Daniel I Rubenstein former students

Daniel I Rubenstein | CLASS OF 1877 PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Princeton University

Former Postdocs

Sonia Altizer (Co-adviser)
Postdoctoral Associate 1999-2000. Current position: Associate Professor, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia

Iain Couzin (Co-advisor)
Postdoctoral Associate 2002-05. Current position:Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University

Ilya Fischhoff
Thesis title: Movement Decision-making in Plains Zebra (Equus burchelli)
Current position: AAAS Science & Technology Fellow, working at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

John Githaiga Maina (Co-advisor)
Postdoctoral Associate 2006-07. Current position: Lecturer in Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, U Nairobi, Kenya

Mace Hack
Postdoctoral Associate 1997-2000 Current position: State Director, The Nature Conservancy of Nebraska

Melissa Hughes
Postdoctoral Associate 1998-2000. Current position: Assistant Professor, Dept of Biology, College of Charleston, SC

Rebecca Jordan
Postdoctoral Associate 2001-03. Current position: Assistant Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University

Cassandra Nuñez
Postdoctoral Associate 2000-01. Current position: Associate Research Scholar, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University

Stephen Pratt (Co-advisor)
Postdoctoral Associate 2001-06. Current position: Associate Professor at Arizona State U

Kristina Rothley
Postdoctoral Associate 1999-2001. Current position: Assistant Professor, School of Resources and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada

Rebecca Safran
Postdoctoral Associate 2005-2007. Current position: Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder

Former Graduate Students

Conrinne Kendall (Co-advisor) PhD awarded 2012
Thesis title: Sexual cannibalism, soft copulations, and polyandry in the garden spider Argiope trifasciata: Male and female perspectives. Current position: Lecturer in the Discipline of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology at Columbia University

Ilya Fischhoff PhD awarded 2007
Thesis title: Movement Decision-making in Plains Zebra (Equus burchelli)
Current position: AAAS Science & Technology Fellow, working at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Siva Sundaresan PhD awarded 2007
Thesis title: Individual Behavior and Associations Patterns in Fission-Fusion Equids
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Denver Zoological Society and Princeton University

Christiane Meyer (Co-advisor) PhD awarded 2006
Thesis title: Evolutionary maintenance of variation in body coloration and body size in the green swordtail, Xiphophorus helleri
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Los Angeles

Jennifer Maupin (Co-advisor) PhD awarded 2005
Thesis title: Sexual cannibalism, soft copulations, and polyandry in the garden spider Argiope trifasciata: Male and female perspectives. Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Santa Barbara City College

R. Ethan Pride PhD awarded 2003
Thesis title: Population density, social behavior, and stress in Lemur catta
Current position: Unknown

Leila Hadj-Chikh PhD awarded 2003
Thesis title: Effects of seed characteristics on cache establishment and cache recovery by eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis): Implications for plant dispersal.
Current position: Associate Scientist, Wildlife Conservation Society

Vanessa Ezenwa PhD awarded 2002
Thesis title: Behavioral and nutritional ecology of gastrointestinal parasitism in African bovids.
Current position: Assistant Professor, Odum School of Ecology, The University of Georgia

Cassandra Nuñez PhD awarded 2000
Thesis title: Mother-Infant Relationships in Feral Horses (Equus caballus): Implications for the Function of Development in Mammals. Current position: AAAS Science & Technology Fellow

Martha Hurley (Co-advisor) PhD awarded 2000
Thesis title: Natal dispersal behavior and survival of Scottish red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scoticus. Current position: Biodiversity Scientist, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York

Leonard Gannes (Co-advisor) PhD awarded 1998
Thesis title: Flying, Fasting & Feeding: The Physiology of Bird Migration in Old World Sylviid Warblers and Turdid Thrushes. Current position: Assistant Professor, Science and Conservation Studies, College of Santa Fe

Paul Moorcroft (Co-advisor) PhD awarded 1997
Thesis title: Territoriality and Carnivore Home Ranges. Current position: Associate Professor, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

Philip Muruthi PhD awarded 1997
Thesis title: Socioecological Correlates of Parental Care and Demography in Savanna Baboons. Current position: Chief Scientist, African Wildlife Foundation, Kenya