Assistant Research Professor/Adjunct Graduate Faculty
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Department of Animal Sciences

Office 209B- Bartlett Hall

Tel: 732-932-7426
Lab: 732-932-3759
Fax: 732-932-6996
imwalle@aesop.rutgers.edu



Research

The goal of my research is to understand the actions of androgens and estrogens on the brain and their resultant effects on male and female sexual behavior. I work with goats and cattle. Current research interests include:

  • Divergent roles of androgens and estrogens on sexual behavior
  • Communication between farm animals
  • Learning in farm animals
  • Using digital video to quantify farm animal behavior

Experience

Title
Location
Year
Adjunct Graduate Faculty Rutgers University
Department of Animal Sciences
2004
Assistant Research Professor Rutgers University
Department of Animal Sciences
2002
Postdoctoral Fellow University of Virginia
2000
Graduate Research Assistant University of Kentucky
1994


Education

Degree
Location
Year
NBD Post-Doctoral Training Fellowship
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
2002
Ph.D.
Animal Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington
2000
M.S.
Animal Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington
1997
B.A.
Animal Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette
1994

Professional Societies

American Association for the Advancement of Science
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology

Representative Publications

Imwalle, D.B., Gustafsson, J-Å, and Rissman, E.F. Lack of functional estrogen receptor beta influences anxiety behavior and serotonin content in female mice. Physiology and Behavior 2005; 84: 157-163.

Imwalle, D.B. and Katz, L.S. Development of sexual behavior over several serving capacity tests in male goats. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 2004b; 89: 315-319.

mwalle, D.B. and Katz, L.S. Divergent roles for estrogens and androgens in expression of female goat sexual behavior. Hormones and Behavior 2004a; 46: 54-58.

Imwalle DB and Schillo KK. A review of: Masculinity and Femininity: The Taboo Dimension of National Cultures. By: Geert Hofstede. Archives of Sexual Behavior 2004; 33: 174-176.

Imwalle DB, Scordalakes EM, and Rissman EF. Estrogen receptor alpha influences socially motivated behaviors. Hormones and Behavior 2002; 42:484-491.

Scordalakes EM, Imwalle DB, Rissman EF. Oestrogen’s masculine side: mediation of male mating. Reproduction 2002; 124: 331-338.

Imwalle DB and KK Schillo. Non-surgical castration disrupts the HPG axis but fails to diminish mounting behavior in bulls. Domestic Animal Endocrinology 2002; 22:223-235.

Imwalle DB, Fernandez DL, Schillo KK. Melengestrol acetate blocks the preovulatory surge of LH in beef heifers. Journal of Animal Science 2002; 80: 1280-1284.

Imwalle DB, Daxenberger A, Schillo KK. Effects of melengestrol acetate on reproductive behavior and concentrations of LH and testosterone in bulls. Journal of Animal Science 2002; 80: 1059-1067.

Imwalle DB, Patterson DJ, Schillo KK. Effects of melengestrol acetate on onset of puberty, follicular growth and patterns of luteinizing hormone secretion in beef heifers. Biology of Reproduction 1998; 58:1432-1436.


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