Bat biologist and inspirational mentor who developed the concept of aeroecology.
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Additional information M.B.F. first met Tom in 1971 at the Second North American Symposium on Bat Research (which became the North America Symposium on Bat Research). From there they worked together on a number of projects, including a field course they taught jointly in Puerto Rico in 1973.
S.S. met Tom in 1990, when she joined the faculty at Brown University as an Assistant Professor and began a transition in her research program in biomechanics from primates to bats. Tom served as a critical mentor, helped launch her studies of bat flight, and provided continual support and encouragement to her and her lab members for more than 20 years.
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Fenton, M.B., Swartz, S. Thomas H. Kunz (1938–2020). Nat Ecol Evol 4, 1002–1003 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1224-4
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