Last updated: April 2024
Education
University of California, Davis
California National Primate Research Center
PhD Student, expected 2028
Advisor: Karen Bales
University of Delaware
2019 Honors B.S. with Distinction in Neuroscience, summa cum laude
Honors Thesis: Differences in male and female mouse ultrasonic vocalizations and behaviors throughout the female reproductive
cycle.
Thesis advisor: Dr. Joshua Neunuebel
Supervisor: Dr. Megan Warren
California National Primate Research Center
PhD Student, expected 2028
Advisor: Karen Bales
University of Delaware
2019 Honors B.S. with Distinction in Neuroscience, summa cum laude
Honors Thesis: Differences in male and female mouse ultrasonic vocalizations and behaviors throughout the female reproductive
cycle.
Thesis advisor: Dr. Joshua Neunuebel
Supervisor: Dr. Megan Warren
Research and Experience
Bales Lab, California National Primate Research Center
June 2022 – May 2023
Research Specialist
Project: Examining factors of cognitive decline for new parents in Plecturocebus cupreus.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Karen Bales
Wallis Lab, UC Berkeley
May 2020 – May 2022
Lab Manager/Staff Research Associate
Project: Reinforcement learning models in freely interacting non-human primates.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Joni Wallis
Sutton Avian Research Center, Tulsa, OK
June 2019 – October 2019
Aviculture Intern
Project: Influences of lighting and housing environment on sage grouse chick survivability.
Neunuebel Neuroscience Lab, University of Delaware
September 2016 – June 2019
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Undergraduate Honors Thesis: Differences in male and female mouse ultrasonic vocalizations and behaviors throughout the
female reproductive cycle.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Joshua Neunuebel
Supervisor: Dr. Megan Warren
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Gamboa, Panama
with the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Comparative Behavioral Research at the University of Vienna
January 2018 – April 2018
Research Assistant
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Gamboa, Panama
with the Pfister Lab at Harvard University
June 2017 – July 2017
Research Assistant
Project: A tripartite survey of hyperparasitic fungi associated with ectoparasitic flies on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in a
neotropical cloud forest in Panama.*
Principal Investigator: Dr. Danny Haelewaters
Bennett Lab, Brown University
June 2016 – August 2016
Research Assistant
Project: Galleria mellonella as an insect model for P. destructans, the cause of White-nose Syndrome in bats.*
Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Bennett
Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia, PA
January 2016 – March 2016
Animal Behavior and Environmental Education Intern
Project: Locomotion frequencies in different age groups of African Lions (Panthera leo krugeri).
*Published
^In preparation.
June 2022 – May 2023
Research Specialist
Project: Examining factors of cognitive decline for new parents in Plecturocebus cupreus.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Karen Bales
Wallis Lab, UC Berkeley
May 2020 – May 2022
Lab Manager/Staff Research Associate
Project: Reinforcement learning models in freely interacting non-human primates.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Joni Wallis
Sutton Avian Research Center, Tulsa, OK
June 2019 – October 2019
Aviculture Intern
Project: Influences of lighting and housing environment on sage grouse chick survivability.
Neunuebel Neuroscience Lab, University of Delaware
September 2016 – June 2019
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Undergraduate Honors Thesis: Differences in male and female mouse ultrasonic vocalizations and behaviors throughout the
female reproductive cycle.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Joshua Neunuebel
Supervisor: Dr. Megan Warren
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Gamboa, Panama
with the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Comparative Behavioral Research at the University of Vienna
January 2018 – April 2018
Research Assistant
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Gamboa, Panama
with the Pfister Lab at Harvard University
June 2017 – July 2017
Research Assistant
Project: A tripartite survey of hyperparasitic fungi associated with ectoparasitic flies on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in a
neotropical cloud forest in Panama.*
Principal Investigator: Dr. Danny Haelewaters
Bennett Lab, Brown University
June 2016 – August 2016
Research Assistant
Project: Galleria mellonella as an insect model for P. destructans, the cause of White-nose Syndrome in bats.*
Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Bennett
Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia, PA
January 2016 – March 2016
Animal Behavior and Environmental Education Intern
Project: Locomotion frequencies in different age groups of African Lions (Panthera leo krugeri).
*Published
^In preparation.
Publications
Meckler, L. (2019). Differences in male and female mouse ultrasonic vocalizations and behaviors throughout
the female reproductive cycle (Unpublished undergraduate thesis). University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
Beekman, C. N., Meckler, L., Kim, E., Bennett, R. J. (2018). Galleria mellonella as an insect model for P.
destructans, the cause of White-nose Syndrome in bats. PLOS ONE, 13(9).
Walker, M. J., Dorrestein, A., Camacho, J. J., Meckler, L. A., Silas, K. A., Hiller, T., Haelewaters, D. (2018). A
tripartite survey of hyperparasitic fungi associated with ectoparasitic flies on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera)
in a neotropical cloud forest in Panama. Parasite, 25(19).
the female reproductive cycle (Unpublished undergraduate thesis). University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
Beekman, C. N., Meckler, L., Kim, E., Bennett, R. J. (2018). Galleria mellonella as an insect model for P.
destructans, the cause of White-nose Syndrome in bats. PLOS ONE, 13(9).
Walker, M. J., Dorrestein, A., Camacho, J. J., Meckler, L. A., Silas, K. A., Hiller, T., Haelewaters, D. (2018). A
tripartite survey of hyperparasitic fungi associated with ectoparasitic flies on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera)
in a neotropical cloud forest in Panama. Parasite, 25(19).
Presentations
Meckler, L., Baxter, A., Bales, K. L. (2024, September 8-11). Associations between infant attachment and adult actor effects in pair-housed titi monkeys [Poster session]. American Society of Primatologists (46th Annual Meeting), Riviera Maya, Mexico.
Meckler, L. (2022, January 17). Male and female mouse vocalization and social behaviors across the female reproductive cycle [Invited speaker]. UC San Francisco Colloquium. San Francisco, CA. (USA).
Meckler, L., Warren, M. R., Spurrier, M. S., Roth, E. D., Neunuebel, J. P. (2018, November 30). Using sound source localization to investigate the impact of the reproductive cycle on mouse social expression [Poster session]. Delaware Neuroscience Symposium. Newark, DE, United States.
Meckler, L., Warren, M. R., Spurrier, M. S., Roth, E. D., Neunuebel, J. P. (2017, December 4). Using sound source localization to investigate the impact of the reproductive cycle on mouse vocal expression [Poster session]. Delaware Neuroscience Symposium, Newark, DE, United States.
Meckler, L., Warren, M. R., Spurrier, M. S., Roth, E. D., Neunuebel, J. P. (2017, November 11-15). Using sound source localization to investigate the impact of the reproductive cycle on mouse vocal expression [Poster session]. Neuroscience 2017 (47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience), Washington, D.C., United States.
Meckler, L. (2022, January 17). Male and female mouse vocalization and social behaviors across the female reproductive cycle [Invited speaker]. UC San Francisco Colloquium. San Francisco, CA. (USA).
Meckler, L., Warren, M. R., Spurrier, M. S., Roth, E. D., Neunuebel, J. P. (2018, November 30). Using sound source localization to investigate the impact of the reproductive cycle on mouse social expression [Poster session]. Delaware Neuroscience Symposium. Newark, DE, United States.
Meckler, L., Warren, M. R., Spurrier, M. S., Roth, E. D., Neunuebel, J. P. (2017, December 4). Using sound source localization to investigate the impact of the reproductive cycle on mouse vocal expression [Poster session]. Delaware Neuroscience Symposium, Newark, DE, United States.
Meckler, L., Warren, M. R., Spurrier, M. S., Roth, E. D., Neunuebel, J. P. (2017, November 11-15). Using sound source localization to investigate the impact of the reproductive cycle on mouse vocal expression [Poster session]. Neuroscience 2017 (47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience), Washington, D.C., United States.
Scholarships and Fellowships
2023 University of California, Davis First-Year Psychology Department Research Fellowship
2019 Donald Harward Honors Research Fellowship
2018 UD Undergraduate Research Program Summer Scholars Fellowship
2015-2019 University of Delaware Trustee Scholarship
2019 Donald Harward Honors Research Fellowship
2018 UD Undergraduate Research Program Summer Scholars Fellowship
2015-2019 University of Delaware Trustee Scholarship
Honors and Awards
2023 National Science Foundation GRFP Honorable Mention
2019 UD Department of Brain Sciences’ Neuroscience Award
2018 Excellence in Undergraduate Research, DE Neuroscience Symposium
2017 Excellence in Undergraduate Research, DE Neuroscience Symposium
2017 University of Delaware Honors Award
2019 UD Department of Brain Sciences’ Neuroscience Award
2018 Excellence in Undergraduate Research, DE Neuroscience Symposium
2017 Excellence in Undergraduate Research, DE Neuroscience Symposium
2017 University of Delaware Honors Award
Professional Affiliations
Nu Rho Psi: the Neuroscience Honors Society
Sigma Xi, sponsored by the UD Chapter of Sigma Xi
Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society
The Wildlife Society
Sigma Xi, sponsored by the UD Chapter of Sigma Xi
Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society
The Wildlife Society
