Daniel Vahaba is a Mellon visiting assistant professor in public discourse in biology, biochemistry and neuroscience. His primary research interest is broadly in animal communication through the lens of neurobiology, behavior, physiology, endocrinology, anatomy and comparative evolution. In addition to lab science, he also enjoys helping scientists become better communicators, and making science more accessible to non-scientists.

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Selected Publications

* = equal author contributions; #undergraduate author

Research Articles

Vahaba DM, Macedo-Lima M, Remage-Healey L (2017). Sensory coding and sensitivity to local estrogens shift during critical period milestones in the auditory cortex of male songbirds. eNeuro.

Beery AK,Vahaba DM, #Grunberg D (2014). Corticotropin-releasing factor receptor densities vary with photoperiod and sociality. Hormones & Behavior.

Reviews & Commentaries

Vahaba DM & Remage-Healey L (2018). Neuroestrogens rapidly shape auditory circuits to support communication learning and perception: Evidence from songbirds. Hormones & Behavior.

​Remage-Healey L, *Krentzel AA, *Macedo-Lima M, *Vahaba DM (2017). Species diversity matters in biological research. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Vahaba DM & ​Remage-­Healey L. (2015). Brain estrogen production and the encoding of recent experience. Curr Opin Behav Sci.