Maddie is interested in the neural mechanisms facilitating social rank in group-living animals, specifically how individuals in a group learn and/or recognize social rank relationships between themselves and group-members. Her research examines the neural representation of social rank and social context in the mouse brain using genomic and electrophysiological techniques. She received her B.S. in Biology from the University of Michigan.

Köll is a PhD student in the Curley Lab at The University of Texas at Austin. He is currently working on the neural mechanisms involved in paternal care. His research investigates the genomic expression within specific neural regions that regulate social behaviors (e.g., aggression and parental behaviors), specifically the neural shifts between paternal and non-paternal behaviors. He received a B.S. in Psychology and a certificate in Forensic Science at the University of Texas at Austin.

Kathryn is interested in how the early life social environment affects stress resilience later in life. More specifically, her research is focused on investigating the changes in glial cell characteristics driven by social experiences and their influence on affective behavior. Before coming to UT Austin, she received a B.S. in Biology from James Madison University.

Sydney is interested in studying how social behavior is influenced by developmental environment and how/what influences social status to change. She is currently researching dominance in male and female stable social mouse groups and doing work with how rearing environment influences social behaviors in mice. Sydney received a B.S. in Behavioral Neuroscience at Michigan State University in 2020.

Livy is a research associate in the Curley lab at the University of Texas at Austin. They are interested in the neural pathways and structures associated with social behavior in animals. Currently, they are helping research the neural processing of social information within dominance hierarchies. Before joining the Curley lab, they received a B.A in Psychology from Baylor University.

Mia is an undergraduate student in the Curley Lab at The University of Texas at Austin. She is majoring in Psychology (B.S.) and pursuing a Certificate in Applied Statistical Modeling. Mia is working with temporospatial data from social networks of mice, specifically developing code in RStudio to track animal activity and association.

Kenzo Revilla is a Junior at The University of Texas at Austin. He is pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Human Biology and an Art History Minor. As an Undergraduate research assistant in the Curley Lab, Kenzo aides in the research being conducted over the glial morphology of mice after they form social dominance hierarchies.

Arjun is an undergraduate research assistant in the Curley Lab at The University of Texas at Austin. He is pursuing a degree in Biochemistry (B.S.). Arjun’s work revolves around social behavior in mice, more specifically the positions of mice within their social hierarchy and associated hormonal and epigenetic patterns.

Sujit is an undergraduate research assistant in the Curley Lab, pursuing a Bachelors of Science and Arts in Biology at The University of Texas at Austin. Sujit’s work revolves around RNA processes from rodent tissue samples, observing animal behavior and social interaction within dominance hierarchies.