Welcome to the website.

Are you interested in

why the the sexes differ in behavior, physiology or morphology?
how environment, development, physiology and genetics contribute to sex and gender differences?
why organisms reproduce sexually when they could theoretically be more successful by reproducing vegetatively?

If so, you are a candidate for our research training group entitled, "Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity."

As Director, I am happy to invite your participation in a new training grant recently awarded to Indiana University by the National Institutes of Health - Child Health and Human Development that will focus on sex, gender and reproduction.

We are seeking pre- and post-doctoral students interested in studying the development, evolution and expression of behaviors associated with reproduction. We are especially focused on differences between the sexes, maternal and paternal influences on offspring development, and the links between sex and gender. (Read more about currently open positions here.)

Our training group includes 16 faculty belonging to 5 units that award Ph.D.'s, including Biology, Chemistry, Program in Medical Sciences, Program in Neural Science, and Psychological and Brain Sciences. Other essential participants in the training group include the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, the Department of Gender Studies. and the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction. Additional important affiliates include the Institute for Molecular Biology and the Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics.

We currently support 3 graduate and 2 postdoctoral trainee. Please check out our information and let us know if we can answer your questions.

Director, Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity