Hello! My name is Sophia Rogers and I am a 3rd year PhD student in the psychology program. I work with the voles on the “Seavole” side of the lab.
I graduated from UC Riverside in Spring 2021 and joined the Bales Lab right after graduating. In my undergraduate, I was a part of the Higham Lab and studied biomechanics. I specifically worked with the web-footed gecko called the Pachydactylus rangei. My research interests include: pair-bonding, adult social relationships, and various prenatal effects. My current project is focusing on the behavioral consequences of prenatal exposure to THC.
In my spare time, I like to paint, bake, ski and go on hikes with my dog. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Recent Publications
Relationships between cortisol and urinary androgens in female titi monkeys (Plecturocebus cupreus). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2021
Parenting costs time: Changes in pair bond maintenance across pregnancy and infant rearing in a monogamous primate (Plecturocebus cupreus). New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2021
What is a pair bond? Horm Behav. 2021
Compositional variation in early-life parenting structures alters oxytocin and vasopressin 1a receptor development in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). J Neuroendocrinol. 2021
Biobehavioral organization shapes the immune epigenome in infant rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta). Brain Behav Immun. 2021
Cannabinoid receptor Type 1 densities reflect social organization in Microtus. J Comp Neurol. 2021
Pharmacological Prevention of Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal in a Pregnant Guinea Pig Model. Front Pharmacol. 2021