Trina Bayard
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Connecticut
Department of Ecology and Evolution
Office: BioPharm 310
Voice: (860) 486-3005
Fax: (860) 486-6364
E-mail: trina.schneider@uconn.edu
Mailing address:
75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043
Storrs, CT 06269-3043, U.S.A.
Contents
Research Interests
Education
Ph.D. anticipated 2010
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Primary Advisor: Dr. Chris S. Elphick
B.A. 1996–2000
Lewis & Clark College, OR
Overseas StudyFall 1998
Lewis & Clark Overseas Program
Kenya and Tanzania
East African Culture, Politics, Kiswahili, Wildlife Conservation
Teaching and Research Experience
- Spring 2009: Teaching Assistant, EEB 2208: Introduction to Conservation Biology
- Fall 2008: Teaching Assistant, BIOL 1102: Foundations of Biology Laboratory
- 2005-2008: Research Assistant, Elphick lab, University of Connecticut
Grants/Awards
2008
- Wilson Ornithological Society Paul A. Steward Award
- American Museum of Natural History Frank M. Chapman Award
- Quebec-Labrador Foundation Sounds Conservancy Grant
- University of Connecticut Center for Conservation and Biodiversity Award
- Manter Fund/CT State Museum of Nat. History University of Connecticut
2007
- Garden Club of America Francis M. Peacock Scholarship
- Cooper Ornithological Society Mewaldt-King Student Research Award
- Animal Behavior Society Student Research Award
2006
- Manter Fund, University of Connecticut
- George Clark Jr. Endowment, University of Connecticut
Presentations
(*indicates presenting author)
Bayard, T.* and C. Elphick. 2007. Pausing to reflect: an examination of how we study
avian area sensitivity. Wilson Ornithological Society 87th Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.
Schneider, T*. 2006. How do animals select and use their habitats? 16th Annual Graduate
Student Symposium, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT.