Claudia Rauter

Claudia Rauter is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences. She specializes in ecology, behavioral ecology, and environmental biology, with a focus on the evolutionary and genetic mechanisms underlying social behavior and life histories in subsocial burying beetles (Nicrophorus spp.).

Her research emphasizes indirect genetic effects of parental care and brood size, as well as environmental and genetic factors influencing these behaviors. Dr. Rauter teaches courses in ecology, behavioral ecology, and environmental biology. She maintains a laboratory in AH 211B on campus.

No specific scientific awards or grants are listed in the provided text. Her work contributes to understanding quantitative genetics and evolutionary biology through experimental studies on parental care strategies and brood dynamics in insect models.