Headed to Kenya

So I decided to create a blog to document my adventures and misadventures in Kenya this summer. Friends and family can check in to see what I am up to half way around the world and hear about my research. I will also try to include lots of cool pictures of wildlife.

For those of you who didn't yet know, I have been accepted and decided to attend Princeton University this fall 2010 to get my PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. So come September 1, I will be moving to New Jersey for at least the next 5 years. Before that though, I will be headed to central Kenya this summer with my new Princeton advisor, Dr. Daniel Rubenstein, and several undergrads to begin research early. I leave the first week of June and return the first week of August. I will be staying at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy and working on a project on hybrid zebra behavior. I don't know any specifics of the project yet, so I will update on that when I learn more. If anyone wants to learn more about where I will be, the Conservancy has a website you can check out:
http://olpejetaconservancy.org/
Here is a link also to Dr. Rubenstein's website:
http://www.princeton.edu/~dir/index.html

When I return, I hope to continue to update this site with posts about my new life as a grad student at Princeton. I don't know yet if this will turn into a place to share progress on my research, talk about my daily life, or just vent about frustrations. For now, off to Africa!!!