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Shana Lavin, Ph.D.
Lavin joined Lincoln Park Zoo in April 2007. She manages the Nutrition Center, where her work involves managing daily Nutrition Center operations, performing animal nutritional research and dietary reviews, developing guidelines and making recommendations for the nutrition program at the zoo in collaboration with the veterinary staff. Publications Lavin, S.R. and Karasov, W.H. 2008. Allometry of paracellular absorption in birds. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 81: 551-560. Lavin, S.R., Karasov, W.H., Ives, A.R., Middleton, K.M., and Garland, T. Jr. 2008. Morphometrics of avian intestine, compared with non-flying mammals: a phylogenetic approach. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 81: 526-550. Caviedes-Vidal, E., McWhorter T.J., Lavin, S.R., Chediack, J.G., Tracy C.R., and Karasov, W.H. 2007. The digestive adaptation of flying vertebrates: high intestinal paracellular absorption compensates for smaller guts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 104(48): 19132-19137. Lavin, S.R. 2007. Small intestine morphometrics and paracellular absorption in birds and mammals, Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Wisconsin, Madison. Lavin, S.R., McWhorter, T.J., and Karasov, W.H. 2007. Mechanistic bases for differences in passive absorption. Journal of Experimental Biology, 210: 2754-2764. Lavin, S.R., McWhorter, T.J. and Karasov, W.H. 2005. Differences in paracellular absorption: a function of solvent drag or pore size? Integrative and Comparative Biology, 45(6): 1030. Lavin, S.R., McWhorter, T.J., and Karasov, W.H. 2004. Do birds exhibit greater paracellular absorption than mammals? Integrative and Comparative Biology, 44(6): 717. Lavin, S.R., Van Deelen, T.R., Warner, R.W., Brown, P.B., and Ambrose, S.H. 2003. Prey use by red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in urban and rural areas of Illinois. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 81:1070-1082. Lavin, S.R. 2002. Dietary variations among red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in urban and rural agricultural setting in Illinois using stable isotope analysis, M.S. Thesis. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Weicherding, T, Chandrasekhar, T., Levengood, J. and Lavin, S.R. 2002. Applying Spatial Information Technology to Ecological Risk Assessment in Illinois: Users Manual. Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Urbana, Illinois. Lavin, S.R., Weicherding, T., Levengood, J., and Aycrigg, J. 2001. Applying Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to the ecological risk assessment process in Illinois. Illinois Natural History Survey Reports Spring, 2001. |
Shana Lavin received her master’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2002 in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. Her research used stable isotopes to determine dietary strategies of red foxes in the presence of competition, urbanization and agriculture. Lavin later received her Ph.D. in 2007 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of Wildlife Ecology, with a minor in molecular and environmental toxicology. Her doctoral research investigated nutrient and toxicant absorption in the small intestine of birds and mammals.