Awards/Fellowships
Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar (2008-present)
Greater Good Science Center Hornaday Fellow (2007)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (3 years, awarded 2005)
National Defense Science and Engineering Grant (3 years, awarded 2005)
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Travel award (2005)
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, UC Berkeley (2004)
Elected to Sigma Xi scientific honor society, Williams College chapter (1997)
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Williams College chapter (1997)
Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Highest thesis honors (1997)
Essel Foundation summer research fellow (1996)
Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (1994)
Millikan Scholar, Caltech (1993)
Publications and Presentations
Published and submitted manuscripts:
Beery AK, Routman DM, Zucker I. (2009). Same-sex social behavior in meadow voles: multiple and rapid formation of attachments. Physiology & Behavior. 97: 52-57
Beery AK, Loo TJ, Zucker I (2008). Day length and estradiol affect same-sex affiliative behavior in the female meadow vole. Hormones & Behavior. 54:153-159
Beery et al. (2008) Oxytocin and vasopressin receptor distributions in a solitary and a social species of tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sociabilis and Ctenomys haigi). Journal of Comparative Neurology. 507: 1847-1859.
Beery AK, Paul MJ, Routman DM, Zucker I (2008) Maternal photoperiodic history affects offspring development
in Syrian hamsters. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 23(5):445-455.
Beery AK, Trumbull JJ, Tsao JM, Costantini RM, Zucker I. (2007) Sex difference in the onset of seasonal reproductive quiescence in hamsters. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biology 174(1607):281-286
Costantini RM, Park JH, Beery AK, Paul MJ, Ko JJ, Zucker I. (2007) Post-castration retention of reproductive behavior and olfactory preferences in male Siberian hamsters: role of prior experience. Hormones and Behavior 51(1):49-55.
Park JH, Kauffman AS, Paul MJ, Butler MP, Beery AK, Costantini RM, Zucker I. (2006) Interval timer control of puberty in photoinhibited Siberian hamsters. Journal of Biological Rhythms 21(5):373-383.
Select Posters:
Beery AK (2008) Phylogenetic variation in social behavior and oxytocin receptors in South American rodents. Talk and poster at the Gordon Conference on Genes and Behavior, Il Ciocco, Italy, February 2008.
Beery AK, Routman DM, Loo TJ, Zucker I (2007). Daylength and estrogen affect same-sex partner preference in meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus). Poster presented at Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology conference, Asilomar, CA, June 2007.
Beery AK, Lacey EA, Francis DD (2006). Oxytocin and vasopressin receptors associated with group-living social organization. Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience conference and at the Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Emotional Regulation pre-meeting. Atlanta, GA, October 2006.
Beery AK, Lacey EA, Francis DD (2006). Social organization and oxytocin receptor distribution. Poster presented at Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2006.
Beery AK, Trumbull JJ, Tsao JM, Costantini RM, Zucker I. (2005). Sex differences in the seasonal decline of fertility in hamsters. Poster presented at Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology conference, Austin, TX, June 2005.
Research Positions
University of California Berkeley: graduate student, Zucker Lab (2003-2008)
Dissertation: “Neuroendocrinology of affiliative behavior in group-living rodents”
Conducted research on social bond formation, photoperiodism, and reproduction. Initiated independent line of research on non-sexual social bonding, started a vole colony, conducted field collecting trips to South America, and performed molecular and behavioral laboratory research.
Williams College: Adler Lab, 1996-1997
Molecular neurobiology research. Summer research and senior thesis on whether calcium entering neural cells through different channel types differentially affects gene expression in response to cell depolarization.
UCSF: Drug dependence research center, Mendelson Lab, Summer 1995
Behavioral pharmacology research. Tests of sublingual buprenorphine/naloxone therapy as a non-abusable therapy for opiate addiction. Studies of cocaine+alcohol and cocaethylene metabolites in human blood.
California Institute of Technology, Wold Lab, Spring/Summer 1994
Developmental and molecular biology. Engineered a reporter construct for the myogenin gene expressed in muscle tissue, for use in transgenic mice.
National Institutes of Health, Williams Lab, Summer 1992
Molecular biology internship. Created a soluble form of the erythropoietin receptor in order to understand receptor dimerization interactions during red blood cell development.
Teaching appointments
Graduate Student Instructor:
Hormones and Behavior Spring 2006
Mammalian Neuroanatomy Fall 2004
High School Teacher:
Biology, AP Biology, Honors Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, and Integrated Science (see professional experience)
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant:
Caltech: Cellular Neurobiology
Williams College: Introduction to Neuroscience
Professional experience
Science Teacher, Marin Academy 2001-2003
Taught AP Biology, Integrated Science, and A.P. Environmental Science. Outings leader.
Software Engineer, Bivio Inc. 2000-2001
Design and programming for database-backed online investment club accounting software.
Science Teacher, Punahou School 1997-2000
Taught Biology, Honors Chemistry, and A.P. Environmental Science. Hiking club advisor. Programming club advisor. Kelly technology grant, Leaning fellowship, summer curriculum grant.
Committees and Service
Neuroscience program admissions committee (2006-2007)
Neuroscience program curriculum committee (2006)
