By Maya Holman, Regional Associate Media Director for the West

Dr. Tessa Solomon-Lane Ph.D. (she/her) joins us from Claremont, CA where she currently teaches neuroscience and runs an integrative behavioral neuroendocrinology laboratory in the natural sciences department of Pitzer and Scripps Colleges. Dr. Solomon-Lane walks Nu Rho Psi through her path to science, working as a researcher, mentoring students inside and outside of her lab, and her philosophy on teamwork and collaboration in scientific research.

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Blue background with bubbles around the image. Text, in white, reads: "Fostering A Collaborative Environment for Learning and Research Dr. Solomon-Lane acknowledges the importance of soft-skill building and teamwork in the lab environment. She is passionate about fostering well-integrated research teams with an emphasis on collaboration. This is because research is an inherently creative process, fueled by collaboration and discourse. A core belief in her practice is that every student brings a unique perspective and new and different hypotheses. As a PI, she embraces mentoring students to help them learn how they work best and form habits to work effectively. "

Blue background with bubbles around the image. Text, in white, reads: "Research Overview Inspired by early experience teaching young children, Dr. Solomon-Lane’s research revolves around the factors influencing the rich diversity between individuals. Dr. Solomon-Lane and her lab study the development of social behavior and its regulation by behavioral, endocrine, and neural mechanisms in the highly-social cichlid fish species Burton’s Mouthbrooder (A. burtoni). This species provides a behavioral model for highly evolutionarily conserved social behaviors such as aggression, courtship, and social learning."

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Full interview directly on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HynizP2-sfQ
Visit Dr. Soloman-Lane’s website and learn more about her here: https://tessasolomonlane.com/

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