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.

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
• Fulbright U.S. Scholar, Montevideo, Uruguay, Spring 2009.
• Charles A. Dana Research Associate Professor, Trinity College, 2007-2009.

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.