Research

University and Museums

Research Interests

Behavioral ecology, organismal biology, physiology, herpetology

Current Research Projects

Advisor: Dr. Jeremy Goldbogen
Collaborator: Dr. Rita Mehta
Biologging Temperature and Heart Rate in Semi-Aquatic Snakes
Narial Bubble Rebreathing in Garter Snakes
Capture Behaviors in Wild Snakes
Water Velocity and Capture Success in Garter Snakes
Artificial Habitat Use by Semi-Aquatic Wildlife
Behavioral Ecology and Thermal Physiology of Pond Turtles

If you are interested in working on a project with me, please email me your name, major, and research interest along with a resume or CV at elsiec (at) stanford.edu.

Past Research Projects

Advisors: Dr. Rita Mehta and Dr. Brian Halstead (USGS)
Predator-Prey Dynamics of Garter Snakes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta

2024-2025

UC Santa Cruz

Aquatic Foraging in Garter Snakes

2022-2023

UC Santa Cruz

Advisor: Dr. Rita Mehta

Climate change and Aquatic Performance in Garter Snakes

2021-2023

UC Santa Cruz

Advisor: Dr. Rita Mehta

Ontogeny of Aquatic Performance in Garter Snakes

Summer 2022

UC Santa Cruz

Advisor: Dr. Rita Mehta

Chemosensory Prey-preference in Garter Snakes

2021-2022

UC Santa Cruz

Advisor: Dr. Rita Mehta

Tail Pseudoautotomy in the Lake Chapala Garter Snake

Summer 2018

Stanford University

Advisor: Dr. Will Gearty

Snake Habitat/ Reproductive Mode

Summer 2017

Stanford University

Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Payne

Body Size in Bivalves

2011-2012

UC Berkeley

Advisor: Dr. Roy Caldwell

Mantis Shrimp Burrowing Behavior

Summer 2011

California Academy of Sciences

Advisors: Dr. Robert Van Syoc and Dr. Gary Williams

Barnacle and Coral Symbiosis

2010-2013

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

Advisor: Monica Albe

URAP
Museum Assistant II
Scientific Illustrator

Summer 2010

UC Berkeley

Dr. David Weisblat

Leech Development

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