Join us at Monroe Co. Public Library, Room 1B, for the first event in our SAS Speaker Series, presented by Sarah Wanamaker.

Description: Birds colliding with windows are a major cause of avian mortality. Sarah Wanamaker has been leading a team of undergraduates in documenting fatal avian window strikes on IU’s campus since 2020. They are also developing a novel sensor to passively detect window strikes. As part of her efforts to raise awareness about this issue, Sarah will discuss what makes buildings dangerous to birds as well as strategies to reduce bird-window collisions.

Bio: Sarah is a native New Yorker who received her B.S. in Wildlife Biology from the University of Vermont and her M.S. in Biology from Washington State University. Since 2018, she has worked at IU as a lab manager for Biology’s Dr. Ellen Ketterson, research associate for the Environmental Resilience Institute, and staff scientist for the Midwest Center for Conservation. In her free time, Sarah enjoys hiking, traveling, dogs, painting, and ceramics.