ABOUT

Dr Rebecca Knickmeyer

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Rebecca Knickmeyer's research interests include the relationship between hormones and behaviour and the impact of factors during pregnancy on later development.

She received a B.A honors in biology and a B.A. honors in interdisciplinary studies (psychology, anthropology, and biology) from Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, where she was awarded a degree with distinction, general honors, and the Jessie L. King for outstanding work in the sciences, particularly mammalian physiology or microbiology.

Previous research investigated the effect of phytoestrogens (hormone-like substances found in plants) on maternal behaviour.

She obtained her PhD in the ARC exploring whether foetal testosterone is a risk factor for developmental conditions including autism and Asperger syndrome. She took up a postdoc at Chapel Hill where she now studies developmental neuroscience.

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