Christopher B. Cunningham
Lecturer (Tenure-Track Assistant Professor) of Behavioural Genetics and Social Neuroscience
Swansea University
Biography
I interrogate the molecular mechanisms that control social behaviour using molecular genetics and many -omics techniques. I am species agnostic, but my current focus is understanding the molecular mechanisms that underpin the parental care of the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides.
Interests
- Social Behaviour
- Genetics, Genomics, and Epigenetics
- Evolutionary Biology
Education
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Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2016
Department of Genetics, University of Georgia
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PhD in Biology, 2012
Department of Biology, University of Utah
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BSc in Biology, 2006
Department of Biology, Belmont Abbey College