Graduate Studies

Field Faculty

	Elizabeth Adkins-Regan, Professor Cornell University 218 Uris Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 255-6304 Fax: (607) 255-8433 Email: er12@cornell.edu Mechanisms of behavior; hormonal and neural mechanisms of avian social behavior.
	Kraig Adler, Professor Cornell University W339 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-4392 Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email: kka4@cornell.edu Photoreception and orientation of vertebrates; behavior, ecology and evolution of amphibians and reptiles.
	Andrew H. Bass, Professor and Associate Vice Provost for Research Cornell University W239 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-4372 Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email: ahb3@cornell.edu Bass Research Movie Animal communication, especially production and encoding of vocal signals; evolution and sexual differentiation of brain and behavior.
	Ronald Booker, Associate Professor Cornell University W141 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-4367 Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email : rb28@cornell.edu Control of neurodevelopment and postembryonic neurogenesis in the CNS of insects.
	Jack W. Bradbury, Robert G. Engel Professor Ornithology Emeritus Cornell University A101 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Email: jwb25@cornell.edu Evolution of animal social behavior and communication, with current projects on functions of vocal learning in wild parrots.
	Richard Cerione, Professor Molecular Medicine Cornell University C3 Veterinary Medical Center Ithaca, N 14853 Phone: (607) 253-3888 Email: rac1@cornell.edu The research efforts of my laboratory have focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms by which signals are transmitted from cell surface receptors to biological effectors. In particular, we have been interested in identifying new signaling molecules that influence the growth and differentiation of mammalian cells.
	Huai-hu Chuang, Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology Cornell University T7022A Veterinary Research Tower Ithaca, N 14853 Phone: (607) 253-4303 Email: hac29@cornell.edu Signal transduction complexes in primary sensory neurons; mechanisms by which transduction channels transform the environmental stimuli into electric signals and the modulation of transduction efficiency by intracellular second messengers.
	Christopher W. Clark, Senior Scientist Cornell University 107A Johnson Center, Birds & Biodiversity Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-2405 Fax: (607) 254-2415 Email: cwc2@cornell.edu Abundances and acoustic behaviors of birds, fish, elephants, and whales; evolution and function of acoustic signaling behavior in animals
	Thomas A. Cleland, Assistant Professor Cornell University 244 Uris Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 255-8099 Fax: (775) 254-2756 Email: tac29@cornell.edu Olfactory perception as a complex system, coordinating behavioral, physiological, pharmacological, and computational studies of sensory sampling, learning and memory, and biological neural networks
	Ruth Collins, Associate Professor Molecular Medicine Cornell University C4 109 Veterinary Medicine Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 253-4123 Email: rnc8@cornell.edu Examination of how the chemical reactions of biology are organized in time and space, and how this organization is harnessed by cells to generate distinct outcomes
	Robin Dando, Assistant Professor Food Science Cornell University 310 Stocking Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-3319 Email:rd426@cornell.edu I study the neurotransmitter interactions and signaling events which occur within the taste system
	David Deitcher, Associate Professor Cornell University W125 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-4315 Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email: dld14@cornell.edu Deitcher Research Movie Molecular and genetic basis of epilepsy, courtship behavior, and ecdysis.
	Timothy J. DeVoogd, Professor Cornell University Department of Psychology 211A Uris Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 255-6430 (607) 255-8433 Email: tjd5@cornell.edu Animal communication; neuroanatomical plasticity; quantitative neurobiology; neurobiology of avian caching; hormonal influences on brain structure; avian song system.
	Janis L. Dickinson, Professor Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone: (607) 254-2194 Email: jld84@cornell.edu Behavioral ecology of birds and insects, with a focus on dispersal, mating behavior, and cooperative breeding; relationship between resource wealth, nepotism, and family group living.
	Stephen T. Emlen, Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus Cornell University W313 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-4327 Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email: ste1@cornell.edu Evolution of animal social behavior, with current emphasis on behavioral ecology of cooperative nesting in birds.
	Joseph Fetcho, Professor and Associate Chairman Cornell University W103 Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-4341 Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email: jrf49@cornell.edu Control of movements by the hindbrain and spinal cord.
	Barbara L. Finlay, Professor of Psychology and Neurobiology & Behavior Cornell University 248 Uris Hall Ithaca, NY 14853-7601 Phone: (607) 255-6394 Fax: (607) 255-8433 Email: blf2@cornell.edu Development and evolution of neural systems in mammals.
	Cole Gilbert, Associate Professor Cornell University 6136 Comstock Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 255-8152 Fax: (607) 255-0939 Email: cg23@cornell.edu Invertebrate neuroethology; sensory guidance; neural evolution in arthropods
	Jesse Goldberg, Assistant Professor and Robert R. Capranica Fellow Cornell University W121 Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-4325 Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email:jhg285@cornell.edu I seek to understand how the basal ganglia brain circuit contributes to motor learning and behavior.
	Bruce P. Halpern, S. L. Sage Professor, Emeritus Cornell University 241 Uris Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 255-6433 Fax: (607) 255-8433 Email: bph1@cornell.edu Sensory physiology; chemoreception.
	Ronald Harris-Warrick, Professor Cornell University W159 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Telephone: 607-254-4355 Fax: 607-254-1303 Email: rmh4@cornell.edu Neuromodulation of neural networks; gene cloning of K+ channels.
	Carl D. Hopkins, Professor, Director Undergraduate Studies and Associate Chair for Curriculum Cornell University W265 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, New York 14853 Phone: (607) 255-2259 Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email: cdh8@cornell.edu Neuroethology of animal communication; neuroethology of passive electrolocation.
	Howard C. Howland, Professor Emeritus Cornell University W201 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 255-4716 Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email: hch2@cornell.edu Sensory physiology, especially vision; development of focusing and refractive state in humans; animal vision, models of myopia and emmetropization; optical quality of the eye.
	Ronald R. Hoy, D & D Joslovitz Merksamer Professor Cornell University W215 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 USA Phone: (607) 254-4318 Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email: rrh3@Cornell.edu Web Page: hoylab.cornell.edu Hoy Research Movie Animal communication; behavior genetics of invertebrates; regeneration and development in invertebrate nervous systems.
	Robert E. Johnston, Professor Cornell University Department of Psychology 278E Uris Hall Ithaca NY 14853-7601 Phone: (607) 255-6436 Fax: (607) 255-8433 Email: rej1@cornell.edu Animal communication, social recognition, and memory, mostly by chemical signals; neural mechanisms of social recognition and memory; mechanisms of vertebrate social behavior (behavioral, olfactory, neural, hormonal).
	Walter D. Koenig, Senior Scientist Cornell University W308 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-2151 (Lab of Ornithology) Phone: (607) 254-4385 (Mudd Hall) Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email:wdk4@cornell.edu Social behavior, particularly cooperative breeding, reproductive strategies of trees, and spatial synchrony.
	Michael I. Kotlikoff, Professor Biomedical Sciences Cornell University T4-018 Veterinary Research Tower Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 253-3771 Fax: (607) 253-4447 Email: mik7@cornell.edu Cellular signaling; ion channels; genetic cell sensors; conditional gene targeting.
	David Lin, Associate Professor Biomedical Sciences Cornell University T2006A Veterinary Research Tower Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 253-4360 Fax: (607) 253-4447 Email: dml45@cornell.edu Axon guidance and target formation during the development of the mouse olfactory system, using genetic, in vitro, and genomic approaches.
	Manfred Lindau, Professor School of Applied and Engineering Physics Cornell University 217 Clark Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 255-5264 Fax: (607) 255-7658 Email: ml95@cornell.edu Biophysics; exocytosis; mechanisms of vesicle fusion and transmitter release.
	Christiane Linster, Professor Cornell University W249 Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: 607-254-4331 Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email: cl243@Cornell.edu Neural coding and memory in the olfactory system; emphasis on neuromodulatory influences; combined approach using behavior, electrophysiology and computational modeling.
	Ellis Loew, Professor of Physiology Cornell University T7-020 Veterinary Research Tower Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 253-3484 Fax: (607) 253-3851 Email: erl1@cornell.edu Ensory physiology; sensory ecology; retinal physiology and biochemistry; clinical electrophysiology; visual sciences.
	David P. McCobb, Associate Professor Cornell University W153A Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-4321 Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email: dpm9@cornell.edu Integrative neurobiology; regulation and function of potassium channels in adrenaline secreting cells and its relationship to stress.
	Linda Nowak, Associate Professor Molecular Medicine Cornell University C3 117 Veterinary Medical Center Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 253-3655 Fax: (607) 253-3659 Email: lmn1@cornell.edu Molecular and electrophysiological analysis of glutamate receptors, ion channels, and response mechanisms in synaptic transmission.
	Robert E. Oswald, Professor of Pharmacology Cornell University C3 167 Veterinary Medical Center College of Veterinary Medicine Ithaca, New York 14853 Phone: (607) 253-3877 Fax: (607) 253-3659 Email: reo1@cornell.edu Molecular neurobiology and biophysics; neurotransmitter receptors and signal transduction.
	Ned J. Place, Associate Professor Cornell University S1-088 Schurman Hall College of Veterinary Medicine Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 253-3796 Fax: (607) 253-4213 Lab: (607) 256-5675 Email: njp27@cornell.edu Mammalian reproductive biology, with a focus on the life history trade-offs associated with hormones, behavior, and aging.
	Robert A. Raguso, Professor Cornell University W355 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca NY 14853 USA Phone: (607) 254-4353 Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email: rar229@cornell.edu Google Scholar Raguso Research Movie Chemically-Mediated Plant/Animal Interactions; Biosynthesis, Physiology and Evolution of Fragrance; Insect Olfaction, Behavior and Pollination Ecology.
	Hudson Kern Reeve, Professor Cornell University W309 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-4352 Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email: hkr1@cornell.edu Theoretical sociobiology; evolution of cooperation and conflict in animal societies; behavioral ecology; plasticity in insect social behavior.
	Chris B. Schaffer, Associate Professor Cornell University Department of Biomedical Engineering B57 Weill Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 342-7737 Fax: (607) 256-5608 Email: cs385@cornell.edu Advanced optical techniques used to observe and manipulate in vivo biological systems with the goal of developing a microscopic-scale understanding of normal and disease-state physiological processes; neurodegeneration caused by occlusion of microvessels in the brain.
	Thomas D. Seeley, Professor and Department Chair Cornell University W301 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-4301 Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email: tds5@cornell.edu Seeley Research Movie Sociobiology: physiology, ecology and evolution of animal societies, especially the societies of insects.
	Kerry L. Shaw, Professor and Director Graduate Studies Cornell University W317 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, New York 14853 Phone: 607 254-4320 Lab: 607 254-4326 Email: kls4@cornell.edu Behavioral genetics, sexual selection and evolution; speciation; genetic architecture of behavior (QTLs), linkage analysis and genome evolution; orthopteroid insects.
	Paul W. Sherman, Professor Cornell University W307 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-4333 Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email : pws6@cornell.edu Animal social behavior.
	David M. Smith, Assistant Professor Cornell University Department of Psychology 252 Uris Hall Ithaca NY 14853-7601 Phone: (607) 255-6390 Fax: (607) 255-8433 Email: dms248@cornell.edu Neural systems involved in learning and memory functions; multi-site neuronal recordings and neurochemical inactivation in behaving rodents used to identify brain circuitry involved in these functions.
	Sandra Vehrencamp, Professor Emerita Cornell University A101 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-2431 Fax: (607) 254-4308 Email : slv8@cornell.edu Evolution of animal communication systems, especially bird song; behavioral ecology of cooperative nesting in birds.
	Charles Walcott, Professor Emeritus Cornell University W255 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-4382 Fax: (607) 254-1303 Email: cw38@cornell.edu Animal orientation and navigation; animal acoustic communication.
	Michael Webster, Associate Professor and Robert G. Engel Associate Professor of Ornithology Cornell University W361 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone (Lab of Ornithology): 607-254-2493 Phone (NBB, Mudd Hall): 607-254-4362 FAX: 607-254-2439 Email: msw244@cornell.edu Sexual selection; the evolution and mechanisms of sexual signals, especially plumage signals and song in birds; cooperative breeding.
	Gregory Weiland, Associate Professor of Pharmacology Cornell University Department of Molecular Medicine C3 147, Veterinary Medical Center College of Veterinary Medicine Ithaca, New York 14853 Phone: (607) 253-3876 Fax: (607) 253-3659 Email: gaw2@cornell.edu Molecular neurobiology and neuropharmacology; receptor and ion channel mechanisms.
	David Winkler, Professor Faculty Curator of Birds Cornell University Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology E241 Corson Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 254-4216 Fax: (607) 255-8088 Email: dww4@cornell.edu The causes of spatial and temporal variation in the life histories of birds.