Author: SchieldLab

Fall semester is off to a great start! We welcomed a new student, Lukas Westermann Salas, who joins us from University of Kansas where he studied the phylogenomics of Monarcha Flycatchers in Robert Moyle’s lab. We’re excited to add Lukas to the mix. In September, members of the lab volunteered as guest mentors with the…

It’s high time we share an update on some recent activities and successes in the lab. The crew has been busy- researching, writing, traveling, hiking, publishing, speaking, and, occasionally, relaxing (it’s summer, after all). On April 1st 2026, we kicked off a busy start to spring with a month-long field trip to California to search…