Visiting Researchers at UMMZ
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Newell's and Manx Shearwater comparison
Dr. Macklin Smith
Dr. Macklin Smith, a long-time Ann Arbor birder, compares specimens of Newell's Shearwater and Manx Shearwater.
University of Michigan, Associate Professor Emeritus of English Language and Literature
From: 2/19/2013 To: 2/19/2013
Sampling grebe feathers to study mercury contamination.
Marie Perkins
Marie Perkins, a PhD student in the School of Public Health.
Univ. Michigan School of Public Health
From: 2/15/2013 To: 2/15/2013
Conservation Biologist Paul Johnson visits UMMZ mollusk reference collection
Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson is talking to Tom Duda (Mollusk Curator) about his pleurocerid snail research
Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
From: 2/13/2013 To: 2/15/2013
Nanostructure of bird feathers
Pierre-Paul Bitton
Pierre is examining bird feathers for his dissertation research into mechanisms of structures in the feather barbules that produce iridescent colors.
University of Windsor
From: 1/23/2013 To: 1/23/2013
Amanda Haponski form University of Toledo working on dissertation research.
Amanda Haponski
Amanda Haponski is visiting the BRC at Varsity Drive collecting data on fish specimens in the genus Sander (includes Walleye, Blue Pike, and Sauger) for her dissertation research at the University of Toledo.
University of Toledo
From: 1/22/2013 To: 1/24/2013
Graduate Innovative Design Class
Graduate Innovative Design Class
U of M Masters students, "The Gastronauts" from the Biomedical Engineering Department's Graduate Innovative Design Class visited the BRC at Varsity Drive to study spine erection in porcupine puffer fish. Fish Division Curator, Bill Fink and Collections Manager, Doug Nelson, discussed how the puffer fish erects defensive spines by inflating its body with water. Students hope to apply biomechanics to innovations in the biomedical field.
University of Michigan
From: 1/19/2013 To: 1/19/2013
Dr. Rasmussen examined Indian birds
Dr. Pamela Rasmussen
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Dr. Rasmussen examined Indian birds for her studies on Asian avifauna. Dr. Rasmussen's research focuses on the diversity, vocalizations, taxonomy, and conservation of the avifauna of southern Asia.
Michigan State University
From: 1/11/2013 To: 1/11/2013
Artist Carl Freeman visits
Carl Freeman
Michigan artist Carl James Freeman examines Summer and Scarlet Tanagers.
From: 12/20/2012 To: 12/20/2012