I’m looking for undergraduate students in Winter 2026, and graduate students in Fall 2026. Please send me an email at hofmein@miamioh.edu if you’d like more information!

Natalie is smiling at the camera and holding a small, scruffy blonde dog in a backpack. She is a white woman with dark brown hair pulled into a bun. She's tall, but you might not be able to tell that from the picture.

Natalie Hofmeister

Natalie (she/her) is a biologist and a historian interested in how birds evolve in response to changing environmental conditions, and how humans understand and relate to birds, especially invasive ones like the European starling.

In her free time, she likes knitting, audiobooks, trying out new recipes, and hiking with her partner and her dogs Steve and Biscuit. (Steve is in the backpack she’s carrying to the left.)