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Philip Stoddard, professor

Michael Markham,
research associate

Vielka Salazar,
lab manager

Susan Allee,
doctoral candiate

Anya Goldina,
PhD student

Christine Muñoz,
MS student

Justin Tackney,
technician

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vicky Salazar

 

Laboratory Manager &

Ph.D. Student

 

 

My long-term research goal is to establish an integrative research program using a robust behavioral model to investigate the hormonal, cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying agonistic intrasexual social interactions.

 

 

For my dissertation research, I will be investigating the effects of intrasexual competition on the modulation of the electric signal of male gymnotiform fish, Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus.

 

 

 

 

My dissertation research questions are:

 

  • How does social structure affect the steroid hormone levels and the circadian rhythm of the electric signal of male gymnotiform fish, Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus?
  • How does social structure affect the outcome of staged dyadic male-male interactions?
  • How do intrinsic properties (such as body length, body weight, etc.) affect the outcome of staged dyadic male-male interactions?
  • Does the expression pattern and level of the serotonin receptors 1A and 2A differ between dominant and subordinate males?

E-mail address: vsalaz01@fiu.edu