Research

Hi!

I’m a behavioral ecologist and PhD candidate in the Carter Lab at The Ohio State University.

For my dissertation, I work with common vampire bats at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute to answer exciting questions related to social bonding, cooperation, and individual variation. My primary research questions are:

1. How does proximity contribute to the development of enduring social preferences?
   

2. How does acute infection limit social integration in new social environments?
   

3. How and why do individuals differ in their propensity to cooperate with strangers?
   

4. How well can we predict cooperative outcomes given actor and receiver identity?
   

Feel free to reach out if you’re curious to know more about my research! You can also find my most recent publications here.