Liz Lange

Liz Lange is an Assistant Professor at SUNY Oswego, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Department of Biological Sciences. Her research focuses on the interplay between social environments and individual adaptive strategies across species including fishes and primates.

Research Interests

• Evolutionary responses to social cues
• Behavioral plasticity in morphology and mating tactics
• Impact of social bonds on survival and reproductive success
• Sex-specific and heritable behavioral variations
• Environmental influences on life history development

Research Trends

Recent publications emphasize longitudinal studies of wild primates, particularly baboons, analyzing social determinants of survival from infancy to adulthood. Her work integrates causal mediation models, genetic analysis, and behavioral ecology to examine how socially cued plasticity shapes mating strategies and evolutionary fitness. Current projects highlight biases in ecological research methodology and the importance of long-term animal studies for uncovering hidden behavioral patterns.