Education
2014 - 2019. Ph.D. University of Washington, Department of Biology.
2010. Bachelor of Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering (Course 2A).
Publications
Peer-Reviewed:
*indicates co-first authorship
2022
Stanchak, K.E., K.E. Miller, E.W. Lumsden, D. Shikiar, C. Davis, B.W. Brunton, and D.J. Perkel. Molecular markers of mechanosensation in glycinergic neurons in the avian lumbosacral spinal cord. eNeuro 2022 link
2021
Aiello, B.R.*, K.E. Stanchak*, A.I. Weber*, T. Deora, S. Sponberg, and B.W. Brunton. 2021. Spatial distribution of campaniform sensilla mechanosensors on wings: form, function, and phylogeny. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 48, 8-17.
Arbour, J.A.,and K.E. Stanchak. 2021. The little fishes that could: smaller fishes demonstrate slow body size evolution but faster speciation in the family Percidae. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 134(4), 851-866. link
2020
Stanchak, K.E., C. French, D. Perkel, and B. Brunton. The balance hypothesis for the avian lumbosacral organ and an exploration of its morphological variation. 2020. Integrative Organismal Biology, 2(1), obaa024. link
Theobald, E.J., M.J. Hill, E. Tran, S. Agrawal, E.N. Arroyo, S. Behling, N. Chambwe, D. Laboy Cintrón, J.D. Cooper, G. Dunster, J.A. Grummer, K. Hennessey, J. Hsiao, N. Iranon, L. Jones, H. Jordt, M. Keller, M.E. Lacey, C.E. Littlefield, A. Lowe, S. Newman, V. Okolo, S. Olroyd, B.R. Peecook, S.B. Pickett, D.L. Slager, I.W. Caviedes-Solis, K.E. Stanchak, V. Sundaravardan, C. Valdebenito, C.R. Williams, K. Zinsli, and S. Freeman. 2020. Active learning narrows achievement gaps for underrepresented students in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(12), 6476-6483. link
2019
Santana, S.E., J.H. Arbour, A.A. Curtis, and K.E. Stanchak. 2019. 3D Digitization in Functional Morphology: Where is the Point of Diminishing Returns? Integrative and Comparative Biology, 59(3), 656-668. link
Stanchak, K.E., J.H. Arbour, and S.E. Santana. 2019. Anatomical diversification of a skeletal novelty in bat feet. Evolution, 73(8), 1591-1603. link
Stanchak, K.E. and S.E. Santana. 2019. Do ecogeographical rules explain morphological variation in a diverse, Holarctic genus of small mammals? Journal of Biogeography, 46(1), 110-122. link
2018
Stanchak, K.E. and S.E. Santana. 2018. Assessment of the hindlimb membrane musculature of bats: Implications for active control of the calcar. The Anatomical Record, 301(3), 441-448. link
Research Funding
2020 - Paleontological Society Arthur James Boucot Research Grant ($4,540)
2018 - Washington Chapter of The Wildlife Society ($2,500)
2017 - Washington Research Foundation and Benjamin Hall Graduate Fellowship (1 Fellowship Quarter + $3,500)
2017 - National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant ($20,116) “Dissertation Research: Developmental mechanisms of morphological novelty and adaptation in the hindlimbs of bats (Chiroptera).” (Co-PI; PI Dr. Sharlene Santana)
2017 - American Society of Mammalogists Grant-in-Aid of Research ($1,400)
2017 - University of Washington Department of Biology Sargent Award ($2,000)
2016 - American Museum of Natural History Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant ($2,440)
2016 - University of Washington Department of Biology Iuvo Award ($1,200)
2016 - Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Grant-in-Aid of Research ($1,000)
2015 - Washington Research Foundation and Benjamin Hall Graduate Fellowship (1 Fellowship Quarter + $2,900 for field training course)
Awards
2019 - Albert R. and Alma Shadle Fellowship, American Society of Mammalogists
2019 - Anna M. Jackson Award, American Society of Mammalogists
2018 - Karl F. Koopman Award, North American Society for Bat Research
2016 - 2nd Place, Best Student Poster, International Bat Research Conference
2015 - Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program