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Red Shouldered Hawk
Kristy M. Ainslie, PhD
Distinguished Professor
4012 Marsico Hall - 125 Mason Farm Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Lab: 4229 Marsico Hall
Phone: 919-962-4556
Google Scholar Profile
ainsliek (a) email.unc.edu
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Eric M. Bachelder, PhD
Associate Professor
4210 Marsico Hall - 125 Mason Farm Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Lab: 4229 Marsico Hall
Phone: 919-962-4857
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ebacheld (a) email.unc.edu

Plastic Yard Flamingo


Barred Owl
Elizabeth Gurysh, PhD
Research Associate
Biomedical Engineering
Grace Williamson
Graduate Student
Pharmacoengineering & Molecular Pharmaceutics

Cockatoo

Mute Swan
Allie Lopez
Lab Technician
Animal Behavior
(Brian) George Barbery
Graduate Student
Pharmacoengineering & Molecular Pharmaceutics

Carolina Wren

Great Blue Heron
Aaron Hendricksen
Post Doc
Chemistry
Ryan Woodring
Graduate Student
Pharmacoengineering & Molecular Pharmaceutics

Secretary Bird

Ruby Throated Hummingbird
Nicole Rose Lukesh
Graduate Student
Pharmacoengineering & Molecular Pharmaceutics
Connor Murphy
Graduate Student
Pharmacoengineering & Molecular Pharmaceutics

Fiordland Penguin

Northern Mockingbird
Kevin Shilling
PharmD Student
Sophia Ly
Undergrad
BME

African Jacana

Roseate Spoonbill
Luis Ontiveros-Padilla
Post Doc
Immunology
Elvis Tanyi
Undergrad
BME

Indigo Bunting

Osprey
Kierstin Clark
Graduate Student
Pharmacoengineering & Molecular Pharmaceutics
Sophie Mendell
Graduate Student
Pharmacoengineering & Molecular Pharmaceutics

Tufted Titmouse

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