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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.