas Bird Count for Kids (CBC for Kids). Hilliardton Marsh, 287
Hilliardton, Ontario, Canada. 288 289 Volunteer field guide for Yellow Rails & Rice Festival. Louisiana State University, Jennings, 290
LA, USA. 291 292 2014-2015 293
Volunteer field guide for Yellow Rails & Rice Festival. Louisiana State University, Jennings, 294
LA, USA. 295 296 2013-2014 297
Volunteer field guide for Yellow Rails & Rice Festival. Louisiana State University, Jennings, 298
LA, USA. 299 300 Volunteer Referee for First Lego League in New Orleans area elementary school competitions. 301
New Orleans, LA, USA. 302 303 2012-2013 304
Volunteer field guide for Yellow Rails & Rice Festival. Louisiana State University, Jennings, 305
LA, USA. 306 307 Volunteer Referee for First Lego League in New Orleans area elementary school competitions. 308
New Orleans, LA, USA. 309 310 2011-2012 311
Volunteer field guide for Yellow Rails & Rice Festival. Louisiana State University, Jennings, 312
LA, USA. 313 314 Bird bander trainer for Western Hemisphere Bird Banding Network. 315 316 2010-2011 317
Bird bander trainer for Western Hemisphere Bird Banding Network. 318 319 2009-2011 320
I trained 60 novice ornithologists how to responsibly extract songbirds form mist nets, band 321
them, and withdraw small blood samples for corticosterone measurements that were part of my 322
M. Sc. research. Hemlock Hills Field Station, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada. 323
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 324
2018 325
Higdon, S., M. MacPherson, M. Gompper. Using species distribution modeling to target 326
Eastern Spotted Skunk Research and management efforts. The Wildlife Society. Cleveland, 327
Ohio, USA. Oral presentation. 328
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MacPherson, M., E. Webb, A. Raedeke, D. Mengel, and F. Nelson. Are wetland birds umbrella 330
taxa for freshwater wetlands?: Bayesian belief networks as decision-support tools for 331
conservation. International Ornithological Congress. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Oral 332
presentation. 333 334 Jahn, A., A. Guaraldo, M. MacPherson, and T. Ryder. Drivers of molt-migration in intra- 335
tropical migratory birds. American Ornithologists’ Society annual meeting. Tucson, Arizona, 336
USA. Oral presentation. 337 338 MacPherson, M., E. Webb, A. Raedeke, D. Mengel, and F. Nelson. Waterfowl as umbrella taxa 339
for wetland management decisions: Using Bayesian belief networks to evaluate potential for 340
other taxa under the umbrella. Society of Wetland Scientists meeting – Special Symposium: 341
Wetland Management for Waterfowl and Its Myriad of Ecosystem Services. Denver, Colorado, 342
USA. Oral presentation. 343 344 2017 345
MacPherson, M., A.E. Jahn, V. Cueto, J.Cereghetti, J. Sarasola, D. Tuero, M. Pizo, and E. Hill. 346
How seasonality in the Southern Hemisphere affects migration of austral migrant Tyrannus 347
savana. Association of Field Ornithologists Ornithological Congress of the Americas. Puerto 348
Iguazu, Argentina. Oral presentation. 349 350 MacPherson, M. and A.E. Jahn. How seasonality in Northern vs. Southern Hemispheres affects 351
distributions of different types of migrants. American Ornithological Society. East Lansing, 352
Michigan, USA. Oral presentation. 353 354 MacPherson, M., A.E. Jahn, and C.M. Taylor. Convergent evolution on the morphology of 355
migration within an entire bird genus (Tyrannus). Society for Integrative and Comparative 356
Biology. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Oral presentation. 357 358 2015 359
MacPherson, M. Exploring the morphology of migration: Are subspecies of Kingbirds 360
diverging via diet? Neotropical Ornithological Congress. Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Oral 361
presentation. 362 363 2012 364
MacPherson, M. Testing hypotheses for the evolution of migration: A comparative approach 365
contrasting migrant systems. North American Ornithological Congress, Vancouver, British 366
Colombia, Canada. Oral presentation. 367 368 369
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Conference Presentations cont’d… 370
2011 371
MacPherson, M. and B.J.M. Stutchbury. Pairing geolocators with physiology to determine the 372
role of migratory strategies in a North-temperate passerine. Neotropical Ornithological Congress, 373
Cusco, Peru. Oral presentation. 374
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MacPherson, M. Spring Migration in Wood Thrush: Carry-Over Effect to Reproductive Output. 377
25th International Ornithological Congress, Campos do Jordao, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Oral 378
presentation. 379 380 MacPherson, M. and B.J.M. Stutchbury. Spring Migration Strategy: Carry-Over Effects to 381
Reproductive Output. Joint meeting of Cooper Ornithological Society, American Ornithologists’ 382
Union, and Society of Canadian Ornithologists. San Diego, California, USA. Oral presentation. 383
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INVITED RESEARCH SEMINARS 386
2018 387
MacPherson. M. Habitat requirements in seasonal environments: Using physiology & 388
mathematical modeling to understand species distributions. Grinnell College Department of 389
Biology seminar series. Oral presentation. 390 391 2017 392
MacPherson, M. Surfing the Heat Wave or the Green Wave: How Will Different Types of 393
Migrants Track Seasonal Resources in a Changing Climate? Bald Eagle Expo of Morgan City, 394
Louisiana, USA. Keynote address. 395 396 MacPherson, M. Surfing the Heat Wave or the Green Wave: How Will Different Types of 397
Migrants Track Seasonal Resources in a Changing Climate? EcoLunch Seminar Series, 398
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 399
USA. Oral presentation. 400 401 2016 402
MacPherson, M. Explaining Seasonal Movements of Tyrannus Flycatchers in South America. 403
EcoLunch Seminar Series, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, 404
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Oral presentation 405 406 MacPherson, M., and A.E. Jahn. Surfing the Green Wave: Is Winter Itinerancy in Migratory 407
Kingbirds Explained by Following Seasonal Climatic Gradients? Baton Rouge Audubon Society, 408
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Oral presentation. 409 410 2015 411
MacPherson, M. Exploring the Morphology of Migration. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 412
department’s EcoLunch Seminar Series, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Oral 413
presentation. 414 415
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Invited Research Seminars cont’d… 416
417 MacPherson, M. Studying Migrant Birds: Why, How, & Where? Ducks Unlimited Annual 418
General Meeting, New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada. Invited speaker. 419
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2014 421
MacPherson, M. What Makes Migrants Move? Geolocators, GIS, eBird and the Importance of 422
Collaborations in Migratory Bird Research. Invited Lecturer for New Orleans Audubon Society, 423
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Oral presentation. 424 425 MacPherson, M. Conservation of migratory birds: Why do migrants move? Ducks Unlimited 426
Annual General Meeting, New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada. Invited speaker. 427 428 2013 429
MacPherson, M. Birds, Banding, and Research: Adventures Studying Migrant Birds. Ducks 430
Unlimited Annual General Meeting, New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada. Keynote address. 431 432 MacPherson, M. Optimal annual routines: Understanding life history strategies of Fork-tailed 433
Flycatchers (Tyrannus savana). The Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane 434
University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Invited lecture. 435 436 MacPherson, M. Optimal annual routines: Understanding life history strategies of Fork-tailed 437
Flycatchers (Tyrannus savana). Environmental Protection Agency, Georgetown, Guyana. Invited 438
lecture. 439 440 2011 441
MacPherson, M. A donde van tus aves? Metodos actuals para seguirlas. Western Hemisphere 442
Bird Banding Network Annual General Meeting in Cusco, Peru. Invited speaker. 443 444 MacPherson, M. The Technology That Could… Pros & Cons of Exploring Migratory 445
Behaviour in Songbirds Using Geolocators. Ontario Bird Banding Association’s Annual General 446
Meeting, Port Rowan, Ontario, Canada. Invited lecture. 447 448 2009 449
MacPherson, M., C. Stanley, B.J.M. Stutchbury, T. Done, E.A. Gow, K. Kyser, J. Fox, and V. 450
Afanasyev. Carry-over Effects: Winter Habitat Quality, Migration & Reproductive Effort. Hawk 451
Mountain Sanctuary and Northern Saw-whet Owl Research Program, Hamburg, Pennsylvania, 452
USA. Invited speaker. 453
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POSTER PRESENTATIONS 461
2016 462
MacPherson, M., A. Jahn, V. Cueto, M. Husak, D. Tuero, J. Sarasola, J. Cereghetti, D. Roeder, 463
C. Lister, T. Hendrix, and A. E’etessam. Surfing the Heat Wave or the Green Wave: Divergent 464
Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences for Nearctic Neotropical and Austral Migrant 465
Kingbirds. North American Ornithological Congress IV, Washington, DC, USA. 466 467 MacPherson, M., Clare Lister, Trey Hendrix, Amethys E’Etessam (undergraduate researchers). 468
Are Migratory Birds Tracking Rain? School of Science & Engineering Research Day poster 469
competition, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. 470
*Selected as a finalist achieving honorable mention. 471
2013 472
MacPherson, M. and C. Taylor. Optimal Annual Routine Modeling: The Evolution of Avian 473
Long-distance Migration. School of Science & Engineering Research Day, Tulane University, 474
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. 475
*Selected as a finalist. 476 477 2012 478
MacPherson, M., C.Q. Stanley, K.C. Fraser, E.A. McKinnon, and B.J.M. Stutchbury. Repeat 479
tracking of individual songbirds reveals consistent migration timing but flexibility in route. 480
School of Science & Engineering Research Day, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 481
USA. 482
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AWARDS, HONORS, OFFICES, SERVICE 485
2017-2018 486
Important mentor to graduate Women+ in Science and Engineering (WiSE). Recognized as an 487
important mentor for contributing to academic and personal development of Women+ in STEM. 488 489 American Ornithological Society Travel Award for the 2017 AOS/SCO/SOC meeting, American 490
Ornithological Society. 491 492 American Ornithologists Society Student Advisory Committee member (AOS SOC). 493
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2016-2017 495
Graduate Student Research Award, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Tulane 496
University. 497 498 American Ornithologists' Union Travel Award for the 2016 NAOC VI meeting, American 499
Ornithologists' Union. 500 501 Teaching award for lower-level undergraduate courses, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary 502
Biology, Tulane University. 503 504 505
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Awards, Honors, Offices, Service cont’d… 507
2015-2016 508
Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies/Graduate Studies Student Association travel award, 509
Tulane University. 510 511 2014-2015 512
Student representative on Graduate Council. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. 513 514 Student representative on IT Committee. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. 515 516 Events Coordinator for Club for Rumination of Ecology, Evolution, and Phylogenetics (CREEP). 517
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. 518 519 2013-2014 520
Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies/Graduate Studies Student Association travel award, 521
Tulane University. 522 523 Vice President of Graduate Studies Student Association. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 524
USA. 525 526 Senator on Graduate and Professional Student Association. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 527
USA. 528 529 Student representative on Graduate Council. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. 530 531 Student representative on IT Committee. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. 532 533 EcoLunch Coordinator. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, 534
New Orleans, LA, USA. 535 536 Events Coordinator for Club for Rumination of Ecology, Evolution, and Phylogenetics (CREEP). 537
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. 538 539 2012-2013 540
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology representative on Graduate Studies Student Association. 541
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. 542 543 Social Chair. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, 544
LA, USA. 545 546 Coordinated JMP statistical computing software workshop. Department of Ecology & 547
Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. 548 549 2011-2012 550
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology representative on Graduate Studies Student Association. 551
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. 552
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 555
2017-2018 556
Geolocation Workshop (2d). Updates to code for geolocator analysis at the International 557
Ornithological Congress meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada. 558 559 Structured Decision Making Workshop – Observers and Mentees (certificate program; 5d). 560
National Conservation Training Center funded decision analysis workshop in Gainesville, FL, 561
USA. 562 563 NIMBioS Search for Selection Tutorial (5d). NSF-funded workshop at the National Institute for 564
Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, Knoxville, TN, USA. 565 566 Short course on analyzing animal tracking data (2d). NSF-funded workshop through North 567
Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC, USA. 568 569 Introduction to Bayesian Networks (3d). Innovative Decisions, Inc., Vienna, VA, USA. 570 571 Graduate Student & Postdoc Association Writing Retreat (2d). University of Missouri, 572
Columbia, MO, USA. 573 574 Quantitative ecology workshop by Dr. R. Blakey (1d). Title: Adventures in Quantitative Ecology 575
double feature: analysis methods for community ecology and an introduction to mixed effects 576
modelling. School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA. 577 578 2016-2017 579
Creating Talks that Inform and Inspire (1d). Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology 580
Webinar. 581 582 Giving Stellar Presentations and Job Talks (1d). Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, 583
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. 584 585 High Performance Computing Workshop (1d). Technology Services, Tulane University, New 586
Orleans, LA, USA. 587 588 Geolocation with Open-Source Tools Workshop (2d). North American Ornithological Congress 589
IV, Washington, DC, USA. 590 591 2015-2016 592
Supporting International Students and Scholars Workshop Series (1d). Center for Global 593
Education, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. 594 595 Software Carpentry Workshop (2d). Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. 596 597 2012-2013 598
Responsible Conduct of Research (semester-long interdisciplinary seminar course). Tulane 599
University, New Orleans, LA, USA. 600
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