YACK LAB

Former students

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Graduate students

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Elham Arjomandi (PhD.)

Evolution of Acoustic Communication in Bark Beetles

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Emma Brown (MSc.)

Acoustically Mediated Risk Assessment in Insects

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Sara Kahn (MSc.)

Vibratory Sensing of Predators & Parasitoids in Caterpillars

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Leo Turchen (PhD.)

Vibratory Landscapes of Caterpillars

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Will Chatfield-Taylor (PhD.)

Evolution of Acoustic Communication in Cicadas

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Melanie Low (PhD.)

Evolution of Defense Sounds in Insects

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Chanchal Yadav (PhD.)

Sociogenomics and Vibroacoustics in Larval Lepidoptera

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Conrado Denadai

Vibration sensitive sensory organs in caterpillars

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Carrie Sun (MSc.)

Investigating the structure and function of inflated wing veins in Nymphalidae

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Andras Dobai (MSc.)

“Can you hear me?” Investigating the acoustic communication signals and receptor organs of bark beetles

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Amanda Dookie (PhD.)

Safe and Sound: Do Caterpillar Defense Sounds Startle Avian Predators?

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Amanda Lindeman (PhD.)

Acoustic communication in bark beetles with a focus on Dendroctonus species ​

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Christian Nathan (MSc.)

Complex Vibratory Signaling & Putative Receptor Organs in the Masked Birch Ccaterpillar, Drepana arcuata

 

Mathias Kaiser (MSc.)

Acoustics of Mountain Pine Beetle & Lodgepole Pine

 

Andrew Mikhail (MSc.)

Neurophysiological Characterization of Afferents in Morpho peleides

 

Laura McMillan (MSc.)

Neurophysiology of Hearing in Butterflies

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Jaclyn Scott (PhD.)

Evolution of Vibrational Signaling in Hooktip Moth Caterpillars

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Sen Sivalinghem (MSc.)

Acoustic Communication in the Pine Engraver Beetle (Ips pini)

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Jean Paul Fournier (MSc.)

Neuroethology of Butterfly Hearing

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Sarah Matheson (MSc.)

Vibratory Spacing in Dutch Elm Beetle Larvae

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Veronica Bura (MSc.)

Evolution of Defensive Acoustics in Silk & Hawkmoth Larvae (Bombycoidea)

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Ombor Mitra (MSc.)

Vibration Sensitivity in Earthworms

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Alan Fleming (MSc.)

Acoustic Communication in Bark Beetles (Scolytidae)

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Chantel Taylor (MSc.)

Near-field Sound Reception in Monarch Caterpillars (Danaus plexipus)

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Katie Lucas (MSc.)

Neuroethology of Hearing in Nymphalidae Butterflies

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Shannon Mahony (MSc.)

Structure & Function of Vogel's Organ in

the Speckled Wood Butterfly (Pararge aegeria)

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Sarah Brown (MSc.)

Clicking Caterpillars: Acoustic aposematism in Bombycoidea

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Undergraduate Honours Thesis Projects​

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Elian Pulido

Acoustic Communication in Bark Beetles

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DrueAnne Paschink

Acoustic Communication in the Eastern Larch Beetle

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Kas Dyck

Near-field Hearing in Caterpillars

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Diego Velazquez

Evolutionary Origins of Hearing in Butterflies

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Donovan Bosnich

Taxonomy of Ericaphis (Aphididae) using Morphology and DNA Barcoding

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Emma Lockhart

Social Networking via Vibration in Caterpillars

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Sara Khan

Vibratory Communication in Social Caterpillars

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Jared Gaudet

Effects of Road Noise on Vibratory Communication in Caterpillars

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Batoul Hassan

Investigating Morpho Peleides Ears as Predatory Detectors for Butterfly Escape

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Emily Huxter

Models for Hearing Aids

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Julia Craig

Hearing in Butterflies

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Lyn Vakulenko

Hearing in Moths with Micro-ears

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Steffani Guenette

Acoustic Defense Signals in Caterpillars

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Udara Thenuwan

Courtship Song in Drepanoidea Moths

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Alyssa Rochfort

Neurophysiology of Johnston's Organ in Coleoptera

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Jordan Huffman

Effects of Pymetrozine on Vibratory Communication in Caterpillars

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Terry Gall

Nervous System and Peripheral Innervation of a Putative Ear in Bark Beetles

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Kyle LeMay

Laser Vibrometry of Possible Hearing Organ in Bark Beetles

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Courtney Young

Whistling as Predator Deterrence in the Walnut Sphinx Moth

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Jamie Saxl

Identification of Vibration Receptors in Caterpillars

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Chelsea Stunden

Auditory Organs & Inflated Veins in Brush Footed Butterflies

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Chanchal Yadav

Proximate Mechanisms for Social Behaviour in Caterpillars

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Madison Vidovic

Acoustic Emission Sensors for Detecting Bark Beetles

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Chelsey Blackman

Drepana arcuata Face Masks for Predator Deterrence

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Asha Toner

Developmental & Temperature Effects on Acoustic Signals in Caterpillars

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Conrado Denaidai

Airborne Defense Sounds in Hawkmoth Caterpillars

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Ali Moore

Comparative Survey of Hissing in Animals

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Rajeet Lidhar

Caterpillar Vandalism & Territorial Defense

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Cynthia Prazeres

Anal Scraping Signals in Gregarious Early-Instar Caterpillars

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Christian Nathan

Vibration Receptors in Caterpillars

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Joel Buffam

Evolutionary Origins of the Nervous System in Beetles

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Caitlin Preston

Evolutionary Origins of Hearing in Butterflies

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Corey Cougle

Behavioural Responses to Sound in Butterflies

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Amen Obasohan

Hearing Receptors in Monarch Caterpillars

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Caitlin Grant

Effects of Sound on Feeding in Caterpillars 

 

Tamara Nevills

Evolutionary Origins of the Nervous System in Beetles

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Justin Hick

Sound Producing Mechanisms in Caterpillars

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Jenn Mongrain

Neurophysiology of Butterfly Ears

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Sharleen Gill

Octopamine & Motivational Effects in Larvae

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Sarah Bond

Vibrational 'Landscapes' of Hooktip Caterpillars

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Nadia Kusters

Fledgling Behaviour of Song Sparrows*

 

Jessica King

Comparative Study of Evolutionary Origins of Hearing in Butterflies

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Alan Fleming

Acoustic Communication in the Mountain Pine Beetle

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Antoine Hnain

Sound Production in Hawkmoth Caterpillars

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Atiff Kukaswadia

Near-Field Sound Reception in Hawkmoth Pupae

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Karla Lane

Neuroethology of Hearing in a Tropical Morpho Butterfly

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Rebecca Lynes

Vibrational Fences in Group-Living Caterpillars

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Amber Dugal

Inhibition in the Auditory Midbrain Shapes Neural Responses to Acoustic Stimuli*

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Tiffany Timbers

Characterization of Seismic Signaling in Gregarious Larvae

 

Caitlin Saunders

Regurgitant Defenses in Specialist & Generalist Feeders

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Anne Jose

Auditory Function of Vogel's Organ in Wood Nymph Butterflies

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Barbra Frei

Sensory Mechanisms for Vibratory Communication

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Chris McIlhinney

Taxonomic Distribution of Vogel's Organ in Butterflies

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