BMS 208 - Human Anatomy
BMS 309 - Laboratory in Human Anatomy
BMS 460 - Regional Human Anatomy
BMS 561 - Prosected Regional Anatomy

Post-doctoral Fellow, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Ph.D., Kent State University, Biomedical Sciences
M.A., Kent State University, Anthropology
B.S., University of California, Davis, Biological Anthropology

My research investigates how primates integrate behavioral and physiological adaptations to overcome ecological challenges in their natural environment.  I aim to integrate how these different facets of animals’ biology work together at the organismal level. 

Within this framework, my research program focuses on understanding how wild animals thermoregulate, including how thermal pressures from climate change impact this process.  My research in this area has covered behavioral mechanisms such as microhabitat choice and use of postures, hormonal mechanisms of thermoregulation, and non-invasive assessment of body temperature via infrared thermography.

My research also investigates the sensory ecology of foraging decisions. I am interested in how primates use olfactory signals to select foods and communicate information about resources.  This research has covered exudate feeding by common marmoset monkeys and seeding eating in pithecids.

My lab provides opportunities for students to gain experience in hormone analysis, behavioral observation methods, thermoregulatory research, and international fieldwork.

Please see this link for a list of publications.