UNC Biology Ph.D. Graduate Student
E-mail: brotherj [at] live.unc.edu
Education
PhD Student in Biology
–University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Sensory Ecology International Postgraduate Course
– Lund University; Lund, Sweden
– Fall 2012
B.A. in Biology with Honors; Minor in Math
– Bowdoin College; Brunswick, Maine
– 2011
Semester Abroad (Marine Biology)
– James Cook University; Townsville, Australia
– 2010
Research Interests
- Animal navigation, natal homing, and long-distance migration
- Sensory systems and sensory ecology
- Behavior and physiology of marine animals
- Computational and statistical analyses
Publications
Lavine, M., Brothers, J. R., Lohmann, K. J., and I. Lavine. 2016. Sea Turtles: A Case of Animal Magnetism. Chance. 29: 4-9. [link to paper]
Brothers, J. R. and K. J. Lohmann. 2015. Evidence for geomagnetic imprinting and magnetic navigation in the natal homing of sea turtles. Current Biology. 25: 392-396. [Download pdf] [BBC] [Nature] [National Geographic] [Science] [Los Angeles Times] [The Scientist]
Lewbart, G. A., Hirschfeld, M., Brothers, J. R., Munoz-Perez, J. P., Denkinger, J., Vinueza, L., Garcia, J., and K. J. Lohmann. 2015. Blood gases, biochemistry and haematology of Galapagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). Conservation Physiology 3 (1): cov034 (doi: 10.1093/conphys/cov034). [Download pdf]
Lohmann, K. J., Lohmann, C. M. F., Brothers, J. R., and N. F. Putman. 2013. Natal homing and imprinting in sea turtles. In: The Biology of Sea Turtles (editors: J. Wyneken, K. J. Lohmann, and J. A. Musick), Vol. 3, pp. 59-77. CRC Press: Boca Raton, Florida.
Awards and Honors
- Marlene Zuk Award Finalist for “Best Student Paper,” SICB Division of Animal Behavior (2018)
- UNC Royster Society Fellow (2017-2018)
- UNC Graduate School Lovick P. Corn Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2017-2018)
- Finalist: “Best Student Paper” competition, SICB Division of Animal Behavior (2017)
- Off Campus Dissertation Research Fellowship, UNC Graduate School (2016)
- Grad student-selected keynote speaker, UNC Biology Symposium (2015)
- Charlotte Magnum Award, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (2014)
- Archie Carr Award for Best Talk, International Sea Turtle Symposium, Baltimore (2013)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship, Bowdoin College (2010)
National Public Radio interview with Roger Brothers
Personal Website
Last updated 01.02.2018