I'm Kenta Uchida, postdoc in Blumstein lab in UCLA and supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). I am very excited about doing field work at RMBL and working with the marmoteers. I am interested in how animals adapt or adjust to anthropogenic environments such as urban areas. Particularly,I am currently focusing on the process of habituation or sensitization to humans and its fitness consequence in wildlife. In order to understand the consequence of responses to humans, long term field based data collection is essential. RMBL is a great system for these studies. Unfortunately, I had to change my initial research plan due to COVID-19-related issues and I've only been able to come out for a shorter-than-planned visit. However, I am very happy to be involved in this wonderful long-term ecological research system and working with the amazing marmots!
