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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;" class="ContentPasted1">Autumn 2023</span></b><o:p class="ContentPasted1"></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;" class="ContentPasted1">I am David Cuban, a PhD student in the Biology department in the Behavioral Ecophysics Lab (Prof. Alejandro Rico-Guevara). I study
the convergent evolution of nectar-feeding birds through the lenses of biomechanics, morphology, and ecology.
<b class="ContentPasted1">I am seeking undergraduate students that are looking for research opportunities to help with projects studying sunbirds and other nectar-feeding birds.</b></span><o:p class="ContentPasted1"></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;" class="ContentPasted1">Analysis of High-speed videos of sunbird feeding</span></b><o:p class="ContentPasted1"></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal ContentPasted1">We are studying the feeding efficiency of sunbirds feeding from different types of flowers from across the world. Our lab has collected high-speed videos of sunbirds feeding from artificial flowers with nectar at different
concentrations (10,20,30,40,50, and 60% sucrose by weight). We are looking for undergraduate research assistants to analyze the videos (using a free software we will teach you how to use) to get the precise measurements of feeding efficiency from these birds.
We will be analyzing the data once it is extracted from the videos using the R programming language (you can learn how to do this from our lab).<o:p class="ContentPasted1"></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;" class="ContentPasted1">What I am looking for from you:</span></b><o:p class="ContentPasted1"></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;" class="ContentPasted1">At least 4 hours a week of work<o:p class="ContentPasted1"></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;" class="ContentPasted1">You will be given training and mentorship for the above mentioned project and an opportunity to develop your own academic ideas to
apply to unique research projects.</span><o:p class="ContentPasted1"></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;" class="ContentPasted1">If you are interested:</span></b><o:p class="ContentPasted1"></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;" class="ContentPasted1">Email me at
</span><a href="mailto:dcuban@uw.edu" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none" id="OWA3873c4a4-e6ec-fcc3-485b-2d9279ae1ed5" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">dcuban@uw.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;" class="ContentPasted1">
with a short message about why you are interested. Don’t worry about committing straight away - you can ask questions and we will figure out the best fit for you in the team!</span><o:p class="ContentPasted1"></o:p></p>
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