People of the Smith Bee Lab
Michael L. Smith
Assistant Professor at Auburn University Affiliate Member of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Postdoctoral Fellow, Collective Behavior – Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior / University of Konstanz
Ph.D., Neurobiology and Behavior – Cornell University
A.B., Molecular Biology – Princeton University
Michael is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Auburn University. He’s interested in how honey bee colonies function, how their nests are organized, and how individual bees detect the developmental state of their colony.
Peter R. Marting
Ph.D., Animal Behavior, Arizona State University M.A., Biological Sciences, University of Missouri – Columbia B.S., Biological Sciences, University of Missouri - Columbia
Peter is a creative behavioral ecologist interested in collective behavior, environmental effects, species interaction, and natural history. He takes a highly integrative approach to exploring mechanisms and consequences of behavior by incorporating fieldwork, digital tools, genetic analysis, metabolic measurements, and microbiomics.
Prathibha P. Chandran
B.S./M.S., Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, India
Claire S. Bailey
B.A. in Organismal Biology, Auburn University, expected graduation May 2023
Clair Dickinson
B.S. in Organismal Biology, Auburn University, expected graduation May 2024
Kaitlyn Mcinerney
B.S. in Organismal Biology, Auburn University, expected graduation May 2025
Olivia Smith
B.S. in Software Engineering, Auburn University, expected graduation May 2024
Maritza R. Spott
B.S. in Software Engineering, Auburn University, expected graduation May 2023
Lab Photo 2021 That dog does not belong to any of us
The Smith Bee Lab officially OPENED at Auburn University on January 1st 2021. We are currently accepting applications at all levels. Learn more
…but you can’t be a Postdoc, PhD, and Undergrad all at once (look, there are physiological limits)