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McKenna, Megan

graduate student

Degrees:

• M.S., San Diego State University
• B.A., Wittenberg University

Research Interests:

• The role of ambient noise levels on the ecology and evolution of marine vertebrates.
• How marine vertebrates make and use sound.
• Interactions between sources of sound in the ocean (both man-made and natural) and marine vertebrates.

Honors and Awards:

• 2005-2007 IGERT Fellow Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• 2006 Sussman Fellowship
• 2004- 2005 San Diego State University ARCS Scholarship
• May 2004 San Diego State University Evolutionary Biology Grant
• May 2004 Smithsonian Institution Kellogg Grant
• December 2003 Best Pre-doctoral Presentation at the Marine Mammal Biology Conference
• Spring 2003 San Diego State University Mabel Myer Scholarship
• Spring 2000 Emmet Bodenberg Award for excellence in Environmental Research
• Spring 1998, 1999 All-Conference Lacrosse player, All-American Lacrosse player

McKenna, MF., Goldbogen, J, Hildebrand, J, and Cranford, T.C. (2007).Evaluation of changes in tissue structure in the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Anatomical Record 290:1023-1032.

Au WWL, Kastelein RA, Benoit-Bird KJ, Cranford TW, McKenna, MF. (2006). Acoustic radiation from the head of echolocating harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). Journal of Experimantal Biology 209:2726-2733.

McKenna, MF. (2005). Comparative morphology of the odontocete melon: functional and evolutionary interpretations. Masters Thesis in Biology Department at San Diego State University, San Diego. 211pp.

Soldevilla, M. S., McKenna, MF., Wiggins, S. M., Shadwick, R. E., Cranford, T. W., and Hildebrand, J. A. (2005) Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) head tissues: physical properties and CT imaging. Journal of Experimental Biology 208, 2319-2332.