Curriculum Vitae

Graduate - Research

2022 | HHMI Gilliam Fellowship ($159,000)

2022 | Wonderfest Science Envoy Fellow

2022 | International Society for Neuroethology Heiligenberg Student Travel Award ($1,900)

2022 | CMB Symposium - Best Poster Prize ($50)

2020 | NSF-GRFP (declined, $138,000)

2020 | Stanford University Cellular & Molecular Biology (CMB) Training Grant ($38,000)

Graduate - Outreach & Pedagogy

(* notes award to BioBUDS teaching team)

2023 | Student Projects. for Intellectual Community Enhancement ($1,200)*

2023 | Stanford Biosciences Student Association Mission Grant ($500) *

2022 | Leadership in Inclusive Teaching Fellowship ($2,500) *

2022 | Student Projects for Intellectual Community Enhancement ($1,000)*

2021 | Excellence in Teaching Award

2021 | Stanford Biosciences Student Association Mission Grant ($500)

2021 | Student Projects for Intellectual Community Enhancement ($1,350)*

2020 | BioAIMS (Biomedical Association for the Interest of Minority Students) Community Grant ($700)

Publications

(* notes undergraduate author, † notes dual authorship)

5. Amaris R. Lewis*†, Billie C. Goolsby†, Bryan H. Juarez, Madison P. Lacey, Lauren A. O’Connell. Androgenic shifts and external cues mediate parental care versus infanticide in mimic poison frogs. preprint. in review.

4. Billie C. Goolsby*, E. Jordan Smith, Isabella B. Muratore, Zach N. Coto, Mario L. Muscedere, James F. A. Traniello. Differential neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and behavioral impacts of early-age isolation in a eusocial insect. preprint. in review.

3. Tony G. Chen, Billie C. Goolsby, Guadalupe Bernal*, Lauren A. O’Connell, & Mark R. Cutkosky. Feed me: robotic infiltration of poison frog families. Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems: Living Machines (2023).

News Feature: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-parenting-behavior-poison-frogs-tadpole-like.html

2. Billie C. Goolsby†, Marie-Therese Fischer†, Daniela Pareja-Mejia, Amaris R. Lewis*, Gaelle Raboisson, Lauren A. O’Connell. Home security cameras as a tool for behavior observations and science equity. preprint.

1. Jessica P. Nowicki, Camilo Rodríguez, Julia C. Lee*, Billie C. Goolsby, Chen Yang, Thomas A. Cleland, Lauren A. O’Connell. Evidence for empathy in pair bonding poison frogs. preprint.

Presentations

Presenting Author

Goolsby, B., Chen, T., Callan, A.*, Rogers, L., Butler, J., Cutkosky, M., O’Connell, L. “Hungry Hungry Tadpoles: Begging influences Behavioral and Neural Response in Poison Frog Parents,” Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology, Seattle, WA. January 2024. Talk.

Goolsby, B., Chen, T., Callan, A.*, Lewis, A.*, Rogers, L., Butler, J., Cutkosky, M., O’Connell, L. “Neural Basis of Familial Coordination in Poison Frogs,” Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science Meeting, Chevy Chase, MD. December 2023. Poster.

Goolsby, B., Chen, T., Callan, A.*, Rogers, L., Butler, J., Cutkosky, M., O’Connell, L. “Hungry Hungry Tadpoles: Begging influences Behavioral and Neural Response in Poison Frog Parents,” Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Annual Meeting, Chevy Chase, MD. September 2023. Poster.

Goolsby, B., Soong, M.*, Baker, P. *, Butler, J., and O’Connell, L. “Family decision-making in a poison frog,” Animal Behavior Society, Portland, OR. July 2023. Talk.

Goolsby, B.,Soong, M.*, Baker, P. *, Butler, J., and O’Connell, L. “In sync for infants - parental synchrony in a biparental poison frog,” Animal Behavior Society, remote. July 2022. Poster.

Goolsby, B., Soong, M.*, Baker, P. *, Butler, J., and O’Connell, L. “In sync for infants - parental synchrony in a biparental poison frog,” International Society for Neuroethology, Lisbon, Portugal. 29 July 2022. Poster.

Goolsby, B., Iyer, A., Wyss, L., Vidoudez, C., Trauger S., and O’Connell, L. “Diet & toxicity reshape tadpole physiology and behavior,” Cellular and Molecular Biology Training Program and National Institutes of Health Welcome Symposium, Stanford, CA. 29 October 2021. Oral Presentation.

Goolsby, B., Iyer, A., Wyss, L., Vidoudez, C., Trauger S., and O’Connell, L.“Hungry Hungry Tadpoles: Robotic Infiltration of Amphibian Parent-Offspring Communication.” Cellular and Molecular Biology Training Program and National Institutes of Health Spring Research Symposium Poster Session, Stanford, CA. 14 May 2021. Poster.

Goolsby, B., Muratore, I., Muscedere, M., and Traniello, J., “Neurobiological deficits from social deprivation in ant Camponotus floridanus,” Scientista Symposium, Harvard Medical School, MA. 29 March 2019. Poster.

Goolsby, B., Muratore, I., Muscedere, M., Mullen S., and Traniello J., “Neurobiological consequences of social isolation in the ant Camponotus floridanus,” Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and National Science Foundation. 19 October 2018. Poster.

Contributing Author

Lewis, A., Goolsby, B., and O’Connell, L., "“Environmental cues and hormonal states underlying infant-directed aggression in the Mimic poison frog”, Animal Behavior Society, Portland, OR, July 2023. Poster.

Baker, P., Butler, J., Goolsby, B., and O’Connell, L., “Parental Recognition and Preference in Poison Frog Tadpoles,” Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX, January 2023. Poster.

Lewis, A., Goolsby, B., and O’Connell, L., “Endocrine and Spatial Correlates of Infanticidal Behavior in Ranitomeya imitator,” Animal Behavior Society, remote, July 2022. Poster.

Lewis, A., Goolsby, B., and O’Connell, L., “Spatial Familiarity Drives Parental Care or Infanticide in the Mimic Poison Frog,” Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Symposium, Stanford University, CA. October 2021. Poster.

Lewis, A., Goolsby, B., and O’Connell, L., “The Science of Good Parents: Biological Bases of Caregiving in Poison Frogs,” Bio-X Summer Research Summit, Stanford University, CA. October 2021. Oral Presentation.

Muratore, I., Goolsby, B., Fandozzi E., Arganda-Carreras S., Mullen S., and Traniello J., “Division of Labor, Neuroanatomy, and Brain Gene Expression in Fungus-Growing Ants” Biology and Genomics of Social Insects, Cold Spring Harbor Labs, NY. May 2018. Poster.