#  Behavior Faculty 

 



We investigate causal, developmental, functional, and evolutionary aspects of animal behavior. This includes analyzing genetic, neural and psychological mechanisms underlying behavior, with a focus on the neurobiology of learning and memory, the behavioral ecology of species interactions, and the role of mating behavior and in species divergence.



 

  [### Benjamin L. de Bivort

 ](/people/benjamin-de-bivort) <debivort@oeb.harvard.edu>Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Co-Chair of the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

 

 

 

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   [### Scott V. Edwards

 ](/people/scott-v-edwards) <sedwards@fas.harvard.edu>Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Curator of Ornithology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology

 

 

 

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   [### David A. Haig

 ](/people/david-haig) <dhaig@oeb.harvard.edu>George Putnam Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology 

Associate of Dudley House

 

 

 

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   [### Hopi E. Hoekstra

 ](/people/hopi-e-hoekstra) [hopi\_hoekstra@harvard.edu](mailto:hopi_hoekstra@harvard.edu)Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

C.Y. Chan Professor of Arts and Sciences

Xiaomeng Tong and Yu Chen Professor of Life Sciences

Senior Fellow of the Society of Fellows, ex officio

Not Accepting Graduate Students

 

 

 

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   [### Bence P. Ölveczky

 ](/people/bence-p-olveczky) <olveczky@fas.harvard.edu>Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

 

 

 

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   [### Stephanie E. Pierce

 ](/people/stephanie-e-pierce) <spierce@oeb.harvard.edu>Sabbatical Spring 2026

Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology and Interim Curator of Mammalogy in the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Director of Graduate Studies

 

 

 

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   [### Naomi E. Pierce

 ](/people/naomi-e-pierce) <npierce@oeb.harvard.edu>Sidney A. and John H. Hessel Professor of Biology

Curator of Lepidoptera in the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Senior Fellow of the Society of Fellows

 

 

 

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   [### Yun Zhang

 ](/people/yun-zhang) <yzhang@oeb.harvard.edu>Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

 

 

 

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