EDUCATION
PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Spring 2021
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Dissertation: Olfactory Ecology of Bats
M.S. in Biology
Spring 2015
Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
Thesis: Assessing the Use of Social Calls to Attract Bats to Artificial Roost Sites
B.S. in Biological Sciences: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Spring 2011
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Distinction in Research
Honors Thesis: Ontogeny of Thermoregulation in Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) nestlings
PUBLICATIONS
Clerc, J, E Rogers, N Fuller, K Jonasson, L Dempsey, AF Brokaw, TJ Weller. In press. Adding Ecological Context to the Olfaction Hypothesis of Bat/Wind Turbine Interactions. Journal of North American Bat Research.
Jonasson, KA, AA Adams, AF Brokaw, MD Whitby, MT O’Mara, WF Frick. 2024. A multisensory approach to understanding bat responses to wind energy development. Mammal Review. 54 (3): 229 – 242. doi: 10.1111/mam.12340 *Editor’s Choice
Hinde K, CEG Amorim, CN Anderson, M. Beasley, AF Brokaw, et al. 2023. Compendium of the 10th Annual March Mammal Madness Tournament 2022. Proceedings of the Noble Zoological Society Series C Performance Sciences.1: 1 – 87.
Brokaw, A.F., and M. Smotherman. 2021. Olfactory tracking strategies in a neotropical fruit bat. Journal of Experimental Biology, 224 (4), jeb231829.
Hinde, K., C.E.G. Amorin, A.F. Brokaw, N. Burt, M.C. Castillas, et. al. Education and Outreach: March Mammal Madness and the power of narrative in science outreach. eLife 10, e65066
Brokaw, A.F., and M. Smotherman. 2020. Role of ecology in shaping external nasal morphology in bats and implications for olfactory tracking. PloS One, 15(1): e0226689. PDF
Brokaw, A.F., J.C. Clerc, and T.J. Weller. 2016. Another Account of Interspecific Aggression Involving a Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus). Northwestern Naturalist, 97(2): 130-134. PDF
