People

Clare Stawski

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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 an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2017-), my professional experience includes 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

Silje Huse Skauge

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Masters candidate (2021- ) 

Effect of huddling on torpor variables in bats.

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Helene Hannestad

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 Masters candidate (2020- )

Changes in glucocorticoids in bats in response to handling and seasonality. 

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Mari Aas Fjelldal

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PhD candidate (2019- )

The physiological and ecological challenges faced by small bats in summer.

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Rune Sørås

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PhD candidate (2018- )

Physiological differences of bats along a latitudinal gradient.

Past members

Luc Kieffer

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MSc (2019-2020)

Environmental pollutants found in bats from different populations and how they affect physiological traits.

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Karoline Hansen Skåra

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MSc (2018-2020)

Thermal physiology and energetics of whiskered bats.

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Anneli Steen Johansen

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MSc (2018-2020)

Differences in cortisol levels between wild and captive juvenile Arctic Fox.

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Håvard Hald

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MSc (2017-2019)

Cortisol measurements in female whiskered bats (Myotis mystacinus) during an extraordinarily warm and dry Norwegian summer.

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Melissa Chenery

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Honours (2017-2018)

The behaviour and physiology of the little forest bat (Vespadelus vulturnus) during winter.

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Cassie Parker

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Honours (2016-2017)

Behaviour and physiology of yellow-footed antechinus during the reproductive season.