Joy Lapseritis

Biology

A.A., Simon's Rock College of Bard; A.B., A.M., Smith College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

The central theme of Dr. Lapseritis' research is the evolution and diversity of complex physiological traits in mammals, with an emphasis on molecular reproductive endocrinology. Her dissertation research focused on mechanisms of endocrine disruption in marine vertebrates, specifically in whales.

She has presented papers at meetings of the American Society of Mammalogists, the Society of Marine Mammalogy, the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium, and at Pollution Responses in Marine Organisms. Her work is also published in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Aquatic Mammals, and Journal of Experimental Zoology. She taught high school math and science prior to her graduate studies, and more recently was an instructor for the Marine Studies Consortium at Brandeis University. During her doctoral studies, she was awarded an American Fellowship from the American Association of University Women. (2007-)