Farrah Bashey-Visser
Senior Lecturer, Biology and Human Biology
(she/her/hers)
- fbasheyv@iu.edu
- 812-855-1962
- Biology Bldg. 010
Research Interests
ecology, evolution, microbial interactions and pathogenesis
Meet our "behavior" faculty
Gregory E. Demas
Professor, Biology
Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Section Associate Chair, Biology
- gdemas@iu.edu
- 812-856-0158
- Biology Bldg. 265
Research Interests
behavioral endocrinology, neuroendocrine-immune interactions, aggression, biological rhythms, seasonality
María de la Paz Fernández
Assistant Professor, Biology
- fernanm@iu.edu
- Biology Bldg. A502
Research Interests
Neuronal control of behavior, circadian rhythms, sex differences in the nervous system, behavioral genetics
Laura Hurley
Professor, Biology
Associate Chair for Teaching, Biology
Director, REU Program in Animal Behavior
- lhurley@iu.edu
- 812-856-1991
- Biology Bldg. 243
Research Interests
serotonin as a social neuromodulator of auditory processing
Ellen D. Ketterson
Distinguished Professor, Biology
Affiliated with Program in Neuroscience, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Cognitive Science Program, and Environmental Resilience Institute
(she/her/hers)
- ketterso@iu.edu
- 812-855-6837
- Biology Bldg. 149
Research Interests
behavioral, physiological, and evolutionary ecology; hormones and behavior; avian biology, mating systems and parental care; physiological basis of trade-offs in life histories; adaptation and constraint; avian migration
Cris Ledón-Rettig
Assistant Professor, Biology
(she/her/hers)
- crisledo@iu.edu
- 812-855-8821
- Myers Hall 102A
Research Interests
the role of developmental and behavioral plasticity in adaptive evolution
Curt Lively
Distinguished Professor, Biology
- clively@iu.edu
- Biology Bldg. 117B
Research Interests
evolution and coevolution; sex, virulence and genetic diversity in host-parasite interactions
Kimberly Rosvall
Associate Professor, Biology
(she/her/hers)
- krosvall@iu.edu
- 812-856-2375
- Biology Bldg. A318A
Research Interests
evolution of behavior; neuroendocrine mechanisms of behavior; physiological mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity and adaptation; sexual selection; behavioral genomics; behavioral ecology
Julia Saltz
Associate Professor, Biology
she/her
- jbsaltz@iu.edu
- 812-856-3984
- Biology Bldg. 133
Research Interests
animal behavior, quantitative genetics, social dynamics, evolution, genomics
G. Troy Smith
Associate Professor, Biology
(he/him/his)
- getsmith@iu.edu
- 812-856-0109
- Biology Bldg. 270E
Research Interests
neural and hormonal control of sexually dimorphic behavior; evolution of communication signals
W. Dan Tracey
Professor, Biology
Linda and Jack Gill Chair of Neuroscience
- dtracey@iu.edu
- 812-856-2574
- Multidisciplinary Science Bldg. II 204
Research Interests
behavior; developmental mechanisms and regulation in eukaryotic systems; eukaryotic cell biology; cytoskeleton and signaling
Michael J. Wade
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biology
- mjwade@iu.edu
- 812-856-4680
- Biology Bldg. 131C
Research Interests
behavior; evolution; microbial interactions and pathogenesis
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