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North American Society for Bat Research Knoxville, TN, USA October 18-21, 2017

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7:00 8:00 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:00 9:15 9:30 9:45 10:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00 12:30 1:30 1:45 2:00 2:15 2:30 2:45 3:00 3:15 3:30 3:45 4:00 4:15 4:30 5:00 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00

Thursday

Medallion Carriage Registration Opens / Breakfast / Mentor Breakfast Welcome Spallanzani Award - Ludmilla Aguillar Villa Award - Stephanie Ortega-García (8:35)

Grace M. Carpenter

Rochelle M. Kelly

Brett R. Andersen

Danny Haelewaters

Ana M. Breit

Roberto Valdizón-Rodríguez

Ulalume Hernández-Arciga

Melissa R. Ingala

Coffee Break (8:50 - 9:45) Amie S. Sommers Zachary M. Cravens Cody R. Fouts Christopher D. Wisniewski S. Piper Kimpel

Melquisedec Gamba-Rios John F. Grider Caitlin J. Campbell

Charlie L. Cote

Lauren Moretto

Audrey Lauzon

Kaitlyn E. Torrey

Michael D. Whitby

Ashley K. Wilson

Julie Faure-Lacroix

Lunch / Mentor Lunch (11:45-1:30) Zachary A. Warren Emma L. Kunkel Makenzie B. Duncan Diana D. Moreno-Santillán Nicole K. Besler

Pallavi Sirajuddin Jamin G. Wieringa

Rebecca T. Trubitt

Coffee Break (3:30-3:45)

Melissa E. Rodríguez

Business Meeting I (Medallion)

Poster Session I (Tennessee) Student Social

Program at a Glance Friday

Saturday

Anna R. Willoughby

Dave S. Johnston

Kirstin E. Fagan

Medallion Carriage Registration Opens / Breakfast / Mentor Breakfast

Jennifer J. Krauel

Jessica Marie Dreyer

Loren K. Ammerman

Roxanne D. Pourshoushtari

Nathan A. Schwab

Christopher W. Nicolay

Jill M. Carpenter

Allison Pudlo

Laura N. Kloepper

Timothy J. Divoll

Clarissa A. Starbuck

Kristen M. Lear

Victoria J. Bennett

Mark A. Hayes

Charles M. Francis

Katherine Caldwell

Cocktail Social (5:30) Banquet (6:30) Awards & Silent Auction (7:30) Music & Contra Dancing (8:30)

Kristjan D. Mets

Kathryn M. Womack

Melina Del Real-Monroy

Ariadna E. Morales

Tara A. Pelletier

Amy L. Russell

Lunch / Mentor Lunch (12:30-2:00)

Business Meeting II (Medallion)

Katherine D. Teets

Meredith L. McClure

Christina M. Davy

Coffee Break (10:00-10:30)

Trevor M. Moore

Winifred F. Frick

Craig K. R. Willis

Nicole A.S.-Y Dorville

Riley F. Bernard

Lisa A. Beltz

Catherine G. Haase

Patricia E. Brown

Aaron J. Corcoran Bryan C. Carstens Daniel A. R. Taylor Kevin A. Parker Rodrigo A. Medellin

Macy A. Madden Carol L. Chambers Ya-Fu Lee Sharlene E. Santana Burton K. Lim

Gerald G. Carter Ricardo B. Machado

Paul A. Faure Abigail A. Curtis Hope C. Ball

Brandon P. Hedrick

Alyson F. Brokaw

Daniela M. Rossoni Gregory L. Mutumi

Han Li

Tracy C. Bazelman M. Kalcounis-Rueppell

Roost Dynamics

Medallion Carriage Registration Opens / Breakfast / Diversity Breakfast Tigga Kingston Michael Pennay

Tyrone H. Lavery Frank Bonaccorso Tammy Mildenstein Susan M. Tsang David L. Waldien

Adam S. Willcox Maria Sagot

Brooke Maslo

Anouk Simard

Coffee Break (3:15-3:45)

E. C. Braun de Torrez

Joseph M. Szewczak

Amy K. Wray

Julia E. Put

Amanda M. Schmitt

Lisa E. Powers

Paul R. Moosman

Lunch / Mentor Lunch (12:00-1:30)

Andrew K. Habrich

Lisa Noelle Cooper

Lucas J. Greville

Kendra L. Phelps

Nathan W. Fuller

Liam P. McGuire

Justin G. Boyles

Coffee Break (9:45-10:15)

Migration & Climate Change

Poster Session II (Tennessee)

Disease & Microbiology Genetics & Population Biology

Conservation of Island Bats Ecophysiology Ecology & Behavior

Echolocation

Conservation & Management

Student Honors 2 Student Honors 4

Tropical Ecology Morphology & Neurobiology Urban Ecology

Student Honors 1 Student Honors 3

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Tuesday Hike to Mount LeConte

8:00 am - 5:00 pm Meet in the Hotel Lobby 7:30 am

Wednesday Next Generation DNA Sequence Workshop

9:00 am - 5:00 pm Meet in the Hotel Lobby at 8:30 am

Eastern Small-footed Bat Workshop

10:00 am - 3:00 pm Meet in the Hotel Lobby at 9:30 am

Spallanzani Southern Curling Fundraiser Board of Directors Meeting Registration Exhibitor Setup Welcome Reception Sponsored by Wildlife Acoustics

11:30 am - 3:00 pm Meet in the Hotel Lobby at 11:00 am 1:00 - 6:00 pm Dining Room, Holiday Inn 2:00 to 6:00 pm Hotel Lobby - Top of Escalators 7:00 pm onwards Grand Pavillion Pre-function & North Park View Lobby 6:30 - 9:00 pm Hors d’Oeuvres & Drinks Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park

Tue. - Wed.

Pre-conference Events

7:00 am 8:00 am

Breakfast & Breakfast with a Mentor



7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Tennessee

Registration

Park View Lobby

Poster Session I - Available for Viewing Reception Sponsored by Pettersson Elektronik

10:00 am - 7:00pm

Tennessee

Thursday

Medallion & Carriage 8:00

Welcome

8:15

Spallanzani Award

Bat Diversity and Conservation in Brazil

8:35 8:50

Villa Award

The Evolution of Thermal Niches in Neotropical Nectar-feeding Bats



Gary McCracken & Emma Willcox Ludmilla M.S. Aguiar Stephanie Ortega-García

Coffee Break

Pre-function

Medallion Student Honors Session 1

Chairs: Joy O’Keefe, Jorge Ortega

9:45

Phenotypic Flexibility and Energetic Demand: Insectivorous Bats During the Summer Active Period

10:00

Illuminating Diet Shifts in an Insectivorous Bat Community

10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 11:15 11:30

Zachary M. Cravens Individual Dietary Niche Variation in Female Little Brown Bats on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland Cody R. Fouts Conserving Connecticut’s Natural History: Surviving Bat Communities and Habitat Use Post-white-nose Syndrome Christopher D. Wisniewski Predator Cues Recognition by Bats: The Effect on Social Communication Melquisedec Gamba-Rios Roost Selection of Southeastern Myotis in an Old-Growth Bottomland Hardwood Forest S. Piper Kimpel Diurnal Roost Selection of Myotis septentrionalis in Georgia John F. Grider Range-Wide Migratory Patterns of North American Tree-Roosting Bats Caitlin J. Campbell

Lunch

11:451:30

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Student Honors Session 3 1:30

1:45 2:00 2:15 2:30

2:45

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Amie S. Sommers

Lunch with a Mentor - Meet at NASBR Registration Desk Chairs: Carol Chambers, Rick Adams

Looking Back to Move Forward: A Quantitative Meta-analysis of Myotis septentrionalis Roost Selection Zachary A. Warren Free Falling or Free Flying? Activity Thermoregulatory Substitution During Rewarming from Torpor in Migratory Bats Emma L. Kunkel The Microbiology of Fresh, Surface, and Deep Bat Guano Samples, Including Detection of Possible Pathogens Makenzie B. Duncan De Novo Transcriptome Assembly and Functional Annotation of Immune Response Genes in Five Species of Bats Diana Daniela Moreno-Santillán Torpor Patterns and Hibernacula Conditions of Perimyotis subflavus in White-nose Syndrome Positive and Negative Sites Pallavi Sirajuddin Torpor Use Among Female Myotis lucifugus in Bat Boxes in Newfoundland, Canada Nicole K. Besler

47th Annual Symposium, Knoxville, TN

Spallanzani Award Dr. Ludmilla Aguiar is a Professor and Head of the Department of Zoology at the University of Brasilia in Brasilia, Brazil. Dr. Aguiar’s research focuses on the conservation and ecology of neotropical bats. In recent years, Dr. Aguiar and her students have examined the impacts of global climate change, fire, wind energy and habitat disturbance on bats of the cerrado ecosystem in Brazil. She has received funding for her work from a variety of national and international agencies, and is involved with outreach efforts to educate local communities about the importance of bats in Brazilian ecosystems. Dr. Aguiar is the creator and editor of the journal, Chiroptera Neotropical, founder of the Brazilian Society for the Study of Bats and a co-founder of RELCOM, the Latin American Network for the Conservation of Bats.

Carriage Student Honors Session 2

Chairs: Allen Kurta, Burton Lim

9:45

To Kill or Not to Kill? Comparison of Common Sampling Techniques in Bat Microbiome Research

10:00

Changes in Redox State in Different Tissues After Interruption of Hibernation in Myotis velifer Ulalume Hernández-Arciga Frequency Tuning of Synaptic Inhibition in Duration-tuned Neurons of the Mammalian Inferior Colliculus Roberto Valdizón-Rodríguez Roosting Energetics and Pathogen Transmission in Myotis lucifugus Ana M. Breit Bats, Bat Flies, and Laboulbeniales Fungi from the Chucantí Nature Reserve in Eastern Panama Danny Haelewaters On the Move: Westward Expansion of the Evening Bat across the Great Plains Brett R. Andersen Diversity and Distribution of Bats in the San Juan Archipelago Rochelle M. Kelly Roost Selection by Male Tri-colored Bats in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Grace M. Carpenter

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Student Honors Session 4

1:45 2:00 2:15 2:30

Melissa R. Ingala

Lunch

11:451:30

1:30

Thursday

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Lunch with a Mentor - Meet at NASBR Registration Desk Chairs: Gary Kwiecinski, Loren Ammerman

Decadal Changes Suggest Relaxation of Niche Partitioning After White-nose Syndrome and Climatic Responses in Bat Activity Julie Faure-Lacroix Boulders, Bats, and Biodiversity: The Influence of Rock Climbing on Cliff-face Ecosystems Ashley K. Wilson Discerning Migratory Patterns of Bats in Nebraska Michael D. Whitby Interactions Between Imperiled Bat Species and a Fire-dependent Ecosystem in the Southern Appalachians Kaitlyn E. Torrey Long-term Effects of Forest Harvesting on Habitat Use by Insect Eating Bats Audrey Lauzon

2:45

At What Landscape Extent is Habitat Amount Most Relevant to Bats in Urban Environments?

North American Society for Bat Research

Lauren Moretto

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Medallion Student Honors Session 3 (cont.)

Thursday

3:00

Chairs: Carol Chambers, Scott Pedersen

Trace Elements as a Method for Sourcing Migratory Tree Bats

3:15

Jamin G. Wieringa Genetic Diversity of Artibeus jamaicensis (Phyllostomidae) in Forest Fragments Surrounded by Agricultural Matrix in El Salvador Melissa E. Rodríguez

3:30



3:454:45



5:00 7:00

Coffee Break

Pre-function

Business Meeting I

Medallion

All attendes are encouraged to attend

Poster Session I

Tennessee

Sponsored by Pettersson Elektronik

Reception with Hors d’Oeuvres and Cash Bar

Student Honors Posters H1

Bat Community Change in Northeastern Iowa Meagan J. Albon

H2

Effects of Prescribed Fires on Bat Foraging Behavior and Occupancy in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas Cristina M. Blanco

H3

Impacts of Sex and Reproductive Condition on Personality in Bats: A Pilot Study

H4

Taxonomy of Large Anoura and a Reassessment of the Distribution of A. latidens

Rebecca L. Bradley

Camilo A. Calderón-Acevedo H5

Summer Roosting Ecology of Myotis septentrionalis at Cape Cod National Seashore

H6

Determining the Effectiveness of an Aerial Acoustic Bat Detection Technology for Monitoring Bat Populations Adrienne M. Dykstra

H7

Indiana Bat Occupancy Estimates of Buffalo National River Using a Multi-state Occupancy Model

H8

Examining the Effect of Torpor and Emergence Behavior on the Susceptibility of Four Bat Species to Pseudogymnoascus destructans

H9

Basal Hollow Maternity Roosts of Southeastern Myotis in Alabama

H10

Do Bats Alter Nightly Foraging Activity in Response to Auditory Predation Cues?

H11

Putting Eocene Fossils into the Bat Family Tree

H12

Baseline Data on Overwintering Bats and Hibernacula in Texas

H13

Wildlife Use of Livestock Water Troughs in Several States East of the Mississippi River

H14

Morphological Diversity in the Sensory System of Phyllostomid Bats and Implications for Acoustic and Dietary Ecology Leith Leiser-Miller

H15

Skin Microbiota Potential in White-nose Syndrome Resistance of Hibernating Eptesicus fuscus

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R. Bronson Curry

James W. Gore

Reilly T. Jackson Mattea A. Lewis

Carson E. McNamara Edward D. Medeiros

Student Social

Melissa B. Meierhofer Russell L. Milam

Virginie Lemieux-Labonté

Barley’s 200 East Jackson Avenue

Light food, cash bar and great company. All students are welcome. Trivia starts at 7:30

47th Annual Symposium, Knoxville, TN

Carriage Student Honors Session 4 (cont.)

Chairs: Gary Kwiecinski, Loren Ammerman

3:00

Torpor in Neotropical Frugivorous Bats

3:15

Proximate and Landscape Level Resource Use by Rangeland Bats

Charlie L. Cote

Rebecca T. Trubitt

3:454:45



5:00 7:00

Coffee Break

Pre-function

Business Meeting I

Medallion

All attendes are encouraged to attend

Poster Session I

Tennessee

Sponsored by Pettersson Elektronik

Reception with Hors d’Oeuvres and Cash Bar

H16

Identifying Important Habitat Characteristics Associated with Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) Reproduction in Southeast Ohio Maria Monarchino

H17

Thermoregulation of Brachyphylla cavernarum

H18

Bats and the City

H19

Inventory, Abundance, and Habitat Selection of Chiropterans at Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Southeast Arkansas Tyler J Porter

H20

Insectivorous Bat Activity in Cerrado, a Neotropical Savanna

H21

Bat Research and Conservation in the National Parks and how it is Changing Public Perception

H22

Behavioral Responses Associated to Acoustic Roles in Spix’s Disc-winged Bats

H23

Southeastern Myotis and Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bats Make Seasonal Switches in Their Roosting Habits in Arkansas Bottomlands Stacy J. Scherman

H24

Addressing the Research Needs of a State: Implementing the North American Bat Monitoring Program in Nebraska Baxter H. Seguin

H25

Metagenomics Indicates Increased Arthropod Consumption in Long-nosed Bats in New Mexico

H26

What Bugs Bat Bugs? Factors Influencing the Parasite Communities of Puerto Rican Bats

H27

Foraging Ecology of Perimyotis subflavus in Middle Tennessee

H28

Long-term Fission-Fusion Dynamics of a Myotis sodalis Colony

H29

From the Shadows of the Southeast: The Population Genetics and Phylogeography of Myotis austroriparius Faith L. Ureel

H30

Impact of Urbanization on Bats in Eastern Iowa

7:00



Thursday

3:30

Natalie A. Nieves Shannon Pederson

Daniel F. Ramalho Jessica M. Rosado

Cayla Turner & Tenaja Smith-Butler

Scarlet L. Sellers Emily Louise Stanford Dustin B. Thames Francis E. Tillman, Jr.

Audri J. Woessner

Student Social

Barley’s 200 East Jackson Avenue

Light food, cash bar and great company. All students are welcome. Trivia starts at 7:30

North American Society for Bat Research

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7:00 am 8:00 am



Breakfast



Diversity in Science Breakfast

Tennessee Crystal

For the past 3 years, NASBR participants have enjoyed discussing Women in Science issues together over breakfast in a constructive and supportive professional environment. This year, we've broadened the breakfast to Diversity in Science to widen the scope of topics we discuss. The Diversity in Science breakfast is a great opportunity to explore and discuss issues that involve all of us in a friendly open forum. Our goal is to promote conversation and actions to help us achieve an inclusive, diverse, and supportive culture in STEM, both within our own NASBR society and at our home institutions.

7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Registration

10:00 am - 7:00pm

Poster Session II - Available for Viewing Reception Supported by Titley Scientific

Park View Lobby Tennessee

Medallion Conservation Biology of Indo-Pacific Island Bats

Chairs: Dave Waldien, Frank Bonaccorso

8:00

Cracks in Island Keystones as Threat Synergies and Feedback Loops Push Island Pteropus to the Brink

8:15

Threats to Monkey-faced Bats and Flying Foxes in Solomon Islands

8:30

Documenting Bat Echolocation Calls from Solomon Islands and Bougainville

Tigga Kingston Tyrone H. Lavery

Michael Pennay

Friday

8:45

Rapid Assessment of Bats on Bougainville Island: Searching for Monkey-faced Fruit Bats and Spare Tires Frank Bonaccorso

9:00

Density as Indicator of Threat Level and Conservation Needs of Fruit Bats on Islands

9:15

Improving Geographic Range Estimates for Island Endemics

9:30

Filipinos for Flying Foxes: A Model for Integrating Research and Conservation

9:45



Ecophysiology

Tammy Mildenstein Susan M. Tsang David L. Waldien

Coffee Break

Pre-function

Chairs: Justin Boyles, Liam McGuire

10:15

Disturbances Affect Hibernating Bats: We Don’t Know How or How Much It Matters

10:30

Stop Using Body Condition Index

10:45

The Other End of the Hibernation Phenotype Spectrum: Myotis velifer and Hibernation in Mild Environments

11:00

Environmental and Biological Context Modulates the Physiological Stress Response of Bats to Human Disturbance Kendra L. Phelps

11:15

Quantifying Steroid Transfer and Urinary Steroids in Female Big Brown Bats

11:30

Efficacy of Fecal Metabolomics as a Non-Invasive Tool for Age-Determination in Bats with Exceptional Longevity Lisa Noelle Cooper

11:45

The Influence of Energetic and Time Constraints on Home-range Size in Female Myotis lucifugus

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Justin G. Boyles Liam P. McGuire

Nathan W. Fuller

Lucas J. Greville

Andrew K. Habrich

47th Annual Symposium, Knoxville, TN

Villa Award Stephanie Ortega-García obtained her undergraduate and Master’s degrees in Science at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), where she graduated with honors. She did several research stays in international institutions including the Institute of Ecology and Systematics in Havana, Cuba, Trinity University in Texas, and the University of Kansas. Her research interests focus on climate change, macroecology and conservation physiology, with particular reference to small mammals. She is the head of the outreach chapter of a Mexican civil association dedicated to biological conservation. Among her contributions to science, she has published four peer-reviewed papers and has been part of organizing committees of different events and activities within scientific meetings. She is currently a PhD candidate at UNAM, working on her dissertation titled Physiological bases and ecological effects of thermal niches on neotropical nectarivorous bats.

Carriage Migration, Movement & Climate Change

Chairs: Jennifer Krauel, Jordi Segers

8:00

Bat Diet Reveals Richness in Pest Consumption and High-altitude Insect Migration

8:15

Hoary Bats (Lasiurus cinereus) Use Nearly Undetectable Echolocation in Autumn and May Fly in Silence Aaron J. Corcoran

8:30

Nocturnal Airplane and Ground Telemetry Employed to Determine Foraging Range and Habitat of Townsend’s Bigeared Bats Patricia E. Brown

8:45

Do Organismal Traits or Species Range Attributes Offer the Best Predictions of How Species Respond to Climate Change? Bryan C. Carstens

9:00

Presence-only Modelling Reveals Future Shifts in Suitable Climate Niches for Bats in Western North America Daniel A. R. Taylor

9:15

Species-specific Probability of Winter Activity Across a Temperature Gradient in Bats

9:30

Save Our Bats, Save Our Tequila: Industry and Science Working for Pollinators

9:45



Tropical Ecology

Kevin A. Parker Rodrigo A. Medellin Pre-function

Chairs: Gerry Carter, Luis Viquez-R.

10:15

No Bats in Bat-Baobab Pollination System of South Africa: What Are the Consequences?

10:30

Species from Feces Goes Diet: Nicaraguan Bats Reveal All

10:45

Foraging Dispersion and Resource Use of Ryukyu Flying-foxes and Relationships with Fig Abundance on Iriomote Island Ya-Fu Lee

11:00

Bats Navigating the Plant Bouquet: Links Between Bat Diet and Fruit Scent Diversity

11:15

‘Social Bet-hedging’ Reduces Risk in the Snuggle for Survival

11:30

Establishing Baseline Data from Bat Monitoring Surveys in Guyana

11:45

Are We Underestimating the Threatened Status of the South American Bats?

North American Society for Bat Research

Friday

Coffee Break

Jennifer J. Krauel

Macy A. Madden Carol L. Chambers

Sharlene E. Santana Gerald G. Carter Burton K. Lim Ricardo B. Machado

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Lunch

12:001:30

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Ecology & Behavior 1:30

Time for Alternative Monitoring Approaches? A Case Study on Eastern Small-footed Bats in Virginia

1:45

Effects of Forest Thinning on Bat Foraging Activity in the Northeastern United States

2:00

Impacts of Social Group Composition on Personality in Eptesicus fuscus

2:15

Higher Bat Activity at Organic than Conventional Soybean Fields

2:30

Livin’ on a Prair(ie): Bat Foraging in a Mixed Agricultural Landscape

2:45

Trophic Position and Reliance on Aquatic Production of Bats along Two Rivers in Yosemite National Park Joseph M. Szewczak

3:00

Bats and Fire: Endangered Florida Bonneted Bats Respond Positively to Prescribed Burns

3:15



Ecology & Behavior (cont.)

Friday

Lunch with a Mentor - Meet at NASBR Registration Desk Medallion Chairs: Paul Moosman, Joe Szewczak Paul R. Moosman Lisa E. Powers Amanda M. Schmitt Julia E. Put Amy K. Wray

Coffee Break

Elizabeth C. Braun de Torrez Pre-function

Chairs: Paul Moosman, Joe Szewczak

3:45

“The Neighbourhood Bat Watch”, a Canadian Bat Colony Monitoring Network: How It Started and How It’s Going Anouk Simard

4:00

Predicting Susceptibility of Western Bat Species to White-nose Syndrome

4:15

Visitor Attitudes Toward Bats in Buildings of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

4:30

The Importance of Group Phenotypic Composition in Roost Finding Efficiency

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Brooke Maslo Adam S. Willcox Maria Sagot

47th Annual Symposium, Knoxville, TN

Lunch

12:001:30

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Lunch with a Mentor - Meet at NASBR Registration Desk Carriage Functional Morphology & Neurobiology Chairs: Bill Schutt, Paul Faure 1:30

Factors Influencing Flight Membrane Wound Healing in Big Brown Bats

1:45

Jaw-Dropping: Functional Variation in Digastric Muscle Morphology in Noctilionoid Bats

2:00

Putting the Leaf-nosed Bats in Context: A Geometric Morphometric Analysis of the Three Largest Bat Families Brandon P. Hedrick

2:15

Tissue-level and Whole-bone Biomechanics of the Wing Bones of Bats Compared to Terrestrial Mammals

2:30

Cranial Modularity and its Evolutionary Consequences in the New World Leaf-nosed Bats

2:45

Does the Nose Know? The Link Between Olfactory Tracking Capabilities and Nose Morphology in Bats

3:00

Skull Shape Diversity among Phyllostomids in Relation to Immediate Outgroups: Phylogeny or Function Gregory L. Mutumi

3:15



Urban Ecology

Paul A. Faure Abigail A. Curtis

Hope C. Ball

Daniela M. Rossoni Alyson F. Brokaw

Coffee Break Pre-function Chairs: Matina Kalkounis-Rueppell, Deanna Byrnes

3:45

Effects of Urbanization on Bat Habitat Use in Phoenix, Arizona: A Multi-Scale Landscape Analysis

4:00

Threshold Patterns in the Effect of Residential Urbanization on Bat Diversity

4:15

Separating the Effects of Water Quality and Urbanization on Temperate Insectivorous Bats at the Landscape Scale Matina C. Kalcounis-Rueppell

North American Society for Bat Research

Han Li

Friday

4:30

Tracy C. Bazelman

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5:00 7:00



Poster Session II

Tennessee

(Reception with Hors d’Oeuvres and Cash Bar)

Supported by Titley Scientific

Friday

General Posters P1

New Records of Bats from the Southern Kalahari Desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

P2

A Comparison of Body Condition Scoring Systems Validated by DXA and Deuterium Oxide in Eptesicus fuscus Sybill K. Amelon

P3

Bat Use of Great Smoky Mountains National Park at Multiple Spatial Scales

P4

Does the Framework of Citizen Science Projects Affect Participants’ Attitudes Towards Conservation?

P5

Foraging Behavior of Myotis lucifugus During Summer at High Latitudes

P6

Community Composition of Ectoparasitic Bat Flies (Diptera: Streblidae and Nycteribiidae) from Neotropical Bats of Belize and Brazil Alexis M. Brown

P7

Winter Activity Patterns of Bats on the Cumberland Plateau in Relation to Habitat and Environmental Conditions Leanne K. Burns

P8

Tracheobronchial Tree Reinforcement Due to Flight in Two Species of Phyllostomid Bat

P9

New Geographic and Seasonal Records of Bats in Iowa

P10

Respiratory Rate as an Indicator of Response to Smoke during Torpor

P11

Relating Bat and Insect Communities in the Context of White-nose Syndrome and Prescribed Fire

P12

The Use of Mist-netting Survey Data to Assess Changes in Bat Community Composition

P13

Comparison of Relative Capture Rates Among Years at a Swarming Site in Eastern Ontario

P14

Urinalysis Indicates Differences in Health between Two Flying Fox Species

P15

Evaluating Resource Partitioning Among Post-white-nose Syndrome Bat Communities Using Next Generation Sequencing Technologies Macy J. Kailing

P16

Bats as Reservoirs for Neorickettsia risticii (Potomac Horse Fever) in Tennessee

Rick A. Adams

Elizabeth A. Beilke Amanda Bevan

Christopher A. C. Brooks

Richard T. Carter Austin Chipps Anna C. Doty Shelby A. Fulton Christopher L. Hauer Lauren A. Hooton Devin N. Jones

Janetta R. Kelly P17

Overwintering by Silver-haired Bats in the Lake Michigan Basin

P18

Long-eared Bat Taxonomy: Nuclear Genetic Evidence Eliminates the Species Status of Keen’s Myotis

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Allen Kurta Cori L Lausen

47th Annual Symposium, Knoxville, TN

5:00 7:00



Poster Session II

Tennessee

(Reception with Hors d’Oeuvres and Cash Bar)

Supported by Titley Scientific

General Posters P19

Effect of Omnidirectional Microphone Height and Distance from Edge on Call Quality

P20

The Morphological Variation of the Nose Leaf in the Family Phyllostomidae

P21

Summer Activity of Bat Species at Dyess Air Force Base

P22

Sanctuary: US DOE Oak Ridge Reservation

P23

Temporal Acoustic Detection of Bats in the Piedmont of Paulding County, Georgia

P24

Acoustic Analysis of Bat Diversity and Seasonal Activity in Northern California

Susan C. Loeb Luisa S. A. Machado Stephanie G. Martinez Mary K. McCracken Thomas McElroy

Shahroukh Mistry P25

Survival and Recruitment of a Persisting Colony of Little Brown Myotis in Southern Ontario

P26

Effects of Forest Management Techniques on Bat Habitat Use at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania

P27

Bats of St. Lucia and Species Curves in the Lesser Antilles

P28

Occupancy Modeling of Foraging Bats in Managed Forests within the Piedmont Region of Georgia

P29

A Spatial Look at Little Brown Myotis Roost Conditions and Reproductive Success Across Alaska

P30

Roost Use by Corynorhinus rafinesquii in an Upland Forest of South Carolina

P31

Range-wide Variation in the Summer Habitat of the Eastern Small-footed Myotis

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Diversity and Species Richness of Forest Interior Insectivorous Bats along Elevational Gradients in Nigeria

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Bats in the City – Science Based Conservation of Bats in the Greater Toronto Area

Derek Morningstar Carolyn P. Paul

Linda Purvis Jesika P. Reimer

Friday

Scott C. Pedersen

Jacob A. Rogers Laura M. Scott Iroro Tanshi

Toby J. Thorne P34

Evaluating Bat Community Structure in Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Post-white-nose Syndrome Kristen M. Van Neste

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The Threat of Invasive Species to Bats

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7:00 am 8:00 am

Breakfast & Breakfast with a Mentor



Tennessee

7:45 am 4:00 pm

Registration

Lobby

7:45 am 2:00 pm

NASBR Teacher Workshop

Crystal

Medallion Disease & Microbiology 8:00

A Comparative Analysis of Viral Richness and Viral Sharing in Cave-roosting Bats

8:15

Modelling the Influence of Evaporative Water Loss on Hibernation Energetics and Implications for White-nose Syndrome Catherine G. Haase

8:30

Apicomplexan Parasites of Bats: The Utility of a Bat-Microbe Database

8:45

Being an Honest Broker: Bridging the ‘Knowledge-Action’ Divide to Inform Disease Management Decisions Riley F. Bernard

9:00

Testing Two Potential Treatments for White-nose Syndrome in Myotis lucifugus

9:15

A Hope or a Sprayer? Modeling Implications of Alternative Management Approaches for White-nose Syndrome Craig K. R. Willis

9:30

Spatial Variation in Population Impacts from White-nose Syndrome

9:45

Thermoregulatory Energetics of Myotis lucifugus Recovering from White-nose Syndrome

Disease & Microbiology II 10:00

Saturday

Chairs: Emma Willcox, Riley Bernard Anna R. Willoughby

Lisa A. Beltz

Nicole A.S.-Y Dorville

Winifred F. Frick

Coffee Break

Trevor M. Moore Pre-function

Chairs: Winifred Frick, Craig Willis

10:30

Context-dependent Interactions Between Bats and the Causative Agent of White-nose Syndrome

10:45

Western Bat Distributions Before and After Exposure to White-nose Syndrome: A Hybrid Correlative-Mechanistic Modeling Approach Meredith L. McClure

11:00

The Effects of White-nose Syndrome on Bat Community Structure in South Carolina

11:2012:30 12:302:00

Christina M. Davy

Katherine D. Teets

Business Meeting II in Medallion All attendes are encouraged to attend

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Stop by the Teacher Workshop in the Crystal Ballroom to pick up copies of handouts and browse hands-on activities and resources.

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NASBR Teacher Workshop Join Veronica Brown, Rob Mies, Riley Bernard and others as they discuss hands-on learning opportunities for educators to promote bat conservation. Topics include information about bats in Tennessee, connecting with students through virtual learning, immersive activities for all ages and how to engage with urban communities. All NASBR registrants are welcome. If you cannot make it during the workshop, stop by the Crystal Ballroom to pick up copies of handouts and browse hands-on activities and resources.

Carriage Roost Dynamics

Chairs: John Hermanson, Terry Zinn

8:00

Roost Selection by Bats in Buildings of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

8:15

Mitigating for Noise Near Roosts Based on Noise Frequency and Species of Bats

8:30

Preferential Nursing in Brazilian Free-tailed Bats

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Monitoring Site Fidelity and Seasonal Activity of Mexican Long-nosed Bats at Emory Cave Using PIT Tags Roxanne D. Pourshoushtari

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Fluctuations in Colony Size over the Past Decade of the Endangered Mexican Long-nosed Bat in Texas Loren K. Ammerman

9:15

Behavior and Aggression in a Roost of Eptesicus fuscus

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Bat Activity Patterns and Fall Roost Use in Montana Managed Forests

9:45

Location, Location: Where Bat Roosts Are Installed Can Be an Important Factor in Mitigating Transportation Projects Jill M. Carpenter

Kirstin E. Fagan

Dave S. Johnston

Echolocation

Jessica Marie Dreyer

Christopher W. Nicolay Nathan A. Schwab

Coffee Break Pre-function Chairs: Cori Lausen, Kristina Montoya-Aiona

10:00 10:30

Does Re-entry Flight Behavior Affect the FM Calls of Tadarida brasiliensis?

10:45

Hawks, Ziplines and Drones: New Methods for Recording Echolocation of Bats in Large Groups

Allison Pudlo

Laura N. Kloepper

Business Meeting II in Medallion

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Medallion Genetics & Population Biology

Chairs: Amy Russell, Maria Sagot

2:00

Population Genetics of Myotis in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska

2:15

Barcoding Genes Reveal High Numbers of Cryptic Species in Bats

2:30

Genomic Evidence That Myotis lucifugus ‘Subspecies’ Are Five Non-sister Species, Despite Gene Flow

Amy L. Russell Tara A. Pelletier

Ariadna E. Morales 2:45

Positive Selection in the Antigen Binding Site of the MHC-DRB Gene of Artibeus jamaicensis

3:00

Performance of Hierarchical Abundance Models on Simulated Bat Capture Data

3:15

Fine-scale suitability modeling of Myotis lucifugus hibernacula in the Ozark Plateau

Melina Del Real-Monroy Kathryn M. Womack Kristjan D. Mets

3:30

5:30 6:30 7:30

Music & Contra Dancing (Open to all) Danny Gammon and the Luv Muffins. Tim Klein, Caller and Sound by Allen Miller

Pre-function / Atrium Grand Pavillion Grand Pavillion Grand Pavillion

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Cocktail Social - Cash Bar (Open to all) Banquet (Tickets Required) Awards & Silent Auction (Open to all)

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Carriage Conservation & Management

Chairs: Susan Tsang, Tigga Kingston

2:00

Timber Management has Neutral or Positive Effects on Foraging Behaviors of Endangered Myotis

2:15

Morphology Predicts Bat Activity at Multiple Scales in a Post-wildfire Landscape

2:30

Conserving an Endangered Pollinator: Insights for Engaging Communities in “Bat-friendly” Agave Management in Northeast Mexico Kristen M. Lear

2:45

Bat Behavior in Response to Ultrasonic Signals: Implications for Reducing Mortality at Wind Turbines Victoria J. Bennett

3:00

Promoting Actions to Conserve Bats - batconservationalliance.wikidot.com

3:15

Simulated Bat Populations Erode when Exposed to Climate Change Projections for Western North America Mark A. Hayes

3:30

Community Compositional Changes Observed in Bat Field Surveys since White-nose Syndrome Arrived in North Carolina Katherine Caldwell

5:30

Cocktail Social - Cash Bar (Open to all) Banquet (Tickets Required) Awards & Silent Auction (Open to all)

6:30 7:30 8:30-

Music & Contra Dancing (Open to all) Danny Gammon and the Luv Muffins. Tim Klein, Caller and Sound by Allen Miller

Timothy J. Divoll Clarissa A. Starbuck

Charles M. Francis

Pre-function / Atrium Grand Pavillion Grand Pavillion Grand Pavillion

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Bid to Host the 50th Annual Symposium North American Society for Bat Research Tempe, Arizona, USA October 21 – 24, 2020 Tempe is located in the heart of Metropolitan Phoenix - known for its year-round sun and warm temperatures, outdoor recreation, and natural beauty. Arizona hosted the first NASBR (called the Southwest Symposium on Bat Research), and promises to be an unforgettable location for the 50th Annual NASBR.

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Airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX); more than 1,200 arrival/departures daily Valley Metro Light Rail from Airport to Downtown Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa ($2 single, $4 All-Day), Uber to Tempe: $13 Estimated flight costs: Atlanta ($296), Boston ($339), Chicago ($289), Dallas ($119), Denver ($180), Indianapolis ($344), Mexico City ($728), St. Louis ($301), Los Angeles ($170)

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Mill Avenue District – 100+ restaurants, shops, and craft breweries Outdoors - hike, kayak, paddle board at Hayden Butte, Tempe Beach Park, and Papago Park Desert Botanical Garden – 50-acre desert garden showcases a fantastic variety of arid plants Phoenix Zoo - the largest privately owned, self-supporting zoo in the U.S. ASU’s Hasbrouck Insect Collection – 750,000+ insect specimens from Arizona and beyond.

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Musical Instrument Museum – 6,500 instruments from around the world Arizona Sonora Desert Museum – one of the greatest natural museums in the world Sedona – paradise for artists, photographers, hikers, and nature lovers Kartchner Caverns State Park – stunning limestone cave in Southeastern Arizona Grand Canyon – one of the Seven Wonders of the World

Pre-Conference Tours: In development Hotel Information

The Tempe Mission Palms is a beautiful destination hotel located in the heart of vibrant downtown Tempe. Mission Palms has 303 rooms decorated with the rich, warm colors of the Desert Southwest. ● Only 4 miles from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (Airport Shuttle Service) ● Walking distance to about 75 restaurants, bars, activities and 2 blocks from Light Rail Station ● Rooftop outdoor heated swimming pool, elegant garden courtyard, 303 rooms ● Group Rate $189/night

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Bid to Host the 50th Annual Symposium North American Society for Bat Research Denver, Colorado, USA October, 2020 Travel ● ● ● ● ●

Airport: Denver International Airport From LaGuardia: $244 round trip From Los Angeles: $195 round trip From Mexico City: $346 roundtrip From Toronto: $436 roundtrip

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RTD (Bus): $9.00 Round-Trip –DIA to Union to Westin Super Shuttle: $85 one-way, direct from airport, up to 3 passengers Taxi: $75.00 One Way Uber: $40.00-50.00 One Way Private Sedan: $80.00 One Way

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The Westin-Westminster Room Rates: $189-$209 + 12.5 % tax Currently Open Dates: 6-10, 13-17, or 20-24 October 2020, 3-7 November 2020

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Onsite: KachinaGrill (#1 Trip Advisor), Starbucks, In-Room dining on-site

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TukTukThai Bar Louie Rock Bottom Brewery Bonefish Macaroni Grill R Taco Chuy’sTex-Mex Smashburger MOD Pizza Dave and Busters Caribou Coffee Thai Bristo 10+ additional options

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Legacy and Walnut Creek Golf Westminster Promenade and Walnut Creek Shops & Restaurants Westminster Nature Park Butterfly Pavilion Downtown Denver is within 15 minutes (Uber/Lyft) Downtown Boulder is within 15 minutes (Uber/Lyft) Rocky Mountain National Park (1 hour)

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NASBR Board Nominations Regular Member (3) ANGELO SOTO. Assistant Professor at Rutgers University & Research Scientist at American Museum of Natural History studying extinctions in island bats. A member of NASBR since 1999 (Madison, WI) & former Student Representative of the society in 2012–2013. In the years as student representative I helped formalize documents outlining duties/tasks of student representatives & helped solidify initiatives still in place in the society today. I also have volunteer experience with the organizing committee of NASBR 42 (San Juan, PR) pertaining to conference logistics, pre/post-conference field trip organization & leading, etc. I am well prepared to serve as a member of the board of directors of NASBR in multiple ways: First, I have 13 years of experience in informal education and outreach through my work in Natural History Museums, which makes me uniquely qualified to participate as a member of the Education and Outreach Committee. Second, I have 6 years of experience as editorial board member of two journals, which qualifies me to contribute to the Program and/or Awards Committees. Finally, I fluently speak Spanish, Portuguese, and English, which puts me in an excellent position to perform other tasks for the society aimed at the development of a culturally rich and inclusive environment in support of professionals & students from throughout the Americas. CAROL CHAMBERS. I attended my first NASBR meeting in 2004; NASBR connected me with others working

with bats and I also enjoyed the energy of managers, students, and researchers focused on a single taxa. I find the organization valuable to me personally, but more importantly, globally important to conservation and management of bats. I also appreciate the emphasis on student development and inclusion; I believe mentoring students helps organizations such as NASBR grow successfully. I received a PhD in Wildlife Sciences from Oregon State University in 1996 and am in my 21st year as Professor of Wildlife Ecology at Northern Arizona University. My work focuses on habitat relationships and gives me expertise in grant writing, project management, budgeting, publishing, and outreach. Recently Dr. Faith Walker and I started a bat ecology and genetics lab at NAU (www.nau.edu/batdna), to use emerging technology in understanding ecology of bats. To date, I served as major professor for 32 completed MS and PhD student projects and published >50 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 16 of which focused on bat research. Prior to returning to graduate school, my jobs with county park systems in Kentucky and Virginia gave me an appreciation for providing information to lay audiences of all ages. I see science outreach as critical to aiding conservation so I combine outreach with research through radio, television, YouTube, publications such as Bats Magazine, and other outlets. I spent two terms (six years) as one of 12 members of the Council (governing board) for The Wildlife Society (TWS), a 10,000-member organization committed to wildlife science, management, and conservation. With TWS, I helped create, organize, and fundraise for a network encouraging women in the wildlife profession that has engaged women in discussion of job and pay equity, mentoring, biases, and positive approaches for improving the workplace for women.

EMMA WILLCOX. I am an Assistant Professor of Wildlife Science in the Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries at the University of Tennessee (UT), Knoxville. I joined the faculty at UT in 2012 from a wildlife extension position with the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida. My research program is focused on improving understanding of the ecology, behavior, and management of imperiled bat species. Currently, my lab is working on projects examining the effect of torpor, emergence, and foraging behaviors on susceptibility of bats to white-nose syndrome; habitat needs of white-nose affected bat species during fall swarming, spring, staging and summer maternity periods; ecosystem services provided by and threats to tropical bats; and the use of novel technologies for monitoring bat communities. Aside from bats, my other passion is teaching. I am the instructor for six wildlife- and conservation-related undergraduate courses at UT, mentor approximately 30 undergraduate students, and am an advisor for the UT Wildlife and Fisheries Society. In addition, my lab provides many opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate research. I have been actively involved in The Wildlife Society (TWS) for the past 12 years and have served in several capacities at the state, regional, and national level. I am currently President for the Tennessee Chapter of TWS, having also served as Board Member at Large and President Elect. In these positions, I have helped host numerous State TWS meetings. Since beginning my position at the University of Tennessee, I have also served as a Board Member for the Tennessee Bat Working Group (TNBWG) and hosted the 2015 Annual TNBWG meeting. I am an active member of the North American Society for Bat Research (NASBR) and am the co-host, with Gary McCracken, for the 2017 NASBR meeting in Knoxville.

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JOY O'KEEFE. I am an Associate Professor of Biology and Director of the Center for Bat Research, Outreach,

and Conservation at Indiana State University. I conduct applied research on effects of management actions on forest-dwelling bats, but also direct research on various aspects of bat behavior. During my tenure at ISU, I have directed 6 M.S. students and 2 Ph.D. students to degree completion, and currently have 3 Ph.D. and 2 M.S. students in my lab. As Director of the "Bat Center", I conduct a fair number of outreach programs for a variety of audiences and have co-hosted an annual Indiana bat festival with >1000 attendees since 2011. I also maintain the Bat Center's Facebook and webpage, and frequently correspond with the public on bat issues. As most of my research projects involve endangered bats, I am often consulted by and engaged in conservation planning with USFWS and state agencies. I began working with the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network in 2004, first as a Member and then Chair of the Bat Blitz Committee. I joined the SBDN Board in 2007, serving first as a Board Member and then as Secretary. In 2011, I started a 6-year term as President-Elect, President, and Past-President (each 2 years, completed in Feb 2017). I co-founded the NC Bat Working Group in 2007 and the Eastern Small-footed Bat Working Group in 2013. I have co-hosted 2 Midwest Bat Working Group meetings at ISU and the Joint Bat Working Group meeting in St. Louis in 2015. The strengths I would bring to the NASBR Board include my experience with outreach, non-profit leadership, and organizing large meetings. Thank you for considering me as a nominee for the NASBR Board of Directors.

JUSTIN BOYLES. I am honored to be nominated to serve on the Board of Directors of NASBR. I am currently an

assistant professor at Southern Illinois University, and slightly concerned by the realization that I am old enough to have been in the bat research community for 15 years. NASBR was my first scientific organization, and it is still my favorite. The sense of community in NASBR is unlike any other society with which I am affiliated, and I am proud to be a member of a group that clearly demonstrates that a diverse membership and a close-knit society are not mutually exclusive. I am not so bold as to claim that I would be a more effective board member than the other nominees (except for that one guy, I would clearly be better than him). Instead, I would point out that we, as a society, should be very encouraged to have so many young and incredibly talented researchers willing to serve on the Board of Directors. The future of our society is strong, regardless of the outcome of this election!

LIAM MCGUIRE. NASBR has been one of the highlights of my year for the past decade and I’m excited for the

opportunity to serve the NASBR community as a member of the board. Having started my career in Canada, I am now an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Texas Tech University. From my very first NASBR experience, I immediately appreciated the community and the opportunities that the society provides. In past meetings, I have served as a session chair, student competition judge, and been a bat biologist to have lunch with. In my research program, I have been working with bats everywhere from Alaska to Australia, studying the ecology and physiology of migration, hibernation, and disease. Many of those opportunities have come together from conversations with colleagues at this meeting! My research is highly collaborative in nature, and the ability to work with a diverse, and sometimes large, group of colleagues to develop ideas, secure funding, and conduct and communicate research will be a very useful skill as a member of the board. I currently serve on several committees at Texas Tech University, and I’m a member of the advisory committee for the Motus Wildlife Tracking System, an international collaborative network for automated radiotelemetry. The strengths of this society are providing a supportive environment for students, a collegial environment to share ideas among colleagues, and recognizing the lifetime achievements of the fantastic researchers that lead our society. As a member of the board I will work hard to support the society and build on our strengths.

MICHAEL FISHMAN. Michael Fishman is Director of Biological Field Services for ERM, a global environmental consultancy. He specializes in bat field surveys, ESA consultations, environmental impact assessments, environmental permitting, as well as conducting ecological research. Michael has worked with bats since 1991, developing photographic survey methods, assisting state and federal agencies with population monitoring, dispersal studies, and WNS surveillance, and conducting his graduate research on Indiana bat habitat characterization in New York. He received the Organization for Bat Conservation Award in 2011 for his poster on post-WNS bat species distribution shifts in NY. In 2012, he collaborated with the National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of Energy, and the NYSDEC to establish the Long Island Century Bat Survey, the largest bat survey on Long Island, NY in more than 100 years. Michael has served as Chair and Co-Chair of the Northeast Bat Working Group (NEBWG), and was actively involved in incorporating and obtaining non-profit status for that organization. He has also been President and Vice-President of the NY Chapter of The Wildlife Society, and Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of New York State Wetlands Forum. He is currently President-Elect of the Northeast Section of The Wildlife Society. Mr. Fishman’s event organizing experience includes budgeting, theme development, soliciting speakers, menu selection, and facility negotiation. His experience in organizing meetings includes: NASBR Annual Meeting 2014, Albany, NY (conference committee); NEBWG Annual Meetings, 2012, 2013; Annual and Fall Field Meetings for NY Chapter TWS from 2010-2013; Annual Meetings and Fall Field Meetings for NY State Wetlands Forum from 20082012. He has also obtained grants from USEPA, The National Parks Foundation, The Edna Bailey Sussman Foundation, and Foundation for Ecological Research in the Northeast. North American Society for Bat Research

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NATE FULLER. This year in Knoxville I will be celebrating my tenth NASBR-niversary. Through graduate school, this

society provided me valuable opportunities to build collaborations and friendships in the bat world. I would be honored to serve on the Board to repay the debt I feel to the community. Currently, I am a post-doc at Texas Tech University where my research focuses on winter bioenergetics of understudied western bat species. While at Boston University, I served as a founding member and chair of the Biology Grad Student Association’s Social Committee. I am especially proud that I helped to transition the graduate student community at BU to a vibrant, collaborative, and friendly atmosphere. My experience outside academia includes work as an environmental consultant with Bat Conservation and Management, where I served as a project leader and Qualified Bat Surveyor. I have been active as an ambassador for bats in the public sector, participating in a number of magazine, radio, and TV interviews, in addition to several invited talks to local conservation societies in Massachusetts. My goal as a Board Member is to maintain a high-quality conference experience by cultivating student involvement and growing the participation of agency partners, consultants, and vendors. I expect that my passion for outreach, proven leadership experience, and unwavering support for the students of NASBR will serve the society well.

RODRIGO MEDELLIÍN. Rodrigo Medellín has dedicated his life to the study and conservation of mammals

in Mexico. He is Senior Professor at the Institute of Ecology, UNAM, and has directed over 50 theses and dissertations and has produced over 160 publications on bats, jaguars, conservation issues, and more. His H factor is 36 and over the past 5 years he has produced 32 peer-reviewed indexed papers. He has projects or students in 16 countries of five continents. His research contributes and orients policy and decision-making processes in conservation. He was President of the Society for Conservation Biology (2013-2015). He was the first head of the Mexican Wildlife Department in 1995. Rodrigo has been a board member and leader of NASBR off and on over the past 30 years and hosted the society several times. For ten years he represented North America in CITES and has been advisor to the Mexican Federal Government on wildlife issues since 2000, constantly being official member of the Mexican delegation to CITES meetings. Rodrigo is Co-Chair of the IUCN Bat Specialist Group and created the Latin American Bat Conservation Network (RELCOM). He has been associate editor for multiple journals. Since 2016 he is a member of the Board of Review Editors of Science Magazine. He has received several awards such as Mexico´s National Conservation Award 2004, Rolex Award for Enterprise 2009, the Whitley Gold Award 2012, and others. In 2014 BBC Natural World produced the multi-awarded film The Bat Man of Mexico, covering Rodrigo´s work on bats (narrated by David Attenborough). In 2017 National Geographic produces a new documentary on his work on carnivorous bats.

SHARLENE SANTANA. Sharlene Santana was born and grew up in Venezuela, where she completed an undergraduate degree in Biology at the Universidad de Los Andes. In 2005, she joined the graduate program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In her Ph.D., she applied integrative and multidisciplinary approaches to investigate the ecomorphology and adaptive radiation of phyllostomid bats. Sharlene finished her Ph.D. in 2010, and started as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics. In Fall 2012, she started as an Assistant professor at the University of Washington and Curator of Mammals at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. She was granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor in 2017. The Santana lab studies phenotypic and lineage diversification in mammals, with a strong focus on bats. The long-term goal of Sharlene’s research program is to elucidate the connections among morphology, function, behavior and ecology, and how these factors interact to result in ecological radiations. Sharlene currently leads several federally-funded research projects on bats, including macroevolutionary analyses of cranial morphology and function, and coevolutionary dynamics between fruit bats and their mutualistic plants in Costa Rica. Her lab includes a diverse group of graduate and undergraduate students, postdocs, international scholars, and collaborators from many disciplines. She is active in equity and inclusion efforts by being part of committees at UW Biology, the Burke Museum, and the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. SUSAN TSANG. Susan Tsang is a Research Associate of the American Museum of Natural History and the National Museum of the Philippines. Her research is focused on the evolution and biogeography of flying foxes and she has applied her expertise to collaborations in conservation and disease ecology. By day, Susan is a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, hosted by USFWS, and serves as the Program Manager for the Counterwildlife Trafficking Program in Southeast Asia. In this capacity, she oversees a 5-year multi-million dollar program, with responsibilities including implementation, strategic planning, accounting, and evaluation. As a graduate student, she sought and acquired about half a million dollars total in scholarships, fellowships, and grants, and is a technical expert to private and public funding bodies. Susan maintains multiple collaborations in Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia and the Philippines, and acts as the mentor and research advisor for multiple SE Asian students. She is on the steering committee of the Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit and a contributing Commission Member of the IUCN Bat Specialist Group. She and her students utilize creative methods for community outreach, and maintains a strong social media presence for science communication. She firmly believes in taking an active role in promoting inclusive practices to reduce sexual and racial discrimination, and promoting policy to increase access to science for those from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds and promoting talent retention. NASBR has and always will be home for her no matter where her research and career take her, and she is committed to service to the Society as an important aspect of her career as a bat researcher. 24

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Student Representative (1) ALYSON BROKAW. I am a third-year student in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) doctoral program

at Texas A&M University (TAMU) studying bat behavioral and sensory ecology. As a graduate student, I actively manage my research budget and have successfully supported my research through grants from Bat Conservation International, American Society of Mammalogy, American Museum of Natural History, and the Wildlife Society. At TAMU, I serve as president of the EEB Interdisciplinary Student Organization, where I coordinate an EEB journal club and coordinate social activities for EEB faculty and students. I also serve as student representative to the EEB Executive Committee and am a founding member of the EEB Social Media Committee. Additionally, I am actively involved in community outreach, creating outreach material and organizing events for local schools, Girl Scouts, and the general public. I also engage in science outreach via Twitter (@alyb_batgirl). As student representative, I would have three goals: 1. Collaborate with the Board of Directors to develop a statement of diversity and inclusivity, which is particularly important given the current political climate. 2. Develop free professional development workshops for students at the annual NASBR meetings. These could include workshops on technical skills (e.g., R, acoustic analysis), soft skills (e.g., creating a winning poster, promoting your science on social media), developing outreach activities and broader impacts, and panels on career options. Graduate students and early career researchers would be especially encouraged to act as instructors of these workshops, promoting peer-peer engagement within the society. 3. Promote NASBR as a society, particularly through the use of social media. My enthusiasm for conducting and promoting bat research and my commitment to engaging students, professionals and academics make me an ideal candidate to serve as Student Representative to the NASBR Board of Directors.

CAMILO CALDERON-ACEVEDO. I am a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. My academic

background is in collection-based research and general bat taxonomy, and my B.S. research focused on understanding bat diversity changes due to seasonality in a tropical dry forest in northern Colombia. For my Ph.D., I am elucidating the phylogenetic relationships within the genus Anoura using a combined molecular and morphological approach to understand the species limits within the A. caudifer species complex. Although I consider myself a bat taxonomist, I enjoy many different aspects of bat biology, from ecology and behavior to echolocation. During the past four years I have been an active member of the Biology Graduate Student Association at my university, participating and leading activities such as fundraisers, research seminars with invited speakers, and school-wide symposia; most recently I have taken the position of Secretary for the next academic year. I have been involved with NASBR as a presenter and as a meeting attendee in 2014 and 2015, and I expect to be part of the NASBR community for many years to come. I see NASBR as a great opportunity to share bat research, but most of all, to get to know and spend time with a wide diversity of bat researchers from around the world. I want to be a student representative for the NASBR board to provide a bridge between Latin American members and NASBR, and to hopefully bring more Latin American students into the association. I will give all my input and enthusiasm if elected for student representative

LYDIA FRIEDLANDER. I am a first year PhD student in Dr. Erin Gillam’s lab at North Dakota State University (NDSU). My research, funded by The North Dakota Department of Agriculture, North Dakota Game and Fish, and North Dakota Department of Transportation, currently focuses on roosting ecology of little brown bats throughout the state of North Dakota. I am also interested in expanding my project to include endocrine studies with the same species to better understand how behaviors respond to hormonal proximate pressures and vice versa. My Masters research focused on the behaviors and communications of captive male vampire bats during reciprocally altruistic interactions and produced two manuscripts, currently in review. I have experience and skills that would translate well to the NASBR Board. I worked in my previous university’s office of Sponsored Programs and Research. There, my duties included helping proofread grant applications as well as handling voucher/disbursement requests, time and activity reports, and travel authorizations. I also worked in that university’s office of International Education where I was partly responsible for managing faculty-led study abroad programs, assisting faculty in drafting and submitting new program proposals, creating extensive budgets and itineraries, encumbering and disbursing all program funds, implementing risk management protocols, and reconciling purchases with the Accounts Payable office. These clerical skills should prove helpful to the NASBR Board. Also, prior to moving to North Dakota, I created and ran a small-scale outreach program, “Explorasaurus Educational Outreach”, in Connecticut. Through this I visited libraries and grade school classrooms and provided interactive learning activities and lessons that focused on basic biology, geology/mineralogy, and conservation with some programs specific to certain animal populations (insects, bats) or ecosystems. Outreach and education are special interests of mine and continue to shape my current research and activities at NDSU.

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2017 NASBR Breakfast/Lunch with a Mentor Thursday, October 19

Breakfast, 7:00 – 8:00, Tennessee Ballroom Lisa Beltz Malone University (Mentor Type: Academic) I primarily teach medically-related biology courses at a small, private university in Ohio. One of my research projects involves studying which specific microbes (viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protozoans) infect different bat species or families, what disease they cause in bats (if any), and the potential chance of zoonotic transmission to humans. Quite a bit of the research on zoonotic transmission between bats and humans appears to be based on either inappropriate experimental work or is biased. (If you only study bats as potential disease reservoirs, you are likely to overlook other animals that are as good or better microbial reservoirs.) Maria Brown Stony Brook University (Mentor Type: Academic) I have been a Lecturer at Stony Brook University since 2011 and teach Introduction to GIS. I am a GISP and have been using spatial analytics and GIS visualization since 1996 as a Sr. Environmental Scientist and Restoration Ecologist for 12 years before becoming a full time HS Science Research Teacher and P/T Lecturer at SBU. I use GIS for modeling and am hoping to create a Geospatial User Group within the IUCN Bat Working Group. I hope to share the value of geospatial visualization as a tool to promote better policy and decision making regarding bat habitat conservation efforts. Heather Fotherby

Natural Resource Solutions, Inc. (Mentor Type: Consulting) As a consultant, I manage a variety of research and development focused projects. I am a member of the Ontario Bat Group and have experience with field study design, implementation, and analysis of results from a range of bat-related field investigations, including bat habitat analyses, acoustic monitoring, mist net, harp trap, and visual surveys. Current research is focused on the identification of Myotis leibii maternity roost sites in Ontario. My career has involved both academia and industry related work and I would love to speak to my experiences and hopefully help others with navigating the working world as a mentor.

Burton Lim

Royal Ontario Museum (Mentor Type: Government/Museum) I'm an assistant curator of mammalogy at the Royal Ontario Museum. What I love about my job is the ability to combine research with public education and gallery development in museums. My research interests include using molecular systematics to investigate the evolution of bats and analyzing species diversity and relative abundance to compare bat faunal communities. Most of my fieldwork is in tropical areas of South America and Southeast Asia, but more recently in temperate areas closer to home. I want to make students aware of career paths that incorporate science communication of research to the general public.

Lori Pruitt U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Mentor Type: Government) I've been a biologist in the Endangered Species Program with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for 23 years. I work in the Indiana Field Office, which has the national lead for the recovery of the federally-endangered Indiana bat; I serve as the Service's Indiana bat recovery coordinator. I also work on bat/wind issues, including assessing impacts of wind energy development on non-listed bats, particularly migratory tree bats. The goal of those efforts is to promote measures that will reduce fatalities of all species of bats and preclude the need for future listings of species of migratory tree bats. Lunch, 11:45-1:30, NASBR Registration Desk Frank Bonaccorso U.S. Geological Survey (Mentor Type: Government) I am a Research wildlife ecologist with the USGS at the Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center in Hawaii. My research on bats has spread across community and behavioral ecology, ecophysiology, and endangered species monitoring/recovery planning. I have worked in tropical and island ecosystems in Central and South America, Africa, New Guinea, and Hawaii and have observed about 400 bat species in the wild. I have taught biological sciences at universities, community colleges, high schools, have served as a museum and zoo curator, and worked 14 years as a researcher in federal government. I have mentored many students as research interns and through graduate degrees. 26

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Gerald Carter

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Mentor Type: Academic) I study the social lives of bats. How do vampire bats choose, maintain, and regulate their food-sharing relationships? How do different bat species cooperate, communicate, or compete with conspecifics? I'm currently a postdoc at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (working with Rachel Page) and the Department of Collective Behavior at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology. I also work with Organization for Bat Conservation in Michigan. See my website for more information: socialbat.org. **I'm recruiting MSc and PhD students for Fall 2018 at my new lab at The Ohio State University.

Rodrigo Medellin Universidad Autónoma de Mexico (Mentor Type: Academic) I am a Senior Professor of Ecology and Conservation. I work on all manners of bat ecology and conservation aspects, from ecosystem services (pest control, pollination, seed dispersal) to modeling populations, designing and implementing conservation strategies, migration ecology, and more. I work also on bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope, jaguars, and other aspects.

Mike van den Tillaart Lotek Wireless (Mentor Type: Industry) I provide advice to researchers regarding telemetry devices (GPS & VHF tags and receivers) available for bat (and bird) research. I provide technical support for these devices. I attend bat conferences to discuss telemetry devices with interested researchers, to learn about study results and to determine what types of new devices might be needed in the future. I am offering to be a mentor so that some attendees can evaluate another option for potential future employment. Luis Viquez

Ulm University (Mentor Type: Senior PhD Student/Academic) My research focuses on the interaction between ecology and health. One of my main interests is how the ecological and natural history conditions of different species affect their overall resilience and sensitivity to diseases. For my PhD, I am studying how key life history factors such as migration and the inherent diet shifts affect the intestinal microbiome of nectar-feeding bats. I am currently involved in several Acoustic Bat Monitoring Programs in Latin America. The objective of these projects is to build a comprehensive sampling protocol to standardize data collection across seven Latin American countries.

Friday, October 20

Lunch, 12:00-1:30, NASBR Registration Desk Amanda Adams Texas A&M University (Mentor Type: Academic) I am currently a postdoc at Texas A&M University, working with Dr. Michael Smotherman on how bats improve sonar performance when flying in groups. I completed my PhD with Dr. Brock Fenton at Western University, focusing on spatio-temporal patterns in bat activity and how to analyze bat activity data. I have been working with bats for 14 years, studying ecology and bioacoustics. I am enthusiastic about outreach, education, and conservation. I am always seeking new collaborations around the world with opportunities to spend time doing field work.

Han Li

University of North Carolina Greensboro (Mentor Type: Academic) I am currently a post-doctoral research associate at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. I serve as the NABat North Carolina coordinator. I manage all NABat related works in North Carolina. Meanwhile, I also manage the research aspects of the Kalcounis-Rueppell lab at UNCG and oversee other projects. My research interests focus on urban wildlife ecology. I use bats as the model to understand how urban ecosystems affect wildlife at multiple scales. Being a foreigner and a minority, I hope my experience can help students in similar situations to thrive and increase diversity in our field.

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Tammy Mildenstein Cornell College (Mentor Type: Academic) My career has followed a circuitous route, but I am fortunate and grateful for the myriad of experiences I have had. I started studying bats as a Peace Corps volunteer, when I was stationed in the Philippines. Recognizing that large fruit bats are both threatened and also important to local communities, I strategically focused my research and conservation efforts on the two largest species of bats in the world. I now have 20 years of experience studying Old World fruit bats. I have collaborated with many major NGOS and the IUCN, as well as local communities to support bat conservation. Merlin Tuttle

Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation (Mentor Type: NGO) I am the Founder and Executive Director of MTBC (see MerlinTuttle.org).

Saturday, October 21

Breakfast, 7:00 – 8:00, Tennessee Ballroom Liam McGuire Texas Tech University (Mentor Type: Academic) I'm an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Texas Tech University. My research program focusses on physiological and movement ecology, usually with bats but sometimes with birds. Much of my research looks at migration and hibernation, and recently in the context of wildlife disease.

Piper Roby

Copperhead Consulting and University of Kentucky (Mentor Type: Senior PhD Student/Consulting) I am the Research Director at Copperhead and currently pursuing my PhD at the University of Kentucky. My primary focus at work and at school is Indiana bat migration and the majority of my professional career has centered on Indiana bats.

Jodi Sedlock Lawrence University (Mentor Type: Academic) I am an Associate Professor of Biology and Chair of the Biology Department at Lawrence University, a four-year undergraduate liberal arts college (with a conservatory). Lawrence represents an intermediate career option between an R-1 and a purely teaching college. I have a manageable teaching load and support for research. I've been studying the diversity, ecology and conservation of bats in Southeast Asia for the past 20 years. Recently, my focus has been on bat-insect behavior and interactions in rice paddies, and the influence of local soundscapes on species interactions.

Susan Tsang American Museum of Natural History (Mentor Type: Government/Museum) My primary research interests are in pteropodid evolution and biogeography, particularly in Southeast Asia. As one of the few pteropodid scientists in SE Asia, I have found myself engaged in conservation work on these incredibly important but threatened bats through SEABCRU. I also have existing collaborations with American and Singaporean labs on disease ecology. Outside of research, I am committed to multiple policy endeavors to increase diversity and inclusion in STEM, and for holding institutions and individuals accountable for negligence and abuse. My day-job is as a Program Manager through AAAS STPF at USFWS on counterwildife trafficking in SE Asia. 28

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Dave Waldien Christopher Newport University (Mentor Type: NGO/Academic) I catalyze sustainable bat conservation through integrating research with applied conservation and awareness initiatives. I focus my efforts on protecting endangered bats and important roost sites, while investing in local capacity and leadership. My network of colleagues in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania provides important partner networks that can provide a strong foundation for students interested in international research. I enjoy working with young professionals in helping them contribute to global conservation priorities even as they develop their vision for their career.

Lunch, 12:30-2:00, NASBR Registration Desk Pat Brown

Brown-Berry Biological Consulting (Mentor Type: Consulting) I consult with government agencies, NGOs and private entities on bat conservation and management issues, especially on bats in abandoned mines, and teach classes on bat natural history and field techniques. I began studying bat echolocation and hearing in 1968 as a graduate student at UCLA, and maintained a research scientist affiliation with UCLA until retirement in 2012. Since 1969, I have banded California leaf-nosed bats for a long-term study of movements and demography. For 40 years, I have conducted telemetry studies on several bat species in several habitats and countries, including tracking bats at night from airplanes.

Cori Lausen

Wildlife Conservation Society Canada (Mentor Type: NGO) I am a conservation research biologist. After completing my PhD in bat ecology, I worked as an independent bat biologist. During this time I initiated several research projects, setting a foundation for a western Canada bat conservation program. I have focused largely on understanding what bats do in winter in western Canada. Stemming from a postdoctoral fellowship, I joined forces with Wildlife Conservation Society Canada and have been growing a research and conservation bat program for western Canada through strategic networking. This includes winter bat research, WNS survivorship modelling, WNS treatment research, BatCaver.org, Albertabats.ca, and North American Bat Monitoring Program.

Kelly Rochelle

University of Washington (Mentor Type: Senior PhD Student/Academic) I am entering my 5th year as PhD student in the Department of Biology at the University of Washington. For my dissertation I am studying the diversity, distributions, and ecology of bats among the San Juan Islands. My main research interests are conservation biology, applied landscape and community ecology, and agroecology. I am also very interested in teaching and public outreach.

Sharlene Santana University of Washington (Mentor Type: Academic) I'm a recently tenured professor at the Department of Biology, and the Curator of Mammals at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (both at the University of Washington). My research program investigates the connections among morphology, function and behavior, and how these factors may spur ecological diversification in bats and other mammals. This work involves data collection in the field from free-ranging bats, and lab studies on functional morphology, biomechanics and evolutionary patterns. The NASBR Lunch With a Mentor was a very valuable experience when I was a student, and I feel compelled to pass it forward. Nancy Simmons American Museum of Natural History (Mentor Type: Academic/Museum) I am Curator at a major natural history museum and a specialist in bat systematics and evolution. I conduct fieldwork in the Neotropics on a yearly basis, and I am interested in everything from bat morphology, taxonomy, and fossils to faunal inventories and conservation biology. I enjoy working with students at all levels and am happy to discuss anything having to do with bats, science, fieldwork, or work/life balance. I always learn a lot from students that I work with, which is why I am always happy to do it!

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NASBR Teachers Workshop

October 21, 2017 7:45 am - 2:00 pm, Crystal Ballroom Holiday Inn, Knoxville, TN Workshop Schedule 7:45 AM

Registration

8:00 AM

Introductions and Logistics Rob Mies NASBR Teacher Workshop Coordinator, Executive Director, Organization for Bat Conservation

8:10 AM

How to Use Bats as an Educational Tool: Resources for Tennessee Teachers Veronica Brown Research Scientist, University of Tennessee

8:30 AM

Pseudogymnoascus destructans. A White-nose Syndrome Study of Lasiurus borealis and Myotis Species at Twin Creeks & Soak Ash Creek in the GRSM Alexis Valentine 10th grader at Gatlinburg Pittman High School

8:45 AM

Educating, Inspiring & Activating Urban Communities to Save Bats Amanda Bevin Education Specialist and Urban bat project leader, Organization for Bat Conservation

9:10 AM

Pocket Bats: Sharing Real Museum Specimens with the Public Using Augmented Reality

9:35 AM

Hands-on Activities Your Students Will Love!

Abigail Curtis Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Washington; The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Ben Hale Research Biologist, West Inc.

10:15 AM Bats Aren’t Spooky: The Ecology and Benefits of Bats in Tennessee

Riley Bernard Postdoctoral Research Scientist, The Pennsylvania State University, United States Geological Survey, Patuxent Research Center

11:00 AM Break and Visit to Speleobooks (education resources) 11:30 AM Live Bat Encounter

Rob Mies NASBR Teacher Workshop Coordinator, Executive Director, Organization for Bat Conservation

12:30 PM Environmental Education in the Digital Age

Aja Marcato Conservation Programming Director, Organization for Bat Conservation

1:00 PM

Wrap-up

1:30 PM

Conference Attendee Drop-in Registered NASBR participants may attend all or part of the Teacher’s Workshop at no charge Generous support provided by the following sponsors

The North American Society for Bat Research (NASBR) is a society dedicated to the promotion and development of the scientific study of bats (Chiroptera) in all its branches, including conservation and public education. NASBR is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. For more information about the society and contact information visit www.nasbr.org

NASBR thanks the following individuals and organizations for their assistance in hosting the Knoxville conference: Gary McCracken, Emma Willcox, Jamey Dobbs, Veronica Brown, Melquisedec Gamba-Rios, Jessica Dreyer, Reilly Jackson, Mallory Tate. Logo Design by Melissa Lituma

NASBR Board of Directors Rick Adams

Policy & Public Relations

Mylea Bayless

2016 Co-host

Riley Bernard

Associate Program Director

Frank Bonaccorso

Associate Program Director

Leanne Burns

Student Representative 2015-2017

Paul Cryan

Policy & Public Relations

Erin Gillam

Secretary, Spallanzani Chair

Allen Kurta

Chair of the Board

Gary Kwiecinski

Program Director

Kristen Lear

Student Representative 2016-2018

Burton Lim

Finance

Gary McCracken

2017 Co-host

Shahroukh Mistry

Associate Program Director

Jorge Ortega Reyes

Awards; 2018 Host

Rebecca Patterson

2016 Co-host

DeeAnn Reeder

Treasurer

Maria Sagot

Nominations Chair, Sponsorships Co-chair

Bill Schutt

Sponsorships Co-chair, Policy & Public Relations

Luis Viquez

Associate Program Director

Emma Willcox

2017 Co-host

Heather York

Education & Outreach

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