Dr. Shana M Caro, Assistant Professor
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Shana is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Adelphi University. She is an evolutionary biologist / behavioral ecologist interested in the hows and the whys of social behavior. She employs a variety of methodologies, including phylogenetic meta-analyses, experimental field work, and theoretical modeling.
Shana received her BA in Human Evolutionary Biology, with a certificate in Mind, Brain and Behavior, from Harvard University in 2011. She received her DPhil in Zoology from the University of Oxford in 2017. Shana joined the Simons Foundation Society of Fellows as a Junior Fellow in 2017 at Columbia University, and became a Stengl-Wyer Fellow in 2020 at the University of Texas at Austin. She has a goal to do research on all seven continents, so if you're a penguin researcher working in Antarctica looking for a collaborator, get in touch! |
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Undergraduate researchers
Ellen Zomin (Adelphi '27, Neuroscience)
Research project: Speed-accuracy tradeoffs during complex decisions
Experimental
Research project: Speed-accuracy tradeoffs during complex decisions
Experimental
Errah Fawad (Adelphi '27, Neuroscience)
Research project: Maternal effects of progesterone on offspring phenotypes
Meta-analysis
Research project: Maternal effects of progesterone on offspring phenotypes
Meta-analysis
Josh Laureta (Adelphi '26, Neuroscience)
Research project: The impact of stress on decisions between ambiguous cues in birds
Experimental
Research project: The impact of stress on decisions between ambiguous cues in birds
Experimental
Keara Malazarte (Adelphi '26, Neuroscience)
Research project: Collective decision making in ants
Experiment
Research project: Collective decision making in ants
Experiment
Shanya Morisseau (Adelphi '25, Biology)
Research project: Foraging behavior in the Anthropocene: ultra-processed foods
Field work
Funded by Adelphi's Research and Creative Works Summer Fellowship
Research project: Foraging behavior in the Anthropocene: ultra-processed foods
Field work
Funded by Adelphi's Research and Creative Works Summer Fellowship
Graduate students
Audrey Cozine (Masters in Biology, Adelphi)
Research project: Birdsong and anthropogenic noise
Fieldwork
Research project: Birdsong and anthropogenic noise
Fieldwork
Previous lab members
Destiny Arevalo (Adelphi '24, Neuroscience)
Research project: Decision-making in wild birds: predator detection and urgency-gating
Field work
Research project: Decision-making in wild birds: predator detection and urgency-gating
Field work
Enrista Ilo (Barnard '27, Computer Science)
Research project: How do the costs of begging influence the evolution of parent-offspring communication?
Computer modeling
Funded by Barnard's Summer Research Institute
Research project: How do the costs of begging influence the evolution of parent-offspring communication?
Computer modeling
Funded by Barnard's Summer Research Institute
Kelis White (Adelphi '24, Biology)
Research project: Behavioral endocrinology and maternal effects
Field and lab work
Winner of the Grob Award
Vet School
Research project: Behavioral endocrinology and maternal effects
Field and lab work
Winner of the Grob Award
Vet School
Mitchell Berotti (Masters in Biology '24, Adelphi)
Research project: Maternal effects of progesterone on offspring phenotypes
Meta-analysis and Qualitative Review
Research project: Maternal effects of progesterone on offspring phenotypes
Meta-analysis and Qualitative Review
Polina Levchuk (Adelphi '27, Neuroscience)
Research project: Maternal effects of progesterone on offspring phenotypes
Meta-analysis
Research project: Maternal effects of progesterone on offspring phenotypes
Meta-analysis
Where are they now?
Kelis White
Winner of Adelphi's Grob Award for research and outreach in the biological sciences 2024,
working with wolves at a sanctuary in New Mexico.
She's heading to vet school next year!
