Faculty
Christopher Braun
Professor
cbraun@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: 605 North
Research interests: Sensory systems in animals, neural substrates of vibration and sound detection, sensory variation, ecology, evolution
Sarah Byosiere
Assistant Professor
Office: 608 North
sb4894@hunter.cuny.edu
Research Interests: behavior and cognition of domestic dogs, canids, and other companion animals.
Peter Moller
Professor
pmoller@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: 620 North
Research interests: Multisensory integration, electrolocation and electrocommunication in electric fish, behavioral physiology, behavioral endocrinology
Thomas Preuss
Professor
tpreuss@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: 626A North
Research interests: Neuroethology of escape behavior, neural decision making, neural plasticity, sensorimotor integration of biologically relevant visual and auditory inputs
Joshua Plotnik
Assistant Professor
joshua.plotnik@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: 631 Hunter North
Research interests: Convergent Cognitive Evolution, Comparative Cognition, Elephant Behavior and Cognition, Applications of Animal Behavior and Cognition Research to Conservation in Practice
Diana Reiss
Professor
ABC Program Director
diana.reiss@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: 606 North
Research interests: Comparative cognition, animal behavior and communication, marine mammal cognition
Ofer Tchernichovski
Professor
otcherni@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: 621 North
Research interests: Mechanisms of vocal learning
Liv Van De Graaff
Adjunct Professor, Hunter College, Department of Psychology
lv824@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: 608 North
Research interests: Conservation behavior and animal welfare. The well-being of free-living wild animals and the role individual, wild animals have in the health of their social groups and populations. The cognitive and emotional lives of farm animal species
Professor
cbraun@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: 605 North
Research interests: Sensory systems in animals, neural substrates of vibration and sound detection, sensory variation, ecology, evolution
Sarah Byosiere
Assistant Professor
Office: 608 North
sb4894@hunter.cuny.edu
Research Interests: behavior and cognition of domestic dogs, canids, and other companion animals.
Peter Moller
Professor
pmoller@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: 620 North
Research interests: Multisensory integration, electrolocation and electrocommunication in electric fish, behavioral physiology, behavioral endocrinology
Thomas Preuss
Professor
tpreuss@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: 626A North
Research interests: Neuroethology of escape behavior, neural decision making, neural plasticity, sensorimotor integration of biologically relevant visual and auditory inputs
Joshua Plotnik
Assistant Professor
joshua.plotnik@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: 631 Hunter North
Research interests: Convergent Cognitive Evolution, Comparative Cognition, Elephant Behavior and Cognition, Applications of Animal Behavior and Cognition Research to Conservation in Practice
Diana Reiss
Professor
ABC Program Director
diana.reiss@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: 606 North
Research interests: Comparative cognition, animal behavior and communication, marine mammal cognition
Ofer Tchernichovski
Professor
otcherni@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: 621 North
Research interests: Mechanisms of vocal learning
Liv Van De Graaff
Adjunct Professor, Hunter College, Department of Psychology
lv824@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: 608 North
Research interests: Conservation behavior and animal welfare. The well-being of free-living wild animals and the role individual, wild animals have in the health of their social groups and populations. The cognitive and emotional lives of farm animal species
Affiliated faculty at Hunter and other CUNY campuses:
Andrea Baden
Associate Professor, Hunter College, Department of Anthropology
Email: andrea.baden@hunter.cuny.edu
Research interests: Primate molecular ecology, life history, population genetics, conservation
Bertram Ploog
Professor, College of Staten Island, Department of Psychology
Email: bertram.ploog@csi.cuny.edu
Research interests: Focus on behavioral animal models to study abnormal attention patterns in children with autism
Jessica Rothman
Professor, Hunter College, Department of Anthropology
Email: jessica.rothman@hunter.cuny.edu
Research interests: How primates meet their nutritional needs through interactions with their environment and how sociality, movement, and disease intersect with nutritional ecology.
Dina Lipkind
Assistant Professor, York College, Department of Biology
DLipkind@york.cuny.edu
Research Interests: Animal behavior, vocal learning, neuroethology
Associate Professor, Hunter College, Department of Anthropology
Email: andrea.baden@hunter.cuny.edu
Research interests: Primate molecular ecology, life history, population genetics, conservation
Bertram Ploog
Professor, College of Staten Island, Department of Psychology
Email: bertram.ploog@csi.cuny.edu
Research interests: Focus on behavioral animal models to study abnormal attention patterns in children with autism
Jessica Rothman
Professor, Hunter College, Department of Anthropology
Email: jessica.rothman@hunter.cuny.edu
Research interests: How primates meet their nutritional needs through interactions with their environment and how sociality, movement, and disease intersect with nutritional ecology.
Dina Lipkind
Assistant Professor, York College, Department of Biology
DLipkind@york.cuny.edu
Research Interests: Animal behavior, vocal learning, neuroethology
Affiliated faculty off campus:
Joseph Barber
Affiliated Scientist, Wildlife Conservation Society
Email: jbarber@wcs.org
Expertise and research interests: Applied animal welfare, evaluation and documentation of techniques of animal care
Peter Borchelt
Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, Animal Behavior Consultant
Email: AnimBehav@aol.com
Expertise: Preventing and solving behavioral problems in companion animals, forensic science, development of humane training aids
John Fraser
President and CEO, New Knowledge Organization Ltd.
Email: jfraser@newknowledge.org
Research interests: How worldviews impact learning attitudes, motivations, and the ability to develop new knowledge in free-choice settings
Alexandra Horowitz
Adjunct Associate Professor, Barnard College, Department of Psychology
Email: ahorowit@barnard.edu
Research interests: Animal cognition, olfactory acuity of the domestic dog, dog-human dyadic play
Christine Johnson
Curatorial Associate, American Museum of Natural History
Email: cjohnson@amnh.org
Research interests: Interactions between social parasites and their hosts, with a specialization in slave-maker ants
Donald E Moore
Senior Scientist, Smithsonian National Zoological Park
Expertise: Assessment and evaluation of Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plans, sustainability and conservation efforts in zoos and in the wild
Irene Pepperberg
Research Associate and Lecturer, Harvard University, Department of Psychology
Email: impepper@wjh.harvard.edu
Research interests: Animal cognition and comparative psychology, with an emphasis on avian behavior
Karen Pryor
Behavioral Biologist, Founder of Karen Pryor Academy
Expertise and research interests: Positive reinforcement-based training in animals and humans with a current emphasis on medical students
Sonia Ragir
Professor Emeritus, CUNY, Department of Anthropology
Research interests: Biological anthropology, developmental psychology, cognitive science
Scott Silver
Facility Director and Curator, Queens Zoo, Wildlife Conservation Society
E-mail: ssilver@wcs.org
Expertise and research interests: Wildlife management, conservation, and zoology
Stephen Zawistowski
Science Advisor Emeritus, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Expertise and research interests: Education, animal behavior in shelters, and animal welfare
Affiliated Scientist, Wildlife Conservation Society
Email: jbarber@wcs.org
Expertise and research interests: Applied animal welfare, evaluation and documentation of techniques of animal care
Peter Borchelt
Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, Animal Behavior Consultant
Email: AnimBehav@aol.com
Expertise: Preventing and solving behavioral problems in companion animals, forensic science, development of humane training aids
John Fraser
President and CEO, New Knowledge Organization Ltd.
Email: jfraser@newknowledge.org
Research interests: How worldviews impact learning attitudes, motivations, and the ability to develop new knowledge in free-choice settings
Alexandra Horowitz
Adjunct Associate Professor, Barnard College, Department of Psychology
Email: ahorowit@barnard.edu
Research interests: Animal cognition, olfactory acuity of the domestic dog, dog-human dyadic play
Christine Johnson
Curatorial Associate, American Museum of Natural History
Email: cjohnson@amnh.org
Research interests: Interactions between social parasites and their hosts, with a specialization in slave-maker ants
Donald E Moore
Senior Scientist, Smithsonian National Zoological Park
Expertise: Assessment and evaluation of Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plans, sustainability and conservation efforts in zoos and in the wild
Irene Pepperberg
Research Associate and Lecturer, Harvard University, Department of Psychology
Email: impepper@wjh.harvard.edu
Research interests: Animal cognition and comparative psychology, with an emphasis on avian behavior
Karen Pryor
Behavioral Biologist, Founder of Karen Pryor Academy
Expertise and research interests: Positive reinforcement-based training in animals and humans with a current emphasis on medical students
Sonia Ragir
Professor Emeritus, CUNY, Department of Anthropology
Research interests: Biological anthropology, developmental psychology, cognitive science
Scott Silver
Facility Director and Curator, Queens Zoo, Wildlife Conservation Society
E-mail: ssilver@wcs.org
Expertise and research interests: Wildlife management, conservation, and zoology
Stephen Zawistowski
Science Advisor Emeritus, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Expertise and research interests: Education, animal behavior in shelters, and animal welfare
