Dr. Matina Kalcounis Rueppell

Biography

Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta and held the position of Dean and Vice Provost of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences. She earned her B.Sc. Hons in 1993 and M.Sc. in 1996 from the University of Regina and completed her Ph.D. in Zoology at Western University in 2001. She previously held a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Before joining the University of Alberta in 2019, she served as the Head of the Biology Department at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for 16 years, during which she held various positions including Director of Graduate Studies. Matina is recognized internationally for her research on bioacoustics, focusing on how wild bats and mice communicate using ultrasound. Her innovative integrative approaches help to characterize communication behaviors while determining the ecological and physiological effects of these behaviors in natural contexts. She has led several scientific societies and programs, including the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network and the North American Society for Bat Research, and has received funding from various governmental and non-governmental organizations to support her research efforts.

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