Cara N. LoveEcology and Evolutionary BiologyPrinceton UniversityCara N. Love, PhD
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
Dr. Love is an integrative evolutionary biologist whose research focuses on the range of effects anthropogenic change has on wildlife, and the mechanisms that allow some individuals and populations to withstand it. What she learns may also help explain long-standing questions in human health and disease.
Her work moves between the field and lab, combining fieldwork with genomic, physiological and immunological methods to study how wildlife responds to a world we have changed.
Science and community
Cara is passionate about sharing science with the public and about building a welcoming, supportive scientific community where people from all backgrounds can succeed. She believes there are many paths to a science career, that curiosity, commitment and resilience help one succeed, and that everyone grows from feedback and learning outside of their own expertise and field.