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People
Clare Stawski
Lab Leader
My area of research expertise includes conservation animal physiology and ecology. Throughout my research career I have focussed on what physiological and behavioural traits are important for animals to adapt to a rapidly changing environment. Along with my current position as a Lecturer in Terrestrial Vertebrate Ecology at the University of the Sunshine Coast (2022-), my professional experience includes: Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2017-2022), a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Fellow from the Australian Research Council (2016-2017) and two postdoctoral research fellowships undertaken in Australia (2013-2015) and Poland (2011-2012).

Current members
Sarah Orchard
Honours candidate (2022) at the University of the Sunshine Coast
Effect of fire regime on insectivorous bats on K’gari island
Mari Aas Fjelldal
PhD candidate (2019- ) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
The physiological and ecological challenges faced by small bats in summer
Rune Sørås
PhD candidate (2018- ) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Physiological differences of bats along a latitudinal gradient
Past members
Silje Huse Skauge
MSc (2021-2022), Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Torpor arousal rates in northern bats (Eptesicus nilssonii)
Helene Hannestad
MSc (2020-2022), Norwegian University of Science and Technology
The change of faecal cortisol concentration in two Norwegian bats as an effect of capture and handling
Luc Kieffer
MSc (2019-2020), Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Environmental pollutants found in bats from different populations and how they affect physiological traits
Karoline Hansen Skåra
MSc (2018-2020), Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Thermal physiology and energetics of whiskered bats
Anneli Steen Johansen
MSc (2018-2020), Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Differences in cortisol levels between wild and captive juvenile Arctic Fox
Håvard Hald
MSc (2017-2019), Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Cortisol measurements in female whiskered bats (Myotis mystacinus) during an extraordinarily warm and dry Norwegian summer
Melissa Chenery
Honours (2017-2018), University of New England
The behaviour and physiology of the little forest bat (Vespadelus vulturnus) during winter
Cassie Parker
Honours (2016-2017), University of New England
Behaviour and physiology of yellow-footed antechinus during the reproductive season
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