Behavior Faculty

Benjamin L. de Bivort

• Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

debivort@oeb.harvard.edu
de Bivort Lab

Discovering why individuals behave uniquely by linking automated quantification of behavior to variation at the molecular, cellular and neural circuit levels

Scott V. Edwards

• Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
• Curator of Ornithology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
• Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology

sedwards@fas.harvard.edu
Edwards Lab

Evolutionary biology of birds and relatives, combining field, museum and genomics approaches to understand the basis of avian diversity, evolution and behavior

David A. Haig

• George Putnam Professor of Biology
• Co-Director of Graduate Studies

dhaig@oeb.harvard.edu
Haig Lab

Maternal-fetal conflict in human pregnancy to the evolution of plant life cycles; particular interest in genetic conflicts within individual organisms, as exemplified by genomic imprinting

Hopi E. Hoekstra

• Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
• Harvard College Professor
• Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
• Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Curator of Mammalogy in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

hoekstra@oeb.harvard.edu
Hoekstra Lab

Identifying and characterizing the molecular changes responsible for traits that affect fitness of organisms in the wild; using wild mice to study the genetic basis of morphological and behavior adaptation

Martin A. Nowak

• Professor of Mathematics and Biology
• Director of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics

Nowak Lab

Initiated the field of virus dynamics which led to quantitative understanding of HIV infection; evolution of cooperation

Bence P. Ölveczky

• John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences

olveczky@fas.harvard.edu
Ölveczky Lab

Principles and mechanisms used by neural circuits to generate complex, learned behaviors

Naomi E. Pierce

• 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

npierce@oeb.harvard.edu
N. Pierce Lab

Behavioral ecology and evolution, focusing on species interactions such as insect/host plant associations and symbioses between insects and other organisms; life history evolution and systematics of Lepidoptera

Stephanie E. Pierce

• Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
• Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology

spierce@oeb.harvard.edu
S. Pierce Lab

Assessing link between form and function of the vertebrate skeletal system – especially with respect to muscle/skeletal interactions during feeding and locomotor behaviors in modern and extinct animals

Yun Zhang

• Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
• Co-Director of Graduate Studies

yzhang@oeb.harvard.edu
Zhang Lab

How structure and function of neural circuits regulate complex behavior, including olfactory learning