Our new paper, led by lab technician and Barnard alum Avigayil Lev ('22) has been published in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology! Although larger males are often choosier than smaller males, we show that this is not the case in Drosophila melanogaster, likely because large and small males receive the same fitness benefits from being choosy in this species! Also check out Barnard's news piece on our work!

Congratulations to Avigayil Lev who presented at the 2023 Animal Behavior Twitter Conference today! Avigayil presented her project testing whether large and small males differ in the strength of male mate choice. Check out what she found here!

Congratulations to Olivia Eliopoulos and Avigayil Lev who received Barnard awards at the 2022 Honors Assembly last night!

Olivia received two awards: the Grace Potter Rice Fellowship, which is awarded by Barnard College to a graduating senior in the natural sciences who shows promise in pursuing graduate studies, and the Spiera Family Prize, awarded by the Barnard Biology Department for excellence in the major. 

Avigayil received the Henry Sharp Prize, which is awarded by the Barnard Environmental Science Department to an outstanding student in the major. 

Congratulations to Avigayil, who presented her senior thesis work today at the Environmental Science Senior Thesis Poster Session.