Laboratory

Visit the Rittschof Lab website for detailed information about my program.

Education

BA Cornell University 2006 (Neurobiology and Behavior)

PhD University of Florida 2011 (Zoology)

Research Interests

I am broadly interested in the evolutionary consequences and mechanistic underpinnings of behavioral plasticity, particularly in the context of social interactions. I have addressed this topic to-date with studies of alternative reproductive strategies and tactics in the spider Nephila clavipes, and more recently in the context of socially-induced variation in aggression in the honey bee. My research combines perspectives from behavioral ecology, behavioral genomics, and neuroscience.