Ben Winger

Resident Graduate Student

Ben is a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago. He is studying speciation in Andean birds, and the evolution of seasonal migration in neotropical birds. He does his fieldwork in the Andes of Peru and the boreal forests of North America. He uses the Pritzker Lab and the bird collections of the Field Museum for his research. Please visit his website for more information.

Education and Work

2009- present: University of Chicago, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, Chicago, IL.  (PhD expected 2014) 2007: B.A. Cornell University, summa cum laude, College Scholars program

Accomplishments

2014 Society of Systematic Biologists' Ernst Mayr Award (best student talk at Evolution Meetings)

Please visit Ben's website for publication list

Research Sketch

EcuadorPeruNeotropicsNorth America

Contact

bwinger@uchicago.edu

Science Focus
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Learning Resources

  • Adventures in the Herbarium: Museums and Medicines

    The importance and impact of Field Museum’s African flowering plant specimens are highlighted in two podcasts. These podcasts were written, recorded, and edited by two college interns who worked alongside experts and collections specimens.  Museums and Medicines highlights the impact plant specimens have had on human health and why their conservation is so important.

    Activity|Grades 3-12

  • Being Big on Land

    Learn why being big isn’t always an advantage and find out how mythic creatures like Godzilla and King Kong could never have carried their own weight.

    Video|Grades 3-12

  • Bergmann's Rule | Biomechanics Toolkit

    Uncover how an animal’s size affects its ability to regulate temperature.

    Lesson Plan|Grades 6-8

  • Biodiversity and Ecosystems

    Middle school-aged students will investigate the differences between native and invasive plants and demonstrate their learning by creating a model of a native plant garden.

    Lesson Plan|Grades 6-8