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 How to Contact Us

BY EMAIL:  

We understand the fast turnaround of the news cycle, so we strive to respond to journalists as rapidly as possible. It will help us help you if your subject line lets us know that you’re a journalist: “Interview for New Haven Register”, for instance, would get a faster response than “Your study on birds”. 

Margaret Rubega: margaret.rubega@uconn.edu  for:  expert/Connecticut State Ornithologist commentary on bird-related news; monk parakeets; chimney swifts; hummingbirds; use of social media in science education; background/back-up for any research in our lab 

Current Graduate Students:  

• Cindy Barreto: cindy.barreto@uconn.edu 
• Laura Bizzarri: laura.bizzarri@uconn.edu 
• Jessica Espinosa: jessica.espinosa@uconn.edu 
• Chelsea Kintz: chelsea.kintz@uconn.edu 
• Frank Muzio: frank.muzio@uconn.edu 

BY PHONE: 

Margaret Rubega: 860-486-4502 

Background: Spelling, Titles, Attribution 

Margaret Rubega is an Associate Professor AND the Curator of Ornithology in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut, Storrs;  AND she is the Connecticut State Ornithologist.