ALICE BOYLE ALBOYLEEMAILARIZONAEDU 1415 E PRINCE RD TUCSON AZ

August 2000-present

Ph.D. candidate, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology with minor in School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Drs. J. Bronstein & C. Conway, advisors. GPA 4.0.

March 1990

Bachelor of Music, 1st Class, University of British Columbia. GPA 3.8

Dec. 2001- 2005

Victor Emmanuel Nature Tours, “Christmas in Oaxaca” bird tour guide

June-Aug 2000 & June-Nov. 1998

Research technician, Marbled Murrelet nesting abundance and habitat preferences. Irene Manley (SFU), and Toby Jones (B.C. Ministry of Environment) research directors.

May-July, 1999

Research technician to Barry Booth (PAW Research Services) on breeding songbird habitat preference study in NE British Columbia.

May 1998

Research assistant to Susan Shirley (UBC), song bird studies in old growth forest and disturbed habitats on Vancouver Island, BC

May-July, 1997

Research assistant to Dr. Bruce Baker (US Geological Survey) bird censuses and botanical inventories on prairie dog colonies in Great Basin/sagebrush communities (Arizona, Utah, Wyoming).

1996-1997

Violist, New World Symphony, Miami Beach, Florida.

1990-1994

Violist, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica.

2001 - 2005

Dissertation research at Rara Avis reserve, Braulio Carrillo National Park, and La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica.

August 1999

Assistant bander, Haldimand Bird Observatory, Selkirk Prov. Park, Ontario, Canada with John Miles

Aug. 1993

Field assistant to Jason Bradford (MO Botanical Garden/ Wash.U.) Taxonomic study of Weinmannia (Cunoniac.) in Southern Ecuador.

1990-94

Part time field assistant to B. Boyle (MO Botanical Garden/ Wash.U.). Help conduct 0.1 ha forest inventories, Mexico, Costa Rica and Ecuador.

July 1990

Assisted in mist netting and telemetry of understory passerines with David Wescott (UBC) in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica.

2004-2005

American Ornithologist Union Tucker Award, OTS-REU program, Silliman Memorial Research Award, Dept. Registration Scholarship

2003-2004

NSF-Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, Center for Insect Science Research Award, Silliman Memorial Research Award

2002-2003

PGS-B 2-yr postgraduate fellowship from Canada’s Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Silliman Memorial Research Award

2001-2002

RTG graduate fellowship, Silliman Memorial Research Award, AOU Alexander Wetmore Memorial Research Fund

2000-2001

The Explorers Club research grant, U of A RTG research grant, Silliman Memorial Research Award, Tinker Foundation/Latin American Studies Grant, U. of A. EEB departmental registration award, U of A Graduate College Fellowship

1987-1989

Maurice Taylor, Hawk Eilertson, UBC, & John S. Chappell Memorial Scholarships in Music, B.C. Government Challenge Grant.

Fall 2005-spring 2006

Mentor to U of A undergraduate in independent research on patterns of parasite load in Costa Rican birds.

Fall 2005

TA & lab instructor, upper-level undergrad/graduate Animal Behavior course.

Summer 2005

Co-mentor of 2 undergraduate REU students (with Dr. D. B. Clark) on projects investigating snag demography, cavity distribution and bird use of cavities & snags at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica.

Spring 2005

TA & lab instructor, upper-level undergrad/graduate Ornithology course.

February 2002 & 2003

Guest resource faculty, OTS Tropical Biology 02-1 & 03-1 graduate field courses, Dr. C. Nufio, Coordinator.

May-Aug ’01 & ’02, Jan-Feb ’03, all yr 2004

Mentor to field assistants from Costa Rica, Colombia, Spain, Australia, Canada & USA. Instructed assistants in bird capture, handling, & identification, plant ID, specimen collection & preservation, and experimental techniques.

Fall 2001

TA & lab instructor, upper-level Ecology, U. of A. under Dr. M. Rosenzweig.

Mar. ‘99 & April ‘97

Teaching assistant to Dr. B. Boyle in Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico. Field courses on cloud forest plant identification and inventory methods