Science Outreach

Updates

Aug 2019. Congratulations to Luke Klicka! He defended his dissertation and will start a tenure-track faculty postion at Peru State College next year.
Aug 2018. Our sincerest congratulations to Jack Hruska. He defened his MSc this past spring semester and will be continuing his education in the PhD program at Texas Tech University with Joe Manthey.
Aug 2018. The Moyle lab welcomes our newest lab members, PhD aspirants Emily Ostrow and Devon DeRaad.
Aug 2017. The Moyle lab welcomes our newest member, PhD aspirant from Alaska, Lucas DeCicco.

Kansas DNA Day

An annual event at the University of Kansas that sends scientists to local high schools to present interactive presentations. LEARN MORE

Contributions

2016. Luke Klicka constructed a phylogeography module for DNAday and piloted the presentation at two local high schools with the help of several other EEB students.
2015. Moyle Lab members helped to establish KS DNA Day by contributing as ambassadors during the inaugural year presenting the "Genomics and Inheritance" module.

Natural History Museum

Avian Coloration Exhibit

Luke Campillo and Joe Manthey built a exhibit for the KU Natural History museum focused on avian color and the avian visual spectrum.

Science Saturdays

Ornithology at a Glance

(Birds)

Established: 1873

Collection Strengths: 113,000 specimens

Current Research Strengths: Extensive program of avian inventories worldwide, with recent sampling trips to Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Fiji, Sierra Leone, Vietnam, Palau, Guyana and Honduras. Expertise in molecular phylogenetic and phylogeography, niche modeling and biogeography, and pathogen surveillance in birds.

Curator in Charge: Robert Moyle
785.864.1870

Curator: A. Townsend Peterson
785.864.3926

Collection Manager: Mark Robbins
785.864.3657

Searching the collection

The ornithology collection may be browsed online via our DiGIR Portal and ORNIS. The data associated with all Ornithology specimens are freely available via http://vertnet.org.