2020 Recipient of Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship in Nonfiction
“It is a significant fact, that the more the habits of any particular animal are studied by a naturalist, 
the more he attributes to reason, and the less to unlearnt instinct”
                                                                                              – Charles Darwin, Origin of the Species 

 

  • Discovered empathy and social reward in mice
  • Identified natural function of the dioxin receptor