People

Sophie Barton

sbarton@g.harvard.edu

Post-Doctoral Fellow

My research uses the domestic dog as a model organism to investigate how selection shapes the brain and behavior. More specifically, I study the neural circuits that support the learning of breed-specific behaviors in working dog breeds.

Joyce Benenson

benenson@fas.harvard.edu

Lecturer in Human Evolutionary Biology

I study the development of human social structure with an emphasis on sex differences in competition and cooperation. My studies are based on findings with non-human primates, particularly chimpanzees. I teach courses on Primate Development and Mammalian...

Esther Brielle

Post-Doctoral Fellow

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Rachel Carmody

carmody@fas.harvard.edu

Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology

I seek to understand how the human body acquires and utilizes energy, and how past changes in energy budget have shaped human evolution. Within the past decade, it has become clear that energy metabolism depends on complex interactions between diet...

Jeremy Choin

jeremychoin@fas.harvard.edu

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Joanne (Jo) Clark-Matott

jclarkmatott@g.harvard.edu

Preceptor

Peyton Cleaver

pcleaver@g.harvard.edu

PhD Student (G1)

Clarissa Coveney

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Tracy Cui

tcui@fas.harvard.edu

Research Assistant

Roslyn Curry

roslyncurry@g.harvard.edu

Graduate Student (G3)

Roslyn Curry is a PhD student with David Reich studying ancient population genetics predominantly in the Americas. Her research interests also include bioethical engagement of Indigenous and African American communities in genomics as well as utilizing...

Cammie Curtin

cameron_curtin@g.harvard.edu

Lecturer

I am an interdisciplinary social scientist studying cultural evolution, with a special interest in how culture shapes social structure, social psychology, and behavior. My recent research examines how social norms and social institutions sustain...

Katie Dabney

kedabney@fas.harvard.edu

Research Assistant III

Katie earned a B.S. in Biology with a concentration in Pre-Veterinary Medicine and a B.A. in Psychology from Shippensburg University in 2017. She subsequently earned her M.S. in Animals and Public Policy from Tufts University in 2020. She spent her...