I am not recruiting new graduate students for Fall 2025, but am open to applications for Fall 2026 onwards.

Prospective grad students and postdocs interested in developing externally funded research proposals should contact me with the information requested below:
- Your CV
- General questions of interest in biology that motivate you
- Why you are interested in my lab
- Project ideas you're keen on

Great advice on how to apply to grad school can be found here on Anna Dornhaus's webpage.
David Kikuchi is Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at Oregon State University.

e-mail: [email protected]
Shelby Lawson is a postdoctoral scholar interested in the relationship between innate and learned behaviors in birds. She earned her PhD from the University of Illinois in 2022.

e-mail: [email protected]
Alice Welch is pursuing her PhD on the behavioral ecology of threat recognition in birds. Her interests include avian biology, social learning, and the development of behavior. Alice received her BS from Oregon State in 2023, graduating Summa Cum Laude.

e-mail: [email protected]
Picture


Elena Gasiorowski began her PhD in the Kikuchi lab in 2024.

e-mail: [email protected]
Picture


Russell Campbell (NSF-GRFP fellow) started in the Kikuchi lab in 2024.

e-mail: [email protected]