Kristiina J. Hurme

Current position

Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle (Lecturer from 2020)

Education

Ph.D., Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 2011

Dissertation: “Tadpole schooling and parental care in the Neotropical frog, Leptodactylus insularum.” Advisor: Dr. Kentwood Wells

B.A., Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, 2001

Thesis: “Environmental enrichment for captive lion tamarins and tamarins.” Advisor: Dr. Stuart Altmann

Previous teaching

Lecturer, UC Berkeley, 2017–2018 · Postdoctoral fellow and adjunct faculty, University of Connecticut

Honors & roles

iNaturalist Ambassador, 2025– · Center for Teaching and Learning Fellow, UW, 2022–2024 · EEB Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Connecticut

Selected publications

Hurme KJ, et al. 2026. Pauses in a fast-paced life: intermittent hovering in hummingbirds. Preprint.

Bastidas-Rodriguez MX, … Hurme KJ, et al. 2026. Computer vision analysis identifies episodic flapping pauses in hovering hummingbirds. Biology Open.

Rico-Guevara A, Sustaita D, Hurme KJ, et al. 2024. Upper bill bending as an adaptation for nectar feeding in hummingbirds. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 21:20240286.

Rico-Guevara A, Hurme K, Rubega M, Cuban D. 2023. Nectar feeding beyond the tongue. Journal of Experimental Biology 226.

Rico-Guevara A, Hurme KJ, Elting R, Russell AL. 2021. Bene“fit” assessment in pollination coevolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology 61:681–695.

Rico-Guevara A, Hurme KJ. 2019. Intrasexually selected weapons. Biological Reviews 94:60–101.

Full CV available on request: hurme[at]uw.edu