The Lab
Our lab is housed in the BioMed center at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. We work alongside a host of functional morphologists and physiologists who study the evolution and physiology of animal movement. Most of this work is done in a state-of-the-art wet lab for molecular and genetics research, as well as a new dry lab for microscopy, computational studies, and animal procedures. The integrative nature of our research means that we also maintain close ties with Brown University’s Center for Computational Molecular Biology, Institute at Brown for Environment and Sustainability, and Carney Institute for Brain Science.
Brown University
Fuxjager lab in Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Field Sites
We work in a variety of sites around the world, often looking for the best locations to assess the physiology and behavior of free-living animals. Below are a handful of places where we’ve worked in the past, and where we continue to work.
Rhode Island, USA
Rhode Island is an amazing place, with ample habitat for our field work on woodpeckers. Much of our work is therefore in our own backyard right here in the Ocean State.
Costa Rica
With the Organization of Tropical Studies, we work with La Selva biological station in Costa Rica to study manakins and other birds that occupy the dense Caribbean Rainforests. This is a great place to incorporate physiology and field work!
Panama
Through the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), we work at various locations throughout the country of Panama to study the acrobatic dance behavior of manakin birds (and other taxa).
Peru
The Carretera Manu is a single-lane road running from Cusco, Peru (Elevation 3400m) all the way down to the Amazonian basin (<500m), making it easy to access a wide variety of species and habitats. We have field sites along multiple elevations that allow us to conduct a variety of work in manakins, woodpeckers, and frogs.
India
The Western Ghats are a long mountain range that stretch along the western coast of India. They are one of the major hot-spots of biological diversity in the world, with an array of dazzling endemic species (many of which are on the brink of extinction). We work in very remote areas of this incredible wilderness to study a genus of foot-flagging frogs, known as the Indian dancing frogs.
Vienna, Austria
It turns out that getting to the Bornean jungle can be as easy as hopping on a flight to Austria! We work at the world renowned Vienna Zoo, studying frogs that live among the water falls within the enormous three-story rainforest house.