Nickolay I. Hristov

Center for Design Innovation

Winston-Salem State University

e-mail: nickolay.hristov@centerfordesigninnovation.org

Tel: 336-727-4310 ▪ www.tadarida.org

 

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS  

 

Center for Design Innovation – Winston-Salem, NC ( 2009-present)

Design Researcher

 

Winston Salem State University - Winston-Salem, NC (2009-present)

Assistant Professor; Department of Life Sciences

 

Brown University – Providence, RI (2007-2009)

Postdoctoral Research Associate – Biomechanics of bat flight

 

Boston University – Boston , MA (2004 – 2007)

Postdoctoral Research Associate – Application of Thermal videography in the study of bats

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Wake Forest University – Winston-Salem , NC (1997 – 2004)

Ph.D. Dissertation: Acoustic Communication Between Insectivorous Bats and Arctiid Moths

Special Skills- Biostatistics;Multimedia and 3D Production

Advisor: Professor William E. Conner

 

University of Maine – Orono , ME (1992-1997)

               BS Honors Thesis: Macrohabitat Bat Foraging Preferences on Mount Desert Island , ME

Advisor: Dr. William Glanz

 

School of Sciences and Foreign Languages – Ivan Vazov, Smolyan , Bulgaria (1987-1992)

Major: English, Natural Sciences

 

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE  

 

Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant:

               Wake Forest University : Advanced Dissertation Research in Animal Behavior and Bioacoustics

Teaching Assistant: Anatomy and Physiology, Ecology and Evolution, Animal Behavior (1997- 2004)

 

Research Assistant and Field Technician:

Department of Zoology, University of Maine – Orono, Acadia National Park , ME (1995-1997)

 

Research Assistant and Field Photographer:

Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, University of Maine – Orono; National Geographic Society; National Science Foundation – Dominica , Lesser Antilles – (02/1997-03/1997)

 

Head Photographer, Photography Editor, Digital Image Specialist:

ASAP Media Services, University of Maine – Orono (1996-1997)

 

Field Technician and Cartographer:

Institute of Geology , Sofia , Bulgaria (1990, 1991)

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

Hristov N.I., M. Betke, D. Hirsh, A. Bagchi and T.H. Kunz. 2010. Seasonal Variation in Colony Size of Braziilian free-tailed bats at Carlsbad Cavern based on thermal imaging. Journal of Mammalogy/ 91: 183-192. (PDF)

Reichard J. L. Gonzalez, C. Casey, L. Allen, N.I. Hristov and T.H. Kunz. 2009. Evening Emergence Behavior and Seasonal Dynamics in Large Colonies of Brazilian Free-tailed bats. Journal of Mammalogy 90: 1478-1486. (PDF)

Loren K. Ammerman, Molly McDonough, Nickolay I. Hristov and Thomas H. Kunz (2009). Census of the Endangered Mexical Long-nosed Bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) in Texas using Thermal Imaging. Endangered Species Research 8: 87-92. (PDF)

Hubel TY, Hristov NI, Swartz SM, Breuer KS (2009). Time-resolved wake structure and kinematics of bat flight. Experiments in Fluids. 46: 933-943. (PDF)

 

Hristov, N.I., M.Betke and T.H. Kunz. 2008. Applications of Thermal Infrared Imaging for Research in Aeroecology. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 48 (1):  50-59 (PDF)

Kunz T.H., S.A. Gauthreaux, Jr., N.I. Hristov, J.W. Horn, G. Jones, E.K.V. Kalko, R.P. Larkin, G.F. McCracken, S.W. Swartz, R.B. Srygley, R. Dudley, J.K. Westbrook, and M. Wikelski. 2008. Aeroecology: probing and modeling the aerosphere. Integrative and Comparative Biology 48: 1-11 (PDF).

 

Betke, M., D. Hirsh, N.C. Makris, G.F. McCracken, M. Procopio, N.I. Hristov, J. Reichard, J. Horn, A. Bagchi, C. J. Cleveland, and T.H. Kunz. (2008) Thermal Imaging Reveals Significantly Smaller Brazilian Free-tailed Bat Colonies than Previously Estimated. Journal of Mammalogy 89:18:24 (PDF)

Conner, W. E., N. I Hristov, and J. R. Barber. 2008. Sound Strategies: Acoustic aposematism, startle, and sonar jamming. In Tiger moths and wooly bears: Behavior, ecology, and evolution of the Arctiidae. W. E. Conner ed. Oxford University Press.

Kunz, T.H., M. Betke, and N.I. Hristov. In Press. Methods for assessing abundance of bats.  In: Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats (T.H. Kunz and S. Parsons, eds.) Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore.

Hristov N.I. and W. E. Conner (2005).  Sound Strategy: Acoustic Aposematism in the Bat-Tiger Moth Arms Race. Naturwissenschaften 92: 164–169 (PDF)

Hristov N.I. and W. E. Conner 2005.   Effectiveness of Tiger Moth (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) Chemical Defenses Against an Insectivorous Bat (Eptesicus fuscus). Chemoecology 15:105–113 (PDF)

Hristov, N.I. (2004) Dueling in the Dark. BATS 22 (2): 10 – 12 (PDF)

 

 

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

Hristov N.I., L.C. Allen, E. Gillam, M. Betke, Z. Wu and T.H. Kunz (2008) Mechanisms of self-organization in flying Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis).  38th North American Symposium on Bat Research (NASBR). Scranton, PA

Hristov N.I., L.C. Allen, E. Gillam, M. Betke, Z. Wu and T.H. Kunz (2008) Mechanisms of self-organization in flying Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis). Animal Behavior Society (ABS), Snowbird Mountain, UT

 

Hristov, N.I., M. Betke and T.H. Kunz. (2008) Applications of Thermal Infrared Imaging for Research in Aeroecology. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), San Antonio, TX

 

Hristov, N.I., M. Betke and T.H. Kunz. (2007) Lessons in History: Colony Size and Population Decline of Brazilian free-tailed Bats at Carlsbad Caverns. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), Phoenix, AZ

 

Hristov, N.I., M. Betke and T.H. Kunz. (2006) Lessons in History: Colony Size and Population Decline of Brazilian free-tailed Bats at Carlsbad Caverns. 36th North American Symposium on Bat Research (NASBR). Wilmington, NC

 

Hristov, N.I., M. Betke and T.H. Kunz. (2006). Assessment of Brazilian Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) Populations Using Advanced Thermal Imaging. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). Orlando, FL

 

Conner, W.E., N.I. Hristov and J.Barber. 2005. Ultrasonic Defenses and Acoustic Mimicry in Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Entomological Society of America. Ft. Lauderdale, FL

 

Hristov, N.I., M. Betke and T.H. Kunz. (2005) Seasonal Monitoring of Brazilian Free-tailed Bats at Carlsbad Caverns Using Advanced Thermal Imaging, 35th North American Symposium on Bat Research (NASBR). Sacramento, CA.

 

Hristov, N.I. and W.E. Conner. 2004. Predator Prey Interactions: A 3D Analysis of the Bat-Moth Arms Race. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). New Orleans, LA

 

Hristov, N.I. and W.E. Conner. 2003. Acoustic Warfare in Space and Time: 3D-Analysis of Bat–Tiger Moth Interactions. 33rd North American Symposium on Bat Research, Lincoln, NE.

 

Hristov, N.I. and W.E. Conner. 2002. Predator-Prey Interactions: A New Analysis of the Bat-Moth Arms Race. 32nd North American Symposium on Bat Research, Burlington, VT.

 


© Nickolay Hristov, 2010