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Who we are
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research interests: how the environments get ‘under the skin’ to affect physiology, behavior, and fitness in wild animals.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research interests: harnessing comparative and integrative approaches to understand the evolution of social behavior. I aim to explore the roles and evolution of neuroendocrine gene networks in the regulation of reproduction and sex differences that arise, all within ethologically-relevant contexts.
PhD Student, EEB Program
Research interests: individual differences, neurogenomics, behavioral evolution
PhD Student, EEB Program
Research interests: evolution of behavior, evolutionary responses to climate change, phenotypic plasticity.
PhD Student, EEB Program
Research Interests: behavioral ecology, behavioral endocrinology, phenotypic integration, evolution of behavior
Research Associate
Research interests: how behavioral responses to altering environments can be used to influence conservation techniques.
Our amazing undergrads & other assistants
- Evan McGuire, research assistant (2023-present)
- Anna Tieman, research assistant (2023-present)
- Wylah Brahaum, research assistant (2023-present)
Lab alumni
Former postdocs
Sara Lipshutz, Postdoc (2018-2021), now faculty at Duke University
Alexandra Bentz, Postdoc (2017-2021), now faculty at University of Oklahoma
Former grad students
Mary Woodruff, PhD student (2018-2023), now postdoc at ORISE-USDA
Sarah Wolf, PhD student (2016-2022), subsequently postdoc at University of Edinburgh
Elizabeth George, PhD student (2015-2021), subsequently postdoc at Ohio State
Former undergrads and other technicians (* subsequent position in research or grad school)
Research technicians and lab managers: Kate Millar* (2021-23), Emma Dossey* (2015-21), Abbi Turner* (2020), Tara Empson* (2021), Kristen Content* (2018-19), Seth Myers* (2016-18), Mandy Izzo* (2015-16)
REU students and other independent study: Simone-Monet Brown (NSf REU, 2023), Arianna Buehler* (2021-2023), Jasmeen Kaur* (NSF REU & research assistant; 2021-2); Austen Ehrie* (NSF REU & research assistant; 2021-2); Susanna Tsueda* (Honors Thesis; 2020-2), Jess Dong* (NSF REP; 2021-2), Amanda Wissmann* (CeWiT REU; 2019-21), Tara Empson* (NSF REU; 2018-20), Abby Weber* (Cox Scholars Program, Honors Thesis; 2016-20), Layne Sermersheim* (NSF REU; 2018-20), Delaney Thomas (Cox Scholar; 2019-20), Jace Kuske* California State U, San Marcos (NSF REU intern; 2019), Sol Beltran, Dominican U, NSF REU (2018), Yvette Rodriguez Jiménez*, UPuerto Rico, NSF REU (2018), Allison Bishop, Stevenson University, NSF REU (2018), Tiana Sanders, Oklahoma State, NSF REU (2017), David Navarro*, Washington State, NSF REU (2016), Emily Virgin*, Northern Illinois U, NSF REU (2015), Brandon Duncan, Point Loma Nazarene U, NSF REU (2012), Sonya Jayaratna* (REU and IU honors thesis; 2010-13), Sara Friedline*, IU honors thesis (2011-12), Natasha Tonge*, Swarthmore College, NSF REU (2009)
Other undergrad technicians: Izzy Cindric (2023), August Greene (2023), Natalie Parish (2021-23), Tiernan Cutrell (2019-21), Annie Phelps (2021), Sam Torneo (2019-21), Dmitrii Galantsev, (computer science; 2018-20), Ben Duggan* (bio and computer science; 2018-20); Keegan Stansberry* (2017-19), Kelsey Philippi (2015-16), Ransford Walker (2015), Laura Sloan (2014-15), Hannah Hall (2013)