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Professor, Biology, Psychology
Executive Director ASRC
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Social Recognition Systems Mate Choice and Pair-bonding Reproductive Behaviors Host-parasite Interactions Species Recognition Ornithology
Research in the Hauber research group (@cowbirdlab; www.cowbirdlab.org) focuses on the evolution of avian social recognition systems. Shifting gears between behavioral, developmental, physiological, and molecular tools, we study the social and genetic consequences of species recognition in avian brood parasites, such as cuckoos, cowbirds, and whydahs, and their hosts. Obligate brood parasitism in birds provides an exciting model system for the evolution of social behaviors because, unlike 99% of bird species, they lay their eggs into nests of other species and are reared by foster parents. Several other projects in the lab tap into national and international collaborations throughout the world of birds, including the unique and often endangered sea- and shorebird fauna of New Zealand, as well as mammals, spiders, and other organisms from around the globe.
I am currently serving as associate dean for the sciences and as executive director of the GC CUNY’s Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC); I am also the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Field Ornithology and an elected fellow of the American Ornithological Society, the Animal Behavior Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Executive Director ASRC
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Social Recognition Systems Mate Choice and Pair-bonding Reproductive Behaviors Host-parasite Interactions Species Recognition Ornithology
Research in the Hauber research group (@cowbirdlab; www.cowbirdlab.org) focuses on the evolution of avian social recognition systems. Shifting gears between behavioral, developmental, physiological, and molecular tools, we study the social and genetic consequences of species recognition in avian brood parasites, such as cuckoos, cowbirds, and whydahs, and their hosts. Obligate brood parasitism in birds provides an exciting model system for the evolution of social behaviors because, unlike 99% of bird species, they lay their eggs into nests of other species and are reared by foster parents. Several other projects in the lab tap into national and international collaborations throughout the world of birds, including the unique and often endangered sea- and shorebird fauna of New Zealand, as well as mammals, spiders, and other organisms from around the globe.
I am currently serving as associate dean for the sciences and as executive director of the GC CUNY’s Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC); I am also the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Field Ornithology and an elected fellow of the American Ornithological Society, the Animal Behavior Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.