Gitanjali Gnanadesikan ’14
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
A Closer Look at Mammal Migration
My internship with the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department focused on mammal migrations. I conducted extensive literature-based research to compile a database documenting various aspects of migratory behaviours (or lack thereof) for over a thousand mammalian species; I then took this data and began to look at the patterns which emerged. This broad look at migration across species has illuminated several patterns and concepts and will inform the development of computer models and possibly further scientific observations and conservation efforts. This internship gave me the opportunity to familiarize myself with the field of ecology, learn valuable technical skills, and gather foundational knowledge and experience. It also confirmed my choice of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology as my major.
2011
Sustainability
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
David Medvigy, Assistant Professor of Geosciences; Simon Levin, George M. Moffett Professor of Biology, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Allison Shaw, Graduate Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology