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Ken Catania
Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences Expert on sensory systems' impact on animal behavior, particularly naked mole rats, star-nosed moles, cockroaches and eels. spatial maps rodents Biological Sciences neural processing mammals Nature star-nose mole naked mole rats Animal Behavior Eels Cockroaches Moles Animal sensory systems star-nosed mole electric eels Evolution visual cortex evolution of mammals Foraging sensory cortex |
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Daniel Cornfield
Professor of Sociology Expert in the American labor movement, the creative class, and work and occupation issues generally. labor & employment Creative Class Unionization Labor Unions Musicians |
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Larisa DeSantis
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Studies mammal teeth and bones to determine how they responded to ancient climate change and reasons why they went extinct. saber-tooth cats Paleoecology Ancient Australian Animals Ancient Climate Change Paleontology Ancient Animals Vertebrate Paleontology Paleoclimates |
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Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Associate Professor of Psychology Neuroscientist and international expert in how brain size and structure affect cognition and longevity in animals. Evolution Neuroscience Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neurons Intelligence Developmental Science Quantitative Methods Animal intelligence |
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Antonis Rokas
Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Biological Sciences Expert on patterns of evolution, with a focus on the earliest forms of life. Tree of Life Mosquito Functional Genomics Evolution of Fungal Metabolism Molecular Evolution Evolutionary Development Comparative Functional Genomics Phylogenetics Evolution of the Human Genome Evolution |
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Keivan Stassun
Stevenson Professor of Physics Expert in the search for Earth-like planets across the galaxy and an advocate for diversity, including neurodiversity, in the academy. Astronomical Phenomena |
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