Behavioral Neuroendocrinology

Welcome to the Auger lab! We investigate how biological sex, early life experiences, and epigenetics interact to predict social development and mental health risk. Please explore our website to learn more.

Additional themes include: hormonal influences on adolescent social development, early-life adversity, anxiety, depression, and juvenile social play.

Current lab members

Anthony Auger

Credentials: he/him/his

Position title: Professor, P.I.

Email: apauger@wisc.edu

Gabriela de Faria Oliveira

Position title: Graduate Student

Email: gabriela.oliveira@wisc.edu

Leykza Carreras Simons

Credentials: she/her/hers

Position title: Research Specialist

Email: carrerassimo@wisc.edu

Ashwakh Abdalla

Credentials: she/her/hers

Position title: Undergraduate Research Assistant

Natalia Cavazos Ventura

Credentials: she/her/hers

Position title: Undergraduate Research Assistant

Email: ncavazos@wisc.edu

Mariama Corr

Credentials: she/her/hers

Position title: Undergraduate Research Assistant

Email: acorr@wisc.edu

Aimee Johnson

Position title: Undergraduate Research Assistant

Sidney Dobbins

Position title: Undergraduate Research Assistant

Yiru Chen

Credentials: she/her/hers

Position title: Undergraduate Research Assistant

Email: ychen949@wisc.edu

Former lab members

Liza Chang

Credentials: she/her/hers

Position title: First-Year Program Manager, College of Agricultural & Life Sciences (CALS), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Former Graduate Student

Email: lchang9@wisc.edu

Amelia Cuarenta

Credentials: she/her/hers

Position title: Postdoctoral Researcher at Temple University; Former Graduate Student

Former Undergraduate Research Assistants

  • Kaitlyn Karls
  • Haley Gunderson
  • Clark Benson
  • Jasmine Ho
  • Ian Henion
  • Kelley Ciesinski
  • Molly McMahon
  • Zahra Farahbakhsh
  • Margaret Hayne
  • Molly Field
  • Katarina Milosavljevic
  • Ekenedilichukwu Ikegwuani
  • Haleigh Mulholland
  • Andrea Niño de Guzman Ramirez
  • Brendan Dailey
  • Hannah Smyth
  • Evan Knep
  • Sidney Capati
  • Amanda Pandl
  • Ash Fonjungo
  • Sarah Guagliardo
  • Ashley Keese
  • Nicolette Karls
  • Alexius Lampkin
  • Kaitlin McCuskey
  • Megan Seibel
  • Jacqueline Sehring