Degrees:
Ph.D., Univ. of Washington, Seattle
B.A., Macalester College
One primary aim of the liberal arts is to explore connections between various disciplines. In his teaching, Professor Dunlap spans several levels of biology in the hope of demonstrating how physiological processes are, in part, products of molecular and ecological processes, but also have particular (emergent) properties at the organismal level. In addition, he tries to show how biology fits into the liberal arts by discussing the possibilities and limitations of science as a way of knowing and by examining ways that scientists have uniquely approached phenomena in the humanities, such as music, art and religion. In his research, Professor Dunlap pursues questions at the cellular, physiological, behavioral and evolutionary levels. While his current research is on fish, he has conducted research on lizards, frogs and rodents in the past. |
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Biology
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Neuroscience
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Animal Physiology
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Biology of Sensation
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Animal Communication
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Anatomy
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Behavioral Physiology of Communication in Electric Fish
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We examine social and hormonal regulation of brain cell formation and communication behavior in South American electric fish.
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- Dunlap K.D., H.M. Koukos*, B.P. Chagnaud, H.H. Zakon, and A.H Bass. (2021) Vocal and electric fish: Revisiting a comparison of two teleost models in the neuroethology of social behavior. Frontiers in Neural Circuitsdoi.org/10.3389/fncir.2021.71310
- Dunlap, K.D., M.C. Teles, and R.F. Oliveira. (2021) Social stimuli increase activity of adult-born cells in the telencephalon of zebrafish, Danio rerio. Journal of Experimental Biology 224: jeb242253
- Dunlap, K.D., M.M. Vergara*, and J.H. Corbo*. (2020) Social interaction buffers the negative effects of tail injury on brain cell proliferation in an electric fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus. Developmental Neurobiology 80: 168-177
- Dunlap K.D., J.H. Corbo* M.M. Vergara*, S.M. Beston, and M.R. Walsh. (2019) Predation drives the evolution of brain cell proliferation and brain allometry in male Trinidadian killifish, Rivulus hartii. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286:20191485.
- Dunlap, K.D., G. Keanne*, M. Ragazzi* , E. Lasky*, and V. Salazar (2017) Simulated predationinhibits brain cell proliferation in weakly electric fish (Apteronotus and Brachyhypopomus). J.Experimental Biology 220: 2328-2334.
- Dunlap, K.D. (2016) Fish neurogenesis in context: assessing environmental influences on brain plasticity within a highly labile physiology and morphology. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 87: 156-166.
- Dunlap, K.D., A. Tran, M.A. Ragazzi*, R. Krahe, V.L. Salazar (2016) Predators inhibit brain cell proliferation in natural populations of electric fish, Brachyhypopomus occidentalis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283: 20152113.
* indicates Trinity Undergraduate co-author |
Awards:
- Fulbright Specialist Award, Uruguay, 2022
- Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant, Portugal, 2018-2019.
- Charles A. Dana Research Professor, Trinity College, 2017-2019.
- Outstanding Contributor to Development of Neuroethology in Latin America, International Society of Neuroethology. 2016
- William Fulbright Scholar, Montevideo, Uruguay, Spring 2009.
- Charles A. Dana Research Associate Professor, Trinity College, 2007-2009.
Recent grants:
- Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience, Equipment Loan Program "Socially-induced neurogenesis in adult electric fish: assessing the contribution of locomotor activity using EthoVision® animal tracking software." 2010-2012.
- National Institute of Mental Health "Socially induced brain cells in adults: fate, activity and regulation" 2007-2010.
- National Institute of Mental Health "Social and steroidal influences on adul tneurogenesis", 2003-05.
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