David Ocampo Rincón
Ph.D. Candidate | Stoddard Lab | Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Princeton University
I'm an Evolutionary Biologist with broad interests in the natural history, behavioral ecology, and evolutionary diversification of birds' life histories. In my current doctoral research, I'm intrigued by the trade-offs underlying the variation in color and structure of bird eggshells, and nest architecture. Furthermore, I'm investigating the influence of behavioral and environmental factors shaping birds' gut microbiomes.
Eggspiral Oological Collection CJM-IAvH | Black Antbird (Cercomacroides serva) nestlings in cup nests | Male and Female Purple Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus)
BACKGROUND (see my full CV here)
2021–now Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University (US)
2021–2022 Master's of Art in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University (US)
2018–2021 Curator of Birds and Eggs Museum Collections, Instituto Humboldt (Col)
2018–now Producer and Scientific Advisor at documentary agency Vencejo Films
2017–2018 Principal Researcher/President of Sociedad Caldense de Ornitología (Col)
2016 Field Researcher, Ordway Lab UF at Mazumbai Forest Reserve (Tanzania)
2016 Field Researcher Colombian Team, Fund. Selva, Neotropical Flyways Project
2013–2015 Master's in Biological Sciences, Evolvert, Universidad de los Andes (Col)
2014 Predoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (US)
2011-2012 Field Station Manager of the Manu Bird Project (Peru)
2011 Bachelor's in Biology, Universidad de Antioquia (Col)
Natural History | Trait Evolution | Behavioral Ecology
Lab work
Microscopy and Microbiome
Fieldwork
Nest searching, Mist nets, Expeditions
Museum collections
Bird and eggs specimens
INVOLVEMENT
Princeton Better for Bird Project
Co-Organizer Integrated Behavioral Research Group (IBRG) 2022-23, EEB, Princeton University
Program in Latin American Studies
Co-founder Colombian Studies Group, Princeton University
Science Communication with Vencejo Films
Board Member Neotropical Ornithological Society NOS
Moderator BioMoledos AVES Colombia
Support to Citizen science initiatives: Reviewer for Colombia eBird –Curator iNaturalist
