Neuroethology & Behavioral Ecology Faculty

We investigate causal, developmental, functional, and evolutionary aspects of animal behavior. This includes analyzing genetic, neural and psychological mechanisms underlying behavior, as well as their evolutionary consequences in terms of speciation and diversification. Research is conducted both in laboratory and field populations.

Within OEB, we focus primarily on animal systems other than humans, including the neurobiology of learning and memory, the behavioral ecology of species interactions, mating behavior and its role in species divergence, and perceptions involved in social interactions.

Brian D. Farrell
Monique and Philip Lehner Professor for the Study of Latin America
Professor of Biology
Curator of Entomology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Accepting Graduate Students for the 2027-2028 Academic Year
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David A. Haig
George Putnam Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Associate of Dudley House
Not Accepting Graduate Students for the 2027-2028 Academic Year
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Hopi E. Hoekstra
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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Robin Hopkins
Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Faculty Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum
Head Tutor, Integrative Biology Undergraduate Program
Accepting Graduate Students for the 2027-2028 Academic Year
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