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Dr. Phoebe Edwards, Principal Investigator
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology (EEOB) I am an integrative biologist with interests in endocrinology, environmental programming, social behavior, and population dynamics. I completed my B.A. at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and then began field research working with wild small mammal populations as a Ph.D. student in the Boonstra lab at University of Toronto. I did my postdoc in the Holmes lab at University of Toronto, researching how the unique social structure of the eusocial naked mole-rat is associated with hormonal and DNA methylation signatures. During my postdoc, I also worked with the Reproductive Sciences group at the Toronto Zoo using non-invasive endocrine measures to study species of conservation interest. Now, I am a faculty member at Iowa State University integrating this type of work to study how different environments in Iowa (natural, agricultural, urban) alter small mammal physiology and population processes. |
Collaborators:
Dr. Rudy Boonstra, University of Toronto
DNA methylation signatures in red-backed voles from Yukon population cycles
Dr. Melissa Holmes, University of Toronto
DNA methylation signatures of social role in naked mole-rats
Dr. Vincent Viblanc, Institut Pluri-Disciplinaire Hubert Curien
Social and environmental stress indices in Columbian ground squirrels
Dr. Madan Oli, University of Florida
Density-dependent influences on vole population demography
Dr. Rudy Boonstra, University of Toronto
DNA methylation signatures in red-backed voles from Yukon population cycles
Dr. Melissa Holmes, University of Toronto
DNA methylation signatures of social role in naked mole-rats
Dr. Vincent Viblanc, Institut Pluri-Disciplinaire Hubert Curien
Social and environmental stress indices in Columbian ground squirrels
Dr. Madan Oli, University of Florida
Density-dependent influences on vole population demography
