Darcy B. Kelley, Professor of Biological Sciences at Columbia University.
She received her A.B. from Barnard College and her Ph.D. from the Rockefeller University where she was Assistant Professor before joining the faculty of Princeton University. In 1981 she moved to Columbia as Associate Professor. The work of her research group focuses on the neurobiology and evolution of vocal communication in South African clawed frogs with approaches ranging from field studies in Cape Town, Gabon and Cameroon to molecular genetics in the laboratory at Columbia. In 2002 Professor Kelley was named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, an award that acknowledges an effort of Columbia’s Science faculty to establish a new core course for all entering College students, Frontiers of Science. Among her awards are the Jacob Javits Award for Neuroscience Research from the National Institutes of Health and the Grass Lectureships at the Marine Biological Laboratory where she is a Trustee. Professor Kelley has served as a scientific advisor to the Sloan and Fairchild Foundations. She is also a Trustee of the Wenner Gren Foundation for research in anthropology.