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Shelley Adamo is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Dalhousie University, located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her research focuses on the interplay between behavior and physiology in insects, with particular emphasis on ecoimmunology, parasitic manipulation of host behavior, and climate change impacts on arthropods. She uses insect models like Manduca sexta caterpillars and Ixodes ticks to investigate stress response networks, immunological trade-offs, and parasitic behavioral control mechanisms.
Adamo holds a BSc from the University of Toronto and a PhD from McGill University. Her lab employs behavioral studies, biochemical assays, and molecular techniques to explore how organisms balance competing physiological demands under environmental challenges. Notable projects include studying how parasitic wasps hijack caterpillar nervous systems and how temperature changes affect tick survival and disease transmission.
Teaching responsibilities include courses on neuroethology, cellular neurobiology, and ecological immunology. She has published extensively on topics ranging from insect immune responses to the ecological implications of climate change. Her work bridges behavioral ecology, immunology, and neurobiology to understand adaptive defense systems in invertebrates.
Contact details: Life Sciences Centre Room 3324, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2 | Email: Shelley.Adamo@dal.ca | Phone: (902) 494-8853
