Current Members
Kyle G. Horton
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor · Purdue University
PI
Carrie Ann Adams
Postdoctoral Fellow
Carleton University & Purdue · Artificial light & bird migration
Postdoc
Trevor Boone
Master's Student
Purdue University · Hawk migration modeling
M.S. Student
Carolyn S. Burt
Clinical Asst. Professor
Purdue University · NSF Growing Convergence Research
Faculty
Dylan M. Osterhaus
Postdoctoral Research Asst.
Purdue University · Anthropogenic impacts on avian migration
Postdoc
Lydia Pultorak
Undergraduate Researcher
Purdue University · Wind drift & flight compensation in migrants
Undergrad
Betty Sue Burton
Senior AeroEco Lab Pup
Micro-mini sheepadoodle. Research interests: "Big data."
Mascot
Blanche Gerald Burton
Junior AeroEco Lab Pup
Mini sheepadoodle. Research interests: "Small data, smaller the better." Free time: "ball, just ball."
Mascot
Lab in Action
Alumni
MJ
Mikko Jimenez
Ph.D. · Colorado State University
Post-doc, Lincoln Park Zoo
Graduated 2025
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Yuting "Hermione" Deng
Ph.D. · Colorado State University
Post-doc, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Graduated 2025
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Sam Simon
B.S. · Colorado State University
Land cover & climate impacts on bat emergence
Graduated 2025
MB
Maria Belotti
Ph.D. · Colorado State University
Post-doc, Oklahoma State University
Graduated 2024
AA
Annika Abbott
B.S. · Colorado State University
Migratory bird arrivals via weather radar
Graduated 2024
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Victoria Simons
M.S. · Colorado State University
Station Scientist, Itasca Biological Station (U of MN)
Graduated 2023
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Christian Narby
B.S. · Colorado State University
Graduated 2023
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Trevor Thomas
B.S. · Colorado State University
Graduated 2023
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Ali Khalighifar
Ph.D. · Postdoctoral Fellow, CSU
Automated bird migration forecast models (ML)
2022–2023
KB
Katie Badwey
B.S. · Colorado State University
Seasonal flight heights of nocturnal migrants
Graduated 2022
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Lainey Haas
B.S. · Colorado State University
Radar vs. citizen science migration phenology
Graduated 2022
