Doris Audet, PhD
Contact
- doris.audet@ualberta.ca
Overview
About
Education
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Université de Sherbrooke
PhD (Biology), York University
MSc (Biology), Carleton University
BSc (Biologie), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Teaching Awards
2013 University of Alberta Teaching Unit Award for "Field Studies in Tropical Ecology and Conservation Courses" (with Dr Dave Larson)
2011 Team-Teaching award, Augustana Campus, University of Alberta for "Field Studies in Tropical Ecology and Conservation Courses" (with Dr Dave Larson)
Research
Most of my research is related to the ecology and behaviour of bats. My current research is integrated with my teaching, aiming to engage undergraduate students in the scientific process in as many ways as possible. The projects, rooted in the discipline of behavioural ecology, take place as directed studies, undergraduate summer internships and in courses offered either on campus or in the field. This includes projects in Costa Rica on the patterns of habitat use and roosting ecology of bats and the assessment and conservation of biodiversity. On the Augustana campus, recent projects addressed questions related to variation in behavioural phenotypes of Mongolian gerbils.
Teaching
Undergraduate courses that I currently teach include: Integrative Biology II (Introductory course on evolutionary mechanisms and biological diversity), Vertebrate Form and Function, Vertebrate Physiology, Conservation Theory and Biodiversity in Tropical Systems, Field Studies in Tropical Ecology and Conservation, Animal Behaviour, Advanced Topics in Evolutionary Ecology and Directed Studies Courses.