Science Outreach

Updates

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 Devan Deraad.
Aug 2017. The Moyle lab welcomes our newest member, PhD aspirant from Alaska, Lucas DeCicco.
July 2017. Congrats to both Jesse and Jack on a successful field season in the Solomon Islands!
Aug 2016. Welcome to Jesse Holmes, a PhD student looking to continue research on Swifts (Apodidae).
Aug 2016. Congratulations to Dr. Moyle and Jack Hruska on successful oral presentations at the NAOC hosted by the Smithsonian Museum.
June 2016. Moyle lab members return from field expeditions to both Nicaragua and the Solomon Islands.
May 2016. Congrats to Jack Hruska on receiving the Tinker Field Research Grant ($1,800) and the BI Panorama Grant ($800) for his research on phylogeography of Central American taxa.
May 2016. The KU Biodiversity Institute (BI) Panorama Grant committee has awarded Luke Klicka (#2) $1,000 for his dissertation research on Monarch Flycatchers (Monarchidae).
Apr 2016. Moyle Lab members piloted a new module for Kansas DNAday on phylogeography at Lawrence High School and Basehor-Linwood High School.
Mar 2016. Congrats to Luke Campillo (#1) for his successful defense of his Masters Thesis! The Moyle lab wishes Luke well as he decides between different PhD opportunities.
Mar 2016. Moyle lab members participated in Science Night at Hillcrest Elementary School and presented on local (Douglas Co.) nocturnal species.
DEC 2015. The Moyle lab is proud to congratulate Joe Manthey on his successful dissertation defense and wish him well as he transitions to his postdoc position at NYU Abu Dhabi with Stéphane Boissinot.
OCT 2015. The Society of Systematic Biology granted Luke Klicka a Graduate Student Research Award ($1500) to support systematic research in SE Asia.
OCT 2015. Luke Campillo was awarded an AMNH Collections Study Grant (~$1000) to explore plumage evolution.
OCT 2015. Members of the Moyle Lab attended the 67th Kansas Ornithological Society, hosted by Emporia State University.
AUG 2015. The Moyle Lab welcomes their newest student, Jack Hruska, to the lab!
JUL 2015. Congratulations to Carl Oliveros on his successful dissertation defense on phylogenomics of rapid avian radiations!
JUL 2015. The Moyle Lab is attending the AOU conference in Norman, OK and will be presenting research on Arachnothera and Piranga.
JUL 2015. Joe Manthey and Rob Moyle's landscape genomics research on Sitta carolinensis (White-breasted Nuthatch), recently published in Molecular Ecology, has been well received for providing a novel approach to understanding isolation of populations.
APR 2015. Luke Klicka, Rob Moyle, and Carl Oliveros participated in Kansas DNA-Day and presented at Shawnee Heights High School.
APR 2015. Luke Campillo and Luke Klicka were each awarded Panorama Grants from the Biodiversity Institute to partially fund their upcoming field work.
JAN 2015. Biodiversity Institute members return from an expedition to Cameroon.
MAR 2015. Luke Klicka was awarded $1500 by the Doctoral Student Research Fund to examine the phylogeography of a diverse cuckooshrike (Coracina papuensis).
JAN 2015. Will Gunderson was awarded an Undergraduate Research Award ($1,000) to work with Luke Campillo and Dr. Rob Moyle on the phylogenomics of a Philippine endemic dove.
DEC 2014. Luke Campillo and Joseph Manthey received the Leaman Harris Scholarship from the Biodiversity Institute ($5,000) to investigate the relationship between genotypic and phenotypic evolution in the genus Piranga.
NOV 2014. Mark Robbins returns from an expedition to the Solomon Islands.
OCT 2014. The Moyle Lab hosts Dr. Brant Faircloth (LSU), EEB seminar speaker of the week.
OCT 2014. Luke K. won best doctoral student presenter at the Kansas Ornithological Society Meeting in Salina, KS.
SEP 2014.The Moyle Lab attended and presented research at the AOU Meeting in Estes Park, CO.
AUG 2014. Joe just got a paper published in The Auk.
AUG 2014. Rob attended the IOC in Tokyo, Japan and presented research.
AUG 2014. Welcome Luke Klicka from SDSU, our newest doctoral student!

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.