Marcelo Araya-Salas - New Mexico State University

Marcelo Araya-Salas - New Mexico State University

Marcelo Araya-Salas
Personal Information
PhD candidate
Department of Biology
New Mexico State University
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: Costa Rica (506) 8712-4353
US Address: 869 Chile Ct,
Las Cruces, New Mexico, 88001
Current address: La Selva Biological Station,
Heredia, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica
Publications
In preparation:
Araya-Salas, M., T. Wright and G. Barrantes. In review. Elliptic Fourier Shape Analysis: a new method for
analyzing complex acoustic signals. Bioacoustics.
Araya-Salas, M., and A., Garcia-Rodriguez. In review. Identifying important stopover sites and their
conservation status for Nearctic migrant landbirds in Costa Rica. The Auk.
Rico-Guevara, A., and M. Araya-Salas. In review. Bills as daggers? A test for sexually dimorphic weapons
in a lekking hummingbird species. Animal Behaviour.
Araya-Salas, M., C. Sánchez and J. Sánchez. In prep. Evidence suggests heterospecific vocal imitation in
scaly-breasted hummingbirds.
Araya-Salas, M. In prep. A search for harmonicity in songbird vocalizations.
Published:
Araya-Salas, M. and T. Wright. 2013. Open-ended song learning in a hummingbird. Biology Letters. 9 (5)
doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0625 PDF (Featured in: earthtimes.org)
Araya-Salas, M. and G. Barrantes. 2013. Variación geográfica y posibles mecanismos de evolución cultural
en Microcerculus philomela. Zeledonia. 17(1):24-34 PDF
Arévalo, J.E. and M. Araya-Salas. 2013. Collared Forest-Falcon preying on Chestnut-mandibled Toucan in
Costa Rica. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 125(1):212-216. PDF
Araya-Salas, M. 2012. Is bird-song music? Significance Magazine. 9: 4-7. PDF
Araya-Salas, M. 2012. Is bird song music? Evaluating harmonic intervals in songs of a Neotropical
songbird. Animal Behaviour. 84: 309-313. PDF (Featured in: Animal Behaviour, ScienceNOW)
Education
2010 – Current
2006 - 2010
2006
2005
PhD candidate. Biology Department, New Mexico State University, USA.
Expected completion: Fall 2014. Advisor: Dr. Timothy Wright.
Licenciatura en Zoología. Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San
José, Costa Rica. Advisor: Dr. Gilbert Barrantes.
Thesis: Microgeographic song variation and cultural evolution of the nightingale
wren (Microcerculus philomela) in the atlantic slope of Costa Rica.
Minor in Music Teaching. Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
Bachelor of Science. Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
Emphasis: Biology.
Professional Service
2014
2013
2013
2010/2012
Oct 2009
Invited Professor. Tropical Ecology and Conservation Course. Costa Rica.
Graduate Program, Organization for Tropical Studies. Coordinators: MSc Sabrina
Amador and MSc. Federico Chinchilla.
Manuscript reviewer. Animal Behaviour Journal, Bioscience Journal, Zeledonia.
Assistant instructor. Phylogenetic Approaches to the Study of Acoustic Signals.
International Bioacoustics Congress, Pirenopolis, Brazil.
Instructor. Bioacoustics Workshop. II & III Costa Rican Conference of
Ornithology. Costa Rican Ornithologist Union. San José, Costa Rica.
Instructor. Ornithology Workshop.Costa Rican Association of Ornithology
(AOCR).
2
Teaching Experience
Fall 2011/2012
2010-2011
Spring 2010
Jan 2010
Spring 2009
Teaching Assistant. Zoology Laboratory. New Mexico State University, USA.
Coordinator: Dr. Karen Mabry, Biology Department.
Teaching Assistant. Human Biology Laboratory. New Mexico State University,
USA. Coordinator: Dr. Amy Marion, Biology Department.
Lecturer. General Ecology for Biology Majors. Biology Department, Universidad
Latina, San José, Costa Rica.
Teaching Assistant. Field Biology Course. Universidad de Costa Rica, Golfito,
Costa Rica. Coordinator: Federico Bolaños, Ms.C. Biology Department.
Teaching Assistant. Bioacoustics. Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa
Rica. Coordinator: Dr. Gilbert Barrantes.
Presentations
Sep 2013
Sep 2013
Jul 2013
Jun 2013
Jun 2012
Oct 2010
Araya-Salas M. and Timothy Wright. Open-ended song learning in a hummingbird.
International Bioacoustics Congress. Pirenopolis, Brazil, Oral presentation.
Araya-Salas M., J. Sánchez and C. Sánchez. Evidence suggests heterospecific
vocal imitation in scaly-breasted hummingbirds. Pirenopolis, Brazil, Oral
presentation.
Araya-Salas M. and Alejandro Rico-Guevara. Bills as daggers? A test for sexually
dipmorphic weapons in a lekking hummingbird. Animal Behaviour Society
Conference. Boulder, Colorado, Poster.
Araya-Salas M. and Angela Medina-Garcia. Ecological and anatomical
conservatism and the evolution of learned contact calls in Neotropical parrots.
Asociation for Tropical Biology and Coservation 50th Conference. San José, Costa
Rica. Oral presentation.
Araya-Salas M. Is bird song music? Evaluating harmonic intervals in songs of a
Neotropical songbird. III Costa Rican Conference of Ornithology. Costa Rican
Ornithologist Union. San José, Costa Rica. Oral presentation.
Araya-Salas, M. and A. Garcia-Rodriguez. Identifying stopover hotspots and their
conservation status for Nearctic migratory land birds in Costa Rica. XIV
Conference of the Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biología y la Conservacion.
San José, Costa Rica. Oral presentation.
Fellowships
2011
Fall 2008
Spring 2007
Outstanding OSNA Society Membership. Ornithological Societies of North
America.
Training in analysis and interpretation of animal vocalizations. Institute of
Experimental Ecology, Biology Department, University of Ulm. Germany.
Advisors: Dr. E. Kalko and Dr. M. Schaptka.
Field Research Assistant and Environmental Education and Outreach.
Klamath Bird Observatory, Oregon, United States. Banding, ageing and sexing
techniques to collect demographic information on migrant and resident birds.
Funding
2013
2013
2013
Interdisciplinary Research Grant. New Mexico State University. $29 000.
Proposal: Development and deployment of RFID-based systems to study display
performance of hummingbirds in Costa Rica. In collaboration with Timothy Wright
Wei Tang (New Mexico State University) and Paulina Gonzalez (University of
California Davis).
Merit-based Enhancement Award.Graduate School New Mexico State
University. $4000.
Davidson-Cristoph Travel Award. Association for Tropical and Biology and
Conservation Conference 2013. $250.
3
2012
2012
2012
2011
2009
2007
National Geographic Society Research Grant. $ 19,212. Proposal: Vocal and
Visual Dialects in a Hummingbird. In collaboration with Timothy Wright (New
Mexico State University), Daniel Mennill (University of Windsor), and Paulina
Gonzalez (University of California Davis).
Animal Behavior Society Research Grant. $1250. Dissertation research project.
Research Fellowship. Organization for Tropical Studies, $3420. Doctoral thesis
research project.
Travel Grant. Associated Students of New Mexico State University. $3000.
Dissertation research project.
Research Grant. Costa Rican Association of Ornithology (AOCR) $500.
Licenciatura thesis research project.
Scholarship. For participation in the Park Flight Bird Monitoring Program for LatinAmerica. U.S. National Park Service.
Additional Training
2009
2009
2008
2010
Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Birds Course. Costa Rica. Graduate
Program, Organization for Tropical Studies. Coordinators: John Blake and Bette
Loiselle, Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Bioacoustics Workshop: sound recording techniques and applications.
Montecristo, El Salvador. Animal Ecology and Biodiversity Department, Xalapa
Ecology Institute. Coordinator: Fernando González-García.
Tropical Ecology and Conservation Course. Costa Rica. Graduate Program,
Organization for Tropical Studies. Coordinators: Dr. Alejandro Farji-Brener and
MsC. Federico Chinchilla.
Other Activities
Co-founder, Bioacoustics Laboratory. Universidad de Costa Rica.