ANGELA HSIUNG
180 E Green St.
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
EDUCATION
08/2014-Present University of Georgia
M.S. in Forest Resources with Concentration in Wildlife Ecology and Management (expected
2016)
09/2006-06/2010 University of California, Davis
B.S. in Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology (course emphasis in Wildlife Biology)
Cumulative GPA 3.63/4.0
03/2009-06/2009 Monteverde Institute, UC Education Abroad Program in Tropical Biology and
Conservation in Costa Rica
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
08/2015-Present
Masters Graduate Research Project, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural
Resources, University of Georgia
Title: Altitudinal Migration of a Forest-Dependent Bird Species within Agricultural
Landscapes in Costa Rica.
-Monitor altitudinal movements of Long-tailed Manakins and how these movements
are affected by agricultural developments in Montes de Oro, Costa Rica.
03/2009-06/2009
Participant of UC Education Abroad Program in Tropical Biology and
Conservation, Monteverde Institute, Costa Rica
-Conducted a research project with a fellow classmate testing the efficacy of UVreflective decals on preventing bird-window collisions.
09/2008-12/2008
Participant of Field Research for Wildlife Ecology Course, University of California,
Davis
-Conducted an independent research project examining the relationship between the
territory size of Townsend’s Solitaires (Myadestes townsendi) and food abundance
within the territories.
FEILD EXPERIENCES
02/2014-06/2014 Seasonal Avian Ecologist
Smithsonian Institute Migratory Bird Center
-Monitored the Island Scrub Jay population on the Santa Cruz Island, CA by mapping their
territories and conducting nest searches and observation.
-Assisted Colorado State University PhD student with capturing Song Sparrows with mistnets for the study of polymorphism among Song Sparrows across the Channel Islands, CA.
09/2013-09/2013 Greater Sage Grouse Trapping Technician
USGS Western Ecological Research Center Dixon Field Station
-Captured Greater Sage Grouse in sage brush habitat throughout Nevada using spotlights
and nets.
-Put on VHS collars and PTT backpacks on the sage grouse. Took morphometric
measurements, feather, fecal and blood samples from sage grouse
04/2013-08/2013 Avian Research Assistant
USGS Western Ecological Research Center Dixon Field Station
-Participated in research project examining effects of mercury on songbird populations by
mist-netting and banding birds, taking blood and feather samples, and monitoring nest
boxes.
08/2012-12/2012 Avian Field Volunteer
Ordway Lab of Ecosystem Conservation, Department of Biology, University of Florida
-Assisted graduate student with the study of avian community within white sand forests in the
Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve in the Peruvian Amazon. Duties included mist-netting
and banding songbirds, taking blood and ecto-parasite samples from birds, and targetnetting.
05/2012-07/2012 Avian Field Assistant
Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, University of Montana
-Participated in a long-term ecological, demographic, and behavioral study of avian
community in Coconino National Forest, AZ. Duties included mist-netting, banding, and
target-netting songbirds within study sites.
09/2011-11/2011 Small Mammal Field Technician
Oregon State University
-Assisted in a Spotted Owl prey base study in H J Andrews Experimental Forest, OR. Duties
included setting up trapping grids with Sherman and Tomahawk traps, checking traps, eartagging captured small mammals and taking morphometric measurements.
05/2011-08/2011 Banding Intern
Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship Program Pacific Northwest Region, Institute
for Bird Populations
- Participated in a long-term monitoring program of avian productivity and survivorship in
Fremont National Forest, OR. Duties include mist-netting, banding, sexing birds by plumage,
and ageing birds by molt limits and skull ossification.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2015 Cooper Ornithological Society Student Travel Award for AOU/COS Annual Meeting
2010 Departmental Citation for Outstanding Academic Performance in Department of Wildlife, Fish and
Conservation Biology, UC Davis
2010 Departmental Citation for Service to the Department in Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation
Biology, UC Davis
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
2014 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia
WILD3000 Introduction to Fisheries and Wildlife Management
-Attended lectures and assisted the instructors of the course with grading quizzes and exams of
approximately 100 students.
2010 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis
WFC111L Ornithology Lab
-Assisted the Graduate Teaching Assistant in the ornithology lab sessions with approximately 30
students, including helping students identify birds of western North America by sight and sound and
participating in weekly bird walks to help students practice bird identification in the field.
PRESENTATIONS
Poster
Angela Hsiung and Richard Chandler. (2015). “Altitudinal Migration of Long-tailed Manakins within Agricultural
Landscapes in Costa Rica”. AOU/COS Annual Meeting, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
2015-Present American Ornithologists’ Union
2015-Present Cooper Ornithological Society
2015-Present Association for Field Ornithologists