Thomas Terleph, Ph.D.
Biology Assistant Department Chair/Professor
Office Location
Biology
Science Ctr of Academic Bldg 234Q
Area of Specialization
- Animal Behavior and Neuroscience
Degrees & Certifications
- Postdoctoral Fellow/Associate Rutgers University, 2003-2006
- Scientist in Residence/Postdoctoral Position Lehman College, CUNY 2001-2003
- PhD, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 2002
- BA, Columbia University, 1994
Teaching Responsibilities
- BI 111/113, 112/114 Concepts in Biology
- BI 205 Essentials of Neuroscience
- BI 255 Animal Behavior
- BI 299 Mammalogy
- BI 305 Behavioral Neurobiology
- BI 345 Neurobiology
- BI390 Student Research
- BI399 Senior Seminar
Research Interests & Grants
Dr. Terleph works in the areas of animal behavior and behavioral neuroscience, and he has conducted research in both field and lab settings. Most of Dr. Terleph's work is on animal vocal communication, involving investigations of calls and songs and their neural correlates in bird and mammal species. For the past decade Dr. Terleph and his students have recorded and analyzed the complex vocal duet behaviors of White-Handed Gibbons (Hylobates lar), from a wild population in Thailand.
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