Clare Rittschof’s lab at the University of Kentucky (Department of Entomology) is recruiting postdocs and graduate students to start as early as Fall 2024.
Our research group incorporates perspectives from behavioral ecology, neuroscience, physiology, and genomics to study how environmental conditions and social interactions influence behaviors and life history characteristics. Much of our work focuses on the honey bee, but we have other new and on-going projects focused on wild bee species.
Big questions of interest:
- How do social interactions “get under the skin” and cause behavioral change?
- Why do some experiences have lifelong impacts on the brain and behavior while others are easily reversed?
- How do the brain and peripheral systems interact to regulate behavior?
- What are the common evolutionary principles of behavioral regulation?
- How are behavioral and health traits connected?
We recruit individuals with a variety of intellectual backgrounds and interests, with degrees in biology, neuroscience, biotechnology, entomology, and related disciplines. Please see the lab’s website (https://clarerittschof.com/) for examples of on-going projects and recent publications.
Please contact Dr. Clare Rittschof (clare.rittschof@uky.edu) to discuss your interests and fit and visit the UKY Entomology graduate page for more information about our program.
The University of Kentucky is in Lexington, KY, a historic, mid-sized city situated among horse farms in the heart of bourbon country. We are near renowned outdoor recreation areas, including the Red River Gorge and Mammoth Cave National Park. The Entomology Department is in the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, and it represents a broad range of basic and applied insect science relevant to urban, forest, and agricultural landscapes, as well as human and animal health.
