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Theresa Wei Ying Ong
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Project Grow pest migration study seeking volunteers
- Ph.D. Student
Contact information
- University of Michigan
2077 Kraus Natural Science Building
830 North University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048 - Email: weiyingo@umich.edu
Advisor
Fields of study
Behavioral ecology, wildlife health, endangered/threatened species, mammalian ecology
Research interests
Ong is interested in how changes in the environment may influence the health or fitness of wildlife, specifically that of endangered or threatened species.
Ong spent the summer of 2009 at the UMBS doing a research project under the direction of her mentor, Francesca Cuthbert.
Academic background
B.A. Biology and Chinese, Williams College
UM affiliation
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
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