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Clare Stawski
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Lab Leader
My area of research expertise includes conservation animal physiology and ecology. Throughout my research career I have focussed on what physiological and behavioural traits are important for animals to adapt to a rapidly changing environment. Along with my current position as a Senior Lecturer in Terrestrial Vertebrate Ecology at the University of the Sunshine Coast (2022-), my professional experience includes: Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2017-2022), a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Fellow from the Australian Research Council (2016-2017) and two postdoctoral research fellowships undertaken in Australia (2013-2015) and Poland (2011-2012).
Current members
Robin Rowland
PhD candidate (2023- ) at the University of the Sunshine Coast
Impacts of urban living on insectivorous bats
Sarah Orchard
PhD candidate (2024- ) at the University of the Sunshine Coast
Bats of K'gari
Kai Walker
Honours candidate (2025- ) at the University of the Sunshine Coast
Thermal physiology of bats in urban and natural roosts
Past members
Sarah Orchard
Honours (2022) at the University of the Sunshine Coast
Effect of fire regime on insectivorous bats on K’gari island
Mari Aas Fjelldal
PhD (2019-2023) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
The physiological and ecological challenges faced by small bats in summer
Rune Sørås
PhD (2018-2023) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Physiological differences of bats along a latitudinal gradient
Silje Huse Skauge
MSc (2021-2022), Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Torpor arousal rates in northern bats (Eptesicus nilssonii)
Helene Hannestad
MSc (2020-2022), Norwegian University of Science and Technology
The change of faecal cortisol concentration in two Norwegian bats as an effect of capture and handling
Luc Kieffer
MSc (2019-2020), Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Environmental pollutants found in bats from different populations and how they affect physiological traits
Karoline Hansen Skåra
MSc (2018-2020), Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Thermal physiology and energetics of whiskered bats
Anneli Steen Johansen
MSc (2018-2020), Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Differences in cortisol levels between wild and captive juvenile Arctic Fox
Håvard Hald
MSc (2017-2019), Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Cortisol measurements in female whiskered bats (Myotis mystacinus) during an extraordinarily warm and dry Norwegian summer
Melissa Chenery
Honours (2017-2018), University of New England
The behaviour and physiology of the little forest bat (Vespadelus vulturnus) during winter
Cassie Parker
Honours (2016-2017), University of New England
Behaviour and physiology of yellow-footed antechinus during the reproductive season
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