CARLOS A. BOTERO				DEPARTMENT of NEUROBIOLOGY and BEHAVIOR & LABORATORY of ORNITHOLOGY, CORNELL UNIVERSITY
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Contents Home Mockingbird research My other research Publications Curriculum Vitae		Curriculum vitae EDUCATION Cornell University. Ph.D. Department of Neurobiology and Behavior. June 2001 - June 2007. Universidad de los Andes. BSc. in Biology. January 1994- September 1999. HONORS Excellence Fellowship, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Cornell University, August 2001. Magna cum Laude. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de los Andes, September 1999. PUBLICATIONS E. Amat, J. Olano*, F. Forero and C.A. Botero. Notes on Philornis vulgaris (Couri, 1984) (Diptera: Muscidae) in nests of the tropical mockingbird Mimus gilvus (Vieillot, 1808) in the Colombian Andes. Acta Zoológica Mexicana. 23(2): 205-207. Botero, C. A., J. M. Riveros and S. L. Vehrencamp. 2007. Relative threat and recognition ability in the responses of tropical mockingbirds to song playback. Animal Behavior (In press). Botero, C. A. and S.L. Vehrencamp. 2007. Responses of tropical mockingbirds to variation in within-song and between-song versatility. The Auk. 124(1): 185-196. Botero, C. A. 2002. Is the White-Flanked Antwren (Formicariidae: Myrmotherula axillaris) A Nuclear Species In Mixed-Species Flocks? A Field Experiment. The Journal of Field Ornithology.73(1): 74-81. Botero, C. A. 2001. First specimen of the Ecuadorian Cacique (Icterinae: Cacicus sclateri) from Colombia with notes on its nesting behavior. The Wilson Bulletin. 113(3): 327-328. Cadena, C.D., M. Alvarez, J.L. Parra, I. Jiménez, C.A. Mejía, M. Santamaría, A.M. Franco, C.A. Botero, G.D. Mejía, A.M. Umaña, A. Calixto, J. Aldana and G.A. Londoño. 2000. The birds of CIEM, Tinigua National Park, Colombia: an overview of 13 years of ornithological research. Cotinga 13: 46-54. MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW Botero, C. A., P. L. Jones, T. Kubinec, E. Aguilar and S. L. Vehrencamp. What is the function of male-male countersinging in the tropical mockingbird? Submitted August 2007 to The American Naturalist. Botero, C. A., C. Infante, J. Olano, F. Forero and S. L. Vehrencamp. Singing, fighting, and mate guarding in the competition for paternity between male tropical mockingbirds (Mimus gilvus). Submitted August 2007 to Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. TEACHING Teaching Associate Methods in Animal Behavior. Cornell University (Fall 2007). Graduate Teaching Assistant Animal Communication. Cornell University (Spring 2006). Methods in Animal Behavior. Cornell University (Fall 2002). Introductory Biology. State University of New York at Albany (Spring 2001). Biochemistry. State University of New York at Albany (Fall 2000). Lecturer. First course on bioacoustics and electric signals in fish. Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Colombia. January 21-31, 2005. Field Techniques in Biology I. Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. January 2000. Research supervisor. Instituto de Investigación Alexander von Humboldt (Colombia). Trained technicians Socorro Sierra and Fernando Forero on techniques for collecting and preserving bird brain specimens. Cornell University. Rina Rossman (Animal Science, honors thesis), Casey Benton, Lisa Hang, Sara Kross, Tessa Hyo Murante, Andrew Mudge, Patricia Jones, Margaret Kellogg, Sarah Moreno, (Undergraduate biolgy research BioG 299 and or BioG 499). State University of NY at Cortland. Tammy Kubinec Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia). Jimena Riveros (Biology, honors thesis), Lina Caro (Biology, honors thesis) Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá). Estibaliz Aguilar (Biology, honors thesis). Other undergraduate mentoring. Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia). Catalina Infante, and Juanita Olano (co-authors of manuscripts in prep). Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Field Techniques in Biology I/II. Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (1995 through 1999) Plant Physiology. Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (Fall 1997) Ecology. Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (Fall 1996). GRANTS & FUNDING Sigma Xi, Grants-in-aid-of-research. 2006/2007. Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, April 2006. Animal Behavior Society, Student Research Grant. 2005/2006 Andrew W. Melon student Research Grant. Cornell University, March 2006 ISBE – Finland 2004. International Society of Behavioral Ecology, July 2004. Sigma Xi Chapter Grant. Cornell University, April 2002. Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Travel Grant. Cornell University, 2002. VI Neotropical Ornithological Congress, Student Award. October 1999. Universidad de los Andes - Proficol S.A., Ecological Research Grant, September 1997.  *** NOTE ***    My doctoral work was funded primarily by grant R01MH60461 from the National Institutes of Health awarded to Dr. Sandra L. Vehrencamp. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology International Society for Behavioral Ecology Animal Behavior Society Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (Research Associate since 2004).