Dr. Alexandra Horowitz, PI
Lab Members
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Lab Manager
Gabriella Smith Gabriella graduated with a BA in behavioral biology from Boston University in 2017, and a MA in animal behavior and conservation from Hunter College in 2020. Gabriella is interested in the physical and social cognition of many animals, her work including octopus cognition, contrafreeloading in African Grey parrots, and a recent citizen science studying optical illusion susceptibility in cats (https://catillusions2020.wixsite.com/ififitsisits). Gabriella is passionate about incorporating curiosity, creativity, and scientific inquiry in her work, and looks forward to studying the dog-human relationship in the Horowitz lab! |
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Carol Arellano, Barnard '23 Carol is a Sophomore at Barnard College and a fervent dog lover. Her family is from Queens, New York, where they live with their 9-year-old dachshund, Dooye. Carol is following a pre-law track and planning to major in Psychology. She’s excited to join the team and gain her first psychological field experience studying what she loves. |
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Blakeley Bagwell, Barnard '22
Blakeley is a Junior at Barnard College majoring in Neuroscience and Behavior with a concentration in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. She has always been an animal lover and has grown up with both dogs and guinea pigs in her home. She currently has two amazing dogs, Billy and Nessa. In the future, she hopes to attend medical school and have dogs of her own. |
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Sophie Baum, Barnard '22
Sophie is a current junior at Barnard, majoring in biochemistry and on the pre-veterinary track. She's been a Lab Member since the Fall of 2019 and is excited for another year of research. She doesn't have any dogs, but this will change in the future! |
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Katherine Cheng, Barnard '22
Katherine is a junior at Barnard double majoring in Psychology and Statistics. Ever since she was a child, Katherine has loved animals (she has a turtle named Gary and a goldfish) and is ecstatic that she finally convinced her dad to get a Shiba Inu puppy at the beginning of Sophomore year! She is looking forward to an exciting year of learning more about dogs! |
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Veronica Leifer, Barnard '21
Veronica is a senior at Barnard majoring in Psychology. She is interested in exploring the cognitive and perceptual abilities of dogs, with a special interest in olfaction. Though she has no pets of her own, she has many friends with dogs and she is so excited to share what she learns in the lab with other dog owners! |
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Claudia Weiss, Barnard '21
Claudia is a senior at Barnard College majoring in neuroscience and behavior. A lifelong dog person, Claudia has become fascinated with the domestic dog's special bond with humans and the development of their unique personalities. Her boisterous dog, Pepper, always leads her to wonder how dogs choose to interact with the world. Claudia hopes to continue working in the field of animal cognition after she graduates, and she is very excited to join the Horowitz Dog Cognition Lab! |
Dog Cognition Lab 2020-2021