Brett DiBenedictis’ research deals with the neurobiology of social behavior, concentrating on the role of the neuropeptides, oxytocin and vasopressin in regulating neural pathways. Brett is currently using chronically implanted mini-endoscopes combined with calcium imaging in the accessory olfactory bulb to observe population-level encoding of different conspecifics during natural social interactions in freely behaving mice.
He is also broadly interested undergraduate science education, with focus on active learning strategies and innovative approaches to teaching and curriculum development.
Brett currently serves as the advisor to students undertaking projects for their Core Honors thesis.