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I will be starting my research group in the Department of Biological Sciences at Dartmouth College in July 2024. Visit Behrman Lab to learn more!
I received my B.A. in Biology from Williams College with an inspirational ecology field semester abroad in South Africa with the Organization for Tropical Studies. I studied the rate and genetic architecture of rapid seasonal evolution in wild Drosophila in my PhD in Biology at the University of Pennsylvania. During this time I also developed evolution-based units for K-12 educational programs and built a local academic community by founding the Philadelphia Evolution Group. As a Postdoctoral Associate at HHMI Janelia Research Campus, I invested significantly in developing genetic and neuroscience tools to probe behavior evolution among Drosophila species. With these tools I disentangle the complexities of how genetic evolution differently sculpts neural circuits that produce divergent behavior. The fusion of field expertise with neurogenetic tools prepares me to dissect the complex, interdependent mechanisms of behavior across different evolutionary timescales.
In my free time I enjoy hiking with my dog Wallace, rowing, running, organic gardening, and baking, particularly cakes commemorating scientific accomplishments of lab members and colleagues.
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