Dr. Kelly Miller-Wallace is a behavioral ecologist investigating how the social environment influences cognition.

The Wallace Lab uses behavioral, physiological, and neuromolecular techniques to understand how an individual's social environment shapes their decisions. This research builds on the foundational literature of social neuroendocrinology by incorporating cognitive and eco-evolutionary frameworks. The lab explores these topics using fish species (Betta splendens and Astatotilapia burtoni) that are known for their dynamic social interactions.

Are you an Amherst College undergraduate interested in joining the lab? Please fill out the questionnaire linked here and email it to Dr. Wallace!

kewallace@amherst.edu
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News

I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be joining the wonderful faculty in the Biology Department at Amherst College! Special thanks to @AubreyMKelly for being such a supportive postdoc mentor, you've really been in my corner this academic job cycle! pic.twitter.com/uqfon7cDKZ
— Kelly Wallace (@KJeanWallace) December 13, 2022

A new publication to announce a new chapter in my research: Betta splendens! This study began as Solanch Dupeyron’s undergraduate thesis at Emory, and I’m so proud that her work became part of the #mdpifishes Special Issue on Cognitive Variation in Fishes. https://t.co/lffQznKfvj
— Kelly Wallace (@KJeanWallace) July 25, 2023

Our 1st publication comparing the large group-living spiny mouse and small group-living Mongolian gerbil is now out in @iScience_CP! Social reward circuitry differentially responds to same-sex stranger interactions @jagonzal28 @BrandonFricker @KJeanWallace https://t.co/lSjEjYE9MI pic.twitter.com/XpyNopFfz7
— Dr. Aubrey Kelly (@AubreyMKelly) May 9, 2022

Congratulations to the postdoctoral winners of our poster competition, Alexis Ceasrine, Arjen Boender, and Kelly Wallace! The next generation of researchers is looking strong!#SBN2021 @BoenderAJ @aceasrine @KJeanWallace
— SBN Tweets (@SBNTweets) July 2, 2021