Carly Michaels

Dedicated student involved with the conservation and rehabilitation of native wildlife, including hands-on experience with wild animals, such as net extraction and banding of wild birds. Experienced with taking and recording data, as well as collaborating frequently with others in research environments. Familiarity with research structure, procedures, and communicating complex ecological concepts to a general public audience. Adept at problem solving and finding creative solutions.

Extensive experience in handling infant and juvenile wild animals. This includes meeting dietary and medical needs, as well as providing an enriching and clean environment for them to grow and recover. Worked with Eureka High School faculty to convert unused land on campus to native plant gardens that serve as outdoor classrooms and benefit local wildlife.

• Helped collect data on bird window strikes on KSU campus as part of a collaborative research project, and created a scientific research poster and presented at a symposium
• Conducted an experiment exploring the preference of native Missouri birds in regards to native or nonnative seed consumption, created a scientific research poster, and presented findings
• Engaged with others to analyze existing data sets from the Konza Prairie Biological Research Station to find how population density of dickcissels is impacted by controlled burn frequency using RStudio