Ben is really honored to win two awards! First, the Frank A. Beach New Investigator Award from the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology. Second, the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology from the American Psychological Association (animal learning and behavior, comparative).
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Looking for a postdoc?
We are inviting prospective postdocs to work with us (Nancy Chen, Ben Dantzer, & Andrew McAdam) on applying for the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (NSF 19597) to conduct interdisciplinary research that leverages our interests, expertise (life history theory, behavioral ecology, physiological ecology, quantitative genetics, genomics), and ongoing research in a long-term study of…
A summer of celebration
In the summer of 2019, the Dantzer Lab has many notable items to celebrate. First, we said goodbye to two valuable members of the Dantzer Lab. Zoë Goodrow finished up and defended her MSc. thesis in Conservation Ecology and Sarah Guindre-Parker (NSERC PDF) accepted a faculty position at Kennesaw State University (congrats Sarah!). Second, we…
Postdoc position available
Postdoc Position in Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution Available in Ben Dantzer Lab at University of Michigan The Dantzer Lab at the University of Michigan is searching for a postdoc. We have broad interests and study a diversity of questions at the interface of animal behavior, physiology, ecology, and evolution. Most this work is empirical and…
Ben & squirrels featured in Washington Post
John Kelly at the Washington Post does a “squirrel week” feature each year in the Washington Post. This year one of the columns featured “Squirrel Camp” and the work of the Kluane Red Squirrel Project! See the full article here.
Open position for undergrad to study red squirrel behavior & physiology
A 14-week NSF REU position is available in my lab from May-August 2019. The REU Student will participate in research regarding the effects of elevated maternal glucocorticoids (colloquially referred to as “maternal stress”) on the physiology, behavior, and life history traits of the offspring and design and conduct their own independent research project under the general…
#DantzerLab at SICB 2019!
Almost the entire Dantzer Lab was at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology in Tampa, FL in January of 2019. It was a meeting of big accomplishments for all the lab members. Tricia, Mena, Matt, and Charlotte attended their first SICB while Sarah Westrick, Sarah Guindre-Parker, and I kept up…
Biology of sex differences course
This semester I’m really excited to organize a graduate seminar course about sex/gender from perspectives of evolutionary & neuroscience research (a vast topic!). Topics range from how we should talk about sex/gender in biological research, the evolution of sexual reproduction, the origins of a supposedly binary world, sexual conflict, development of sex or gender differences,…
Join the lab in Fall 2019
We are currently looking for Ph.D. students to join the lab in Fall 2019 to study questions about how maternal stress affects offspring characteristics. If you are interested, please check out the info here and contact Ben!
Special UM symposium on animal behavior
We are excited to announce that the Dantzer Lab will be hosting a special symposium at UM titled At the Crossroads of Evolution & Neuroscience. The symposium will invite a range of exciting speakers to talk about the evolution of animal behavior and the mechanisms that underlie it. See the full schedule below. Thanks to the Evolution…