Soumyadeep is studying evolution and behavior in bee hummingbirds - how vision  tracks color through sexual and/or natural selection, looking particularly at opsin genes. 

All hummingbird photos used in this website are taken by Soumyadeep. You can find his bird photos at @avesmania_bird_shots on Instagram.

Jenny's research focuses on the mating system of Costa's Hummingbird, combining fieldwork and molecular analyses to understand how female mate choice and male traits drive reproductive success. Jenny aims to lead an independent research program on avian behavior and mating systems. Originally from inland Malaysian Borneo, Jenny developed an early love for nature and passionate about birds, sustainability, and science communication.

MR Tucker is interested in avian migration and movement in desert species. She uses light-weight innovative technologies to put radio tags on hummingbirds to track their movements.

Tabitha is a 1st year PhD student in the Clark Lab. She graduated California State University, Fullerton in 2025 with majors in biological science and anthropology, and a minor in chemistry. During her undergraduate studies, Tabitha was a member of Dr. Jennifer Burnaford's Intertidal Community Ecology Lab where she completed her independent research project quantifying the effects of human handling on blueband hermit crab behavior and physiology. While Tabitha's research focus in the Clark Lab is still in development, broadly, it involves characterizing the morphology of vain fringes across strigiformes (owls). Outside of school, Tabitha is a songwriter, recording artist, and lead singer in her band, The Cecilias. 

Aarul's love for birds and ecology stemmed from his immense adoration for travel. He graduated with an Integrated Master's degree from IISER Thiruvananthapuram, where he examined the effect of larval crowding on life-history traits of butterflies. Previously, he has also worked with various systems, such as examining mammal frugivory in the forests of Northeast India and studying bird acoustics in the sky islands of the Western Ghats. At Clark Lab, Aarul is interested in studying the acoustics and the flight dynamics of hummingbirds.