Caitlin Alice Stern, Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Neurobiology
& Behavior
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: (607) 254-4370 e-mail: cas245 AT cornell.edu
PROFESSIONAL
PREPARATION
Ph.D., Animal Behavior 2006-present Cornell University Advisor: J.L. Dickinson
A.B., Honors in Biology 2001-2005 Harvard
University Advisor: S.V. Edwards
BOOK CHAPTERS
Stern,
C.A. and J.L. Dickinson. 2010. Pigeons. In: Breed M.D.
and Moore J., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Animal
Behavior, pp. 723-730. Oxford: Academic Press.
PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
Ferree, E.D.,
J.L. Dickinson, W. Rendell, C.A. Stern,
S. Porter. 2010. Hatching order explains an extra-pair chick advantage in
western bluebirds. Behavioral Ecology 21:
802-807.
Ferree, E.D., J.L. Dickinson, D. Kleiber, C.A. Stern, J. Haydock, M.T. Stanback,
V. Schmidt, L. Eisenberg, C. Stolzenberg. 2008. Development and cross-species
testing of western bluebird (Sialia mexicana) microsatellite primers. Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 1348-1350.
Stern, C.A. 2007. Western bluebird captures a
western fence lizard. The Wilson Journal
of Ornithology 119: 128-129.
POPULAR PUBLICATIONS
Stern, C.A., J.L. Dickinson, E.D. Ferree. 2010. The importance of
family for western bluebirds. BirdScope 24(1):3.
Stern, C.A., J.L. Dickinson, E.D. Ferree. 2010. The
importance of family for western bluebirds. Bluebird 32(2):10-11.
(Re-publication of article by the same name originally published in BirdScope.)
FELLOWSHIPS
2009 Stuart Fellowship, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
2006 Excellence Fellowship, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
Cornell University
2006 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
EXTERNAL GRANTS AND AWARDS
2011 Sigma Xi – Grant-in-Aid of Research
2010 Animal Behavior Society – Student Research Grant
2010 North American Bluebird Society – Research Grant
2009 North American Bluebird Society – Research Grant
2008 American Museum of Natural History – Frank M. Chapman Award
2007 American Ornithologists' Union – Bleitz Research Award
INTERNAL GRANTS AND AWARDS
2011 Sigma Xi, Cornell University chapter – Research Grant
2011 Dept of Neurobiology & Behavior – Student Research Grant in Animal Behavior
2010 Athena Fund of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
2010 Conference Travel Grant (to attend 13th Congress of the ISBE) – Cornell University
2010 Sigma Xi, Cornell University chapter – Research Grant
2010 Dept of Neurobiology & Behavior – Student Research Grant in Animal Behavior
2009 Sigma Xi, Cornell University chapter – Research Grant
2009 Dept of Neurobiology & Behavior – Student Research Grant in Animal Behavior
2007 Dept of Neurobiology & Behavior – Student Research Grant in Animal Behavior
2004 Harvard College Research Program – Grant for Senior Thesis Research
RESEARCH
PRESENTATIONS
Stern, C.A., H.K. Reeve. 2010. Mother-fetus conflict as a
tug-of-war. Oral presentation at 13th Congress of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology.
Stern, C.A., H.K. Reeve, J.L. Dickinson. 2008. The influence of
help on reproductive conflict within cooperative groups. Poster at 12th Congress of the International Society for
Behavioral Ecology.
SOCIETY
MEMBERSHIPS
International Society for Behavioral Ecology
Animal Behavior Society