Hawley Lab Members
Dr. Dana Hawley
Principal Investigator
Research interests: ecology and evolution of wildlife diseases, animal behavior, ecological immunology
Dr. Anna Pérez-Umphrey
Postdoctoral Scholar
Research interests: conservation genetics, disease ecology, and wildlife biology
Dr. Kelley Langhans
Postdoctoral Scholar
(primary mentor: Ashley Dayer)
Research Interests: conservation biology, human dimensions of wildlife, landscape ecology
Jesse Garrett-Larsen
Ph.D. Student
Research interests: ecoimmunology, behavioral ecology, disease ecology, and conservation biology
Alicia Surratt
Ph.D. Student
(co-advised by Dr. Leah Johnson)
Research Interests: host-pathogen interaction, animal physiology, modeling and statistics for disease ecology
Maya Castle
M.S. Student
Research Interests: disease ecology, behavioral ecology and evolution, cognitive ecology
Junior Lab Members
Emmy
(daughter of Dana Hawley)
Research interests: geology, travel, aerospace engineering
Ari
(daughter of Dana Hawley)
Research interests: business, fashion, women's college basketball
Adrian
(son of Anna Pérez Umphery)
Research interests: Movement ecology and habitat use of the neighborhood cat, heterogeneity of Hot Wheels designs and performance consequences, maximizing banana grove agricultural outputs
Amalia
(daughter of Alicia Surratt)
Research interests: Molecular chemistry of washable art supplies, husbandry and welfare of synthetic reptilians
Lab Mascots
Luna Hawley
Research interests: haute cuisine, evolution of coprophagy, pig farming for optimal bacon production, game theory models of dog disobedience
Winnie Surratt
Research interests: human nutrition, psychology of emotional manipulation
Maia Surratt
Research interests: soil science, geology, Newtonian mechanics of squeaky ball flight
Orfeo Langhans
Research interests: mechanics of biting, insect flight patterns, baroque opera
Georgia Hawley
Research interests: Virginia Tech women’s basketball, biomechanics of ceiling locomotion