Assistant Professor

Contact

Email: daph@umd.edu

Office Phone: 301.405.8413

Lab: 301.405.8480

Fax: 301.314.9358

Office Address: 2277 Bio-Psych

URL: http://www.life.umd.edu/biology/soareslab/home.html

Graduate Program Affiliations

Neuroscience & Cognitive Science (NACS)
BISI - BISI-Physiological Systems (PSYS)
BISI - BISI-Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics (BEES)

Research Interests

How and why do brains evolve? We are interested in the evolution of sensory neural codes and in investigating the constraints involved in modifying neural circuits that underlie behavior.

Recent Publications

MacLeod KM, Soares D, Carr CE. Interaural timing difference circuits in the auditory brainstem of the emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae). J Comp Neurol. 2006 Mar 10;495(2):185-201.
Soares D, Yamamoto Y, Strickler AG, Jeffery WR. The lens has a specific influence on optic nerve and tectum development in the blind cavefish Astyanax. Dev Neurosci. 2004;26(5-6):308-17.

Education

Ph.D. Neurosciences and Cognitive sciences. University of Maryland, College Park MD, 2002.