People
Our lab studies the brain basis of behavior, integrating ecological, evolutionary and neuroscience perspectives in this work . Our primary research is focused on the neurobiological mechanisms supporting "sociality", a.k.a. life in social groups—using diverse species to assess the universality of specific underlying pathways. We also study sex bias in the use of female and male research subjects, and several other topics.
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Potential graduate students and postdocs: Contact Annaliese to find out if we're recruiting!
Potential undergraduate research assistants: Please see our new research interest form and/or apply to postings through the URAP portal!
Annaliese Beery, Ph.D
Associate ProfessorShe/herabeery at berkeley.eduOffice: 4098 VLSB, (510) 859-7224Dr. Beery did her undergraduate work at Caltech/Williams College, completed graduate work at UC Berkeley, and was a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar (postdoctoral fellow) at UCSF and UC Berkeley. In 2010 she began a faculty position at Smith College and in 2021 returned to UC Berkeley. Before graduate school she taught high school Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Science, and worked as a software engineer. She still likes to wear hats from different disciplines. Outside of the lab, Dr. Beery takes care of two humans, 8 chickens, and one cat, and occasionally throws pots.
Graduate Students/Postdocs
Kelley Power (she/her)
Georgia Young (she/her)
Lexi Black (she/her)
Daniel Chang Kuo (he/him)
Research Specialists/Research Assistants
Dante Cantini, MSc
Nick Testa
Undergraduate Students
Gautam Naik
Jared Vlchek
Ananya Goenka
Rachel Zhao
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Lab Alums
Matt Davis, PhD
Former: grad student affiliate/postdoc/lab manager Current: Assistant Professor, Washington and Lee University
Current: Director of Communications, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
Allison Anacker, PhD
Former: Eveillard Postdoctoral FellowCurrent: Senior Lecturer, University of VermontPsychology and Neuroscience
Sarah Lopez
Former: Research AssistantCurrent: Medical student, University of Pittsburgh
Nastacia Goodwin
Former: Research AssistantCurrent: PhD student at UWashington, Golden Lab
Lucy Bicks
Former: Research AssistantCurrent: PhD student Mt. Sinai, Akbarian/ Morishita labs